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April 12, 2022

Stocks rebound as investors weigh fresh inflation data

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, clawing back from a sell-off that started the week as investors assessed fresh inflation data out of Washington that showed prices in March further accelerated to a new 40-year high.

The S&P 500 climbed 0.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, and the Dow jumped roughly 130 points at the start of trading. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} after closing sharply lower on Monday. Meanwhile, Treasury yields slightly retreated, but the benchmark 10-year yield remained above 2.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, the highest level since January 2019.

The moves follow a down day on Wall Street to start the week marked by mounting worries of an economic slowdown as war in Ukraine, COVID-19 lockdowns in China and the prospect of a more aggressive Federal Reserve weigh on sentiment. Investors look ahead to the start of earnings season and more economic data set for release this holiday-shortened trading week.

Markets are weighing the latest gauge on inflation in the U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest report released Tuesday. The figure marks the fastest rise since December 1981 and follows a 7.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} annual increase in February. Heading into the report, consensus economists were looking for an 8.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} jump for March, according to Bloomberg data.

The red-hot print comes as investors grapple with the likelihood Fed officials will act more aggressively to combat inflation after a hawkish readout of minutes last week from the central bank’s March meeting suggested “many” policymakers “would have preferred a 50 basis point increase” in benchmark interest rates last month.

“I think the Fed is already committed to an aggressive rate hike outlook,” Charles Schwab Chief global investment strategist Jeffrey Kleintop told Yahoo Finance Live on Monday. Tuesday’s CPI data “may not have as much impact [on the markets] as it might’ve, say, a few months ago.”

Although investors are largely prepared for the likelihood Fed policymakers will be more combative in their inflation-fighting efforts, worries have emerged that a ramp up in monetary tightening may cause an economic contraction. Strategists have begun to discuss the possibility of a recession more widely in recent weeks, notably with economists at Deutsche Bank recently warning central bank measures could materially slow growth in the second half of 2023.

Some have said it’s too early to make such a call but that the possibility is on the table.

“I would say that it’s probably closer to a coin toss that the economy will be moving into recession by the end of the year,” said Dreyfus and Mellon Chief economist and macro strategist Vince Reinhart on Yahoo Finance Live.

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9:30 a.m. ET: Stocks push forward despite report showing red-hot inflation in March

Here were the main moves in markets during Tuesday’s opening bell:

S&P 500 (^GSPC): +28.07 (+0.64{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,440.60
Dow (^DJI): +100.67 (+0.29{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 34,408.75
Nasdaq (^IXIC): +162.91 (+1.21{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 13,574.87
Crude (CL=F): +$4.36 (+4.62{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $98.65 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$25.20 (+1.29{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,973.40 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): -6.1 bps to yield 2.7190{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

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8:35 a.m. ET: March CPI climbed more-than-expected 8.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} over last year

U.S. consumers paid more for a variety of goods and services in March compared to the prior month as price levels across the economy continued to accelerate amid persisting supply and demand disruptions.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest report released Tuesday. That marked the fastest rise since December 1981. This followed a 7.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} annual increase in February. Heading into the report, consensus economists were looking for an 8.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} jump for March, according to Bloomberg data.

With definitive signs of a peak yet to be seen in inflation, members of the Federal Reserve have escalated their rhetoric on using monetary policy tools to bring down fast-rising prices. Last week, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said that bringing down inflation was “our most important task,” while San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said that high inflation was “as harmful as not having a job.”

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7:10 a.m. ET: Contracts on S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq flat as investors await CPI print

Here’s how the main indexes fared in futures trading ahead of Tuesday’s opening bell:

S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +1.25 points (+0.03{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,410.25
Dow futures (YM=F): -1.00 points (-0.00{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 34,218.00
Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +14.25 points (+0.10{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 14,014.25
Crude (CL=F): +$3.81 (+4.04{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $98.10 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$10.30 (+0.53{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,958.50 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): +0.00 bps to yield 2.7800{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

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6:40 a.m. ET: US small business sentiment falls as inflation worries rise

Confidence levels among small business owners across the country further waned in March, and a higher number of mom-and pop-shop operators reported inflation as their single most important concern, a survey out Tuesday showed.

