Why is our stock market booming?
Over the past three years, the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark, the Karachi Stock Exchange 100 index (KSE-100), has delivered more than 300 per cent returns, positioning the PSX as…
Lower rates, surging stock market fail to ignite US IPO market
Public listings on Wall Street have seen a slow comeback in 2024 despite a resilient US economy, a long-awaited interest rate cut by the central bank and stock valuations hitting…
What’s up at the stock market?
IN case you are thinking of jumping into the stock market given the sustained gains it has seen since July, be sure to ask yourself a few simple questions before…
Stock market growth mirage
The stock market is booming, and the KSE 100 index has almost doubled in the past year. The market is at an all-time high, breaking records. This has excited a…
Steady Fed outlook boosts stock market’s hopes for coveted ‘soft landing’
A US stock market perched at record highs received an encouraging message from the Federal Reserve, after the central bank stuck with its rate cut projections for 2024 despite stronger-than-expected…
Is the stock market out of line?
It is. I say this because I think that as the stock market climbs by nearly 60 per cent in the past six months, its rise is not in sync…
Apple’s growing stock market heft poses dilemma for fund managers
The massive rally in Apple’s shares is forcing some fund managers to revisit a thorny dilemma: they may not own enough of the stock. Apple’s share price has soared 49%…
Banking woes, Fed keep investors on edge in nervous US stock market
Investors are settling in for a long slog in the US stock market in coming months, braced for more tumult in the banking sector and worries over how the Federal…
US pensions stuck in the red despite stock market boom
While US corporate pensions regained some swagger after Wall Street's record run this summer, they are still far from their heyday before the 2007-2009 credit crunch when they appeared to…
It’s not the economy, stupid: stock markets soar to record highs
The record highs attained by Wall Street last week might come as welcome news for US President Donald Trump. But the booming stock markets will offer little solace to the…