The National Federation of Independent Business said its Small Business Optimism Index dropped 2.4 points to 93.2 last month to mark the third straight month of readings below the 48-year average of 98. The index has declined every month this year so far.

Of respondents, 31{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} identified inflation as their single most important problem, up 5 points from February’s survey. The figure is the largest share of participants citing inflation as their biggest concern since the first quarter of 1981, also replacing worries about “labor quality” as the number one problem confronting small businesses.

High inflation caused by shortages, massive fiscal stimulus and low interest rates have pressured the economy in recent months.

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6:10 p.m. ET Monday: Stock futures little change ahead of Tuesday’s inflation data

Here’s where markets were trading ahead of the overnight session on Monday:

S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +2.75 points (+0.06{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,411.75
Dow futures (YM=F): +29.00 points (+0.08{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 34,248.00
Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +9.75 points (+0.07{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 14,009.75
Crude (CL=F): +$0.97 (+1.03{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $95.26 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$9.30 (+0.48{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,957.50 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): +6.7 bps to yield 2.7800{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

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April 12, 2022

InstaMortgage Earns a Place on Coveted List of Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2022

The 3rd-yearly Financial Instances rating ranks the firm #2 in the Economic Products and services group

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12, 2022–(Company WIRE)–InstaMortgage, a tech-driven home finance loan loan company certified in 26 states, right now declared that it earned the rank of No. 70 all round and No. 2 among the the money services corporations on the Monetary Times (FT) list of Americas’ Fastest-Developing Providers 2022. This is the initial time that InstaMortgage has been recognized by the Monetary Times.

“Every person at InstaMortgage warrants this recognition for their unrelenting enthusiasm to elevate purchaser working experience,” stated Shashank Shekhar, CEO of InstaMortgage. “We are deeply dedicated to providing a electronic, faster, and much more predictable mortgage loan working experience to homebuyers and owners. To be named the swiftest-rising house loan organization in all of Americas is a testament to the rely on that the customers place in our corporation.”

The FT listing was compiled with Statista, a analysis corporation, and ranks entrants from throughout the Americas (North and South The us continents) by their compound once-a-year development price (CAGR) in earnings among 2017 and 2020. The InstaMortgage CAGR was an astounding 137.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, and their complete development rate was 1,232.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} escalating from $1M in 2017 to additional than $13.3M in 2020.

The FT listing is dominated by organizations in the United States and includes organizations in Canada and 18 other countries all through North and South The united states.

Money Periods in its congratulatory electronic mail effused, “After months of analysis exactly where we scrutinized enormous databases content, contacted tens of 1000’s of businesses and launched a community get in touch with to take part, The Financial Instances and Statista have now done the rating of The Americas’ Speediest Developing Organizations 2022.

“Among the thousands and thousands of present North and South American enterprises, only 500 grew rapidly plenty of to enter the position.”

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April 11, 2022

Monetary policy must serve the real economy not just financial markets

Forget all the fancy discuss about neutral desire premiums and output gaps. The two fundamental concerns experiencing the Federal Reserve are uncomplicated to condition and sophisticated to answer: is the world’s most potent central bank at last committed to return monetary policy to serving the authentic financial state somewhat than economic markets and can it do so in an orderly vogue?

These issues are nonetheless to be adequately grasped by marketplaces, and for very good explanation. Viewed from their standpoint, the threat for the Fed of not pursuing the market’s lead is also highly-priced. However, even if they are ultimately appropriate, marketplaces will extremely probably obtain them selves with substantially considerably less of an impact on financial policy than in latest moments.

The qualifications to the present-day scenario is nicely recognized. For too prolonged, monetary policy has been primarily co-opted by markets. The phenomenon begun innocently enough with central bankers’ wish to counter the problems that malfunctioning markets inflict on financial wellbeing. Alternatively than transpiring not often with very well-focused implementation, significant liquidity injections and floored fascination premiums created into a practice.

Above and in excess of yet again, the Fed felt compelled to use its impressive liquidity-generation weapons to counter asset rate declines, even when the chance of disorderly and unstable marketplaces was not evident. At moments, these “unconventional” measures had been constant with the desires of the genuine financial system. Much too frequently, nevertheless, they were not.

Like a child effectively throwing tantrums to get much more sweets, marketplaces arrived to expect looser fiscal ailments every time there was a powerful whiff of instability. This expectation developed into insistence. In change, the Fed went from just responding to industry volatility to also trying to pre-empt it.

Central bankers had been not blind to the harmful co-dependencies. The existing leaders of both of those the Fed and the European Central Financial institution, Jay Powell and Christine Lagarde, attempted early in their tenures to transform the dynamic. But they failed, and ended up compelled into uncomfortable U-turns that made markets sense even much more empowered and entitled to insist on the continuation of extremely-unfastened insurance policies.

Right now, even so, the two-decade-very long market place dominance about financial plan is threatened like by no means before by superior and persistent inflation.

Central banking companies have small selection but to relegate marketplace criteria in the confront of accelerating price tag improves that severely undermine specifications of dwelling, erode the potential progress outlook and strike most difficult the most susceptible segments of modern society.

The condition is notably acute for the Fed presented its gross mischaracterisation of inflation for most of past calendar year, collectively with its failure to act decisively when it belatedly recognised that rate instability had taken root under its observe.

But how best to do so is a difficulty, offered how a great deal the Fed’s delayed being familiar with and reaction have narrowed the pathway for orderly disinflation. That is, the trouble of lessening inflation without the need of unduly harming financial wellbeing has only amplified. For that, the central financial institution must have initiated the plan pivot a calendar year in the past.

If the Fed now validates the intense curiosity charge rises that markets foresee, starting off with a 50 basis issue raise when its major plan committee next satisfies on Could 3-4, it threats seeing them price tag in still a lot more tightening. The end result of this dynamic would be an even even larger plan oversight as the Fed pushes the financial system into a recession.

If, however, the central bank fails to validate market place pricing, it could erode its plan trustworthiness additional. This would undermine inflation expectations, causing the inflation challenge to persist very well into 2023 if not outside of.

The situation is made additional sophisticated by the chance that these two alternatives would consequence in a diploma of economical instability in the US and in other places. Even worse — and this may nicely be the most very likely final result — the Fed could flip-flop over the following 12 to 24 months from tightening to loosening and then tightening yet again.

The Fed may possibly characterise these flip-flopping as nimbleness but it would prolong stagflationary tendencies, weaken its institutional standing and fall short decisively to return financial policy to the company of the actual economic climate. And for all those in the markets that would deem this a victory, it would likely verify a fleeting 1 at finest.

The time has appear to return monetary policy to the service of the authentic financial state. It is a considerably from automated and easy course of action at this late phase. Yet the alternative of not executing so would be a lot far more problematic.

April 11, 2022

Business and Economy News: Live Updates

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S&P Worldwide has put Russia underneath a “selective default” ranking just after the Russian authorities stated previous 7 days that it had repaid about $650 million in greenback-denominated credit card debt in rubles.

The ratings agency mentioned late Friday that it did not count on traders to be in a position to transform the ruble payments into U.S. pounds that were equivalent to the initial volume owing, pushing Russia toward its to start with default on international currency sovereign debt in much more than a century.

The bonds do have a 30-day grace period, offering the Russian governing administration time to repay in pounds or locate some other way to steer clear of a default. S&P International stated it did not assume the authorities to change the payments inside of the grace period of time.

“Sanctions on Russia are likely to be even more enhanced in the coming weeks, hampering Russia’s willingness and specialized capabilities to honor the phrases and ailments of its obligations to foreign financial debt holders,” the rankings company explained.

On April 4, a greenback-denominated Russian government bond matured and yet another coupon payment arrived owing. That exact same day, the U.S. Treasury Department tightened its limits on Russian transactions in an effort and hard work to force Russia to choose between draining the dollar reserves it has on hand or applying new earnings to stay clear of defaulting on its financial debt. The section blocked Russia from utilizing dollars held in American financial institutions for its bond payments, and the transactions weren’t accomplished by JPMorgan. Subsequently, the Russian finance ministry stated it compensated the financial debt in rubles.

While the finance ministry explained it considered its debt obligations to have been fulfilled “in comprehensive,” the ranking businesses have explained that payment in a forex various from the 1 that was agreed on would be a default. Neither of the bonds with payments due on April 4 experienced a provision for payment in a forex other than dollars.

Sanctions, such as freezing the central bank’s reserves held overseas, ended up imposed on Russia soon after its invasion of Ukraine in late February. The ratings agencies then minimize Russian credit card debt to junk standing and investors guess on a default. But for weeks, Russia ongoing to make personal debt payments. U.S. authorities permitted the transactions and reported American bondholders would be permitted to get credit card debt payments, irrespective of the sanctions, right until Could 25.

If Russia doesn’t repay the credit card debt in bucks, it’s unclear how the difficulty will be settled. By the time the 30-day grace period on the April 4 bond payments expires, credit history ranking agencies will be barred by European Union sanctions from furnishing any scores to Russian entities and won’t be capable to make a judgment on regardless of whether a default has transpired. The providers are withdrawing all their rankings ahead of the E.U.’s April 15 deadline.

Past month, Russia’s finance minister, Anton Siluanov, accused the countries that have frozen Russia’s internationally held currency reserves of seeking to develop an “artificial default.” Previous 7 days, the finance ministry stated if the reserves were unfrozen, then the ruble payments could be converted to bucks.

S&P World wide also explained on Friday that it held its “CC” junk financial debt rating for Russia’s sovereign credit card debt in rubles (acknowledged as neighborhood forex credit card debt) simply because it was not guaranteed if nonresident bondholders have been in a position to obtain their coupon payments.

According to documents on the Russian finance ministry’s site, coupon payments for area forex bonds were remaining compensated. But in March, Russia blocked desire payments to nonresidents.

“Definitive information and facts on the payment method is at this time not offered to us,” the agency stated.

April 11, 2022

Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Sun Life Financial Inc.’s FY2023 Earnings (NYSE:SLF)

Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE:SLF – Get Rating) (TSE:SLF) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial increased their FY2023 EPS estimates for Sun Life Financial in a report issued on Thursday, April 7th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $5.70 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $5.63. National Bank Financial has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $77.00 price objective on the stock.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Sun Life Financial in a report on Thursday, March 17th. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$78.00 to C$76.00 in a report on Friday, February 11th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$80.00 in a report on Friday, February 11th. Finally, StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Sun Life Financial in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $73.55.

Shares of SLF opened at $54.94 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $54.60 and its 200-day moving average is $55.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.05. Sun Life Financial has a 12-month low of $48.85 and a 12-month high of $58.49.

Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF – Get Rating) (TSE:SLF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 9th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.22 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $10.31 billion during the quarter. Sun Life Financial had a return on equity of 13.96{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and a net margin of 11.26{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.13 earnings per share.

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FIL Ltd raised its position in shares of Sun Life Financial by 12.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the third quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 16,472,720 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $847,955,000 after purchasing an additional 1,797,072 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Sun Life Financial by 6.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the third quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 16,421,252 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $843,908,000 after purchasing an additional 954,491 shares during the period. CIBC Asset Management Inc raised its position in shares of Sun Life Financial by 3.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the fourth quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 7,654,688 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $425,792,000 after purchasing an additional 290,601 shares during the period. 1832 Asset Management L.P. raised its position in shares of Sun Life Financial by 1.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the fourth quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 5,988,028 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $333,201,000 after purchasing an additional 106,135 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Sun Life Financial in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $297,493,000. 47.16{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 2nd were given a $0.5191 dividend. This is a positive change from Sun Life Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.44. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 1st. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.78{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. Sun Life Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 39.02{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

About Sun Life Financial (Get Rating)

Sun Life Financial Inc, a financial services company, provides insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions to individuals and corporate clients worldwide. It offers term and permanent life, as well as personal health, dental, critical illness, long-term care, and disability insurance products. The company also provides reinsurance products; investment counselling and portfolio management services; mutual funds and segregated funds; trust and banking services; real estate property brokerage and appraisal services; and merchant banking services.

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April 11, 2022

Stock futures drop, Treasury yields spike as traders await inflation, earnings data

U.S. stocks dipped Monday morning as investors looked ahead to the start of corporate earnings season this week and a bevy of new economic data as the Federal Reserve prepares to accelerate its moves to counter inflation.

The S&P 500 declined 0.61{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and added to last week’s losses. Nasdaq dropped 1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} as technology stocks came under renewed pressure. Treasury yields climbed, and the benchmark 10-year yield rose above 2.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to reach the highest level since January 2019.

Concerns over inflation, rising commodity prices amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path forward remained at the center of investors’ attention. On Tuesday, traders are set to receive the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is expected to show a staggering 8.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} year-over-year increase in prices for the biggest leap since 1982. And this comes as Fed officials have increasingly talked of larger-than-average 50 basis-point interest rate hikes this year to help bring down prices. Last week, the Fed’s March meeting minutes also showed the central bank was gearing up to begin rolling off assets from its $9 trillion balance sheet, in a further move removing financial market support and pivoting away from pandemic-era accommodative policies.

“If we think about recent cycles that are comparable, I think about 2018, 2019, the Fed was raising interest rates and running off its balance sheet. That should sound very familiar,” Seth Carpenter, global chief economist for Morgan Stanley, told Yahoo Finance on Friday. “But at the end of 2018, risk markets started to crack and the Fed reversed course really quickly.”

“The key difference now between those two episodes is they are trying to pull inflation down. They’re not trying to keep it from rising,” he added. “And so what that means is they’re trying to slow the U.S. economy. They’re trying to slow growth so much that inflation pressures come down but not so much that they tip us over into recession. And that’s tricky.”

Meanwhile, the start of the latest quarterly corporate earnings season this week will help show how individual companies have navigated inflationary pressures and the specter of slowing economic growth. As of Friday, Wall Street analysts expected S&P 500 earnings to grow 4.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} for the first quarter over last year, according to FactSet data. If realized, this would mark the slowest rate since the fourth quarter of 2020.

“Guidance and management commentary will be particularly important sources of information this quarter given the earnings uncertainty going forward,” David Kostin, Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equity strategist, wrote in a note Monday. “Consistent with prior quarters, guidance has recently been a key differentiator of stock performance.”

9:30 a.m. ET: Stocks kick off the week lower

Here were the main moves in markets as of 9:30 a.m. ET:

S&P 500 (^GSPC): -28.10 (-0.63{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,460.18
Dow (^DJI): -100.65 (-0.29{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 34,620.47
Nasdaq (^IXIC): -162.58 (-1.19{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 13,548.42
Crude (CL=F): -$3.74 (-3.81{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $94.52 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$20.70 (+1.06{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,966.30 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): +4.2 bps to yield 2.7550{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

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7:13 a.m. ET: Twitter shares dip after Musk decides not to join board

Shares of Twitter (TWTR) dropped Monday morning, giving back some of last week’s gains after Tesla CEO Elon Musk opted not to join the board of the social media company after taking a more than 9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} stake.

“Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board. I believe this is for the best,” Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweet Monday. “We have and will always value input from our shareholders whether they are on our Board or not. Elon is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input.”

“There will be distractions ahead, but our goals and priorities remain unchanged,” Agrawal added. “The decisions we make and how we execute is in our hands, no one else’s.”

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7:07 a.m. ET Monday: Stock futures head for a lower open

Here’s where markets were trading Monday morning before the opening bell:

S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -15 points (-0.33{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,468.50
Dow futures (YM=F): -24 points (-0.07{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 34,589.00
Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -106.5 points (-0.74{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 14,220.50
Crude (CL=F): -$2.49 (-2.53{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $95.77 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$16.00 (+0.82{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,961.60 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): +4.2 bps to yield 2.757{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2022 in New York City. U.S. stocks opened low after rallying to start the week. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) — NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2022 in New York City. U.S. stocks opened low after rallying to start the week. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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