The Optimism ProblemYet this market exuberance, which has ebbed somewhat for the moment, amounted to a “loosening” or “easing” of “financial conditions.” It was, therefore, a source of consternation for […]
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Back to news homeWhy Adani’s $100 Billion Loss Hasn’t Tanked India’s Markets
When shares of the Adani Group, until recently India’s largest conglomerate, began their free fall late last month, shedding more than $100 billion in days, some observers worried that the […]
Gautam Adani’s Rise Was Intertwined With India’s. Now It’s Unraveling.
Gautam Adani began the year as one of the richest men who ever lived, an upstart billionaire whose conglomerate, one of India’s largest, had surged in value by 2,500 percent […]
Adani, Embattled Indian Company, Scraps $2.5 Billion Share Sale
Hindenburg is what’s known as an activist short seller, an investor that takes aim at companies it suspects of fraud and exposes the wrongdoing. Short sellers then profit from investments […]
Oil Giants, After Surge in Profits, Are Wary About Spending
Exxon Mobil made $56 billion in profit last year, its largest annual haul ever. Chevron earned $36 billion, also a company record. But after a bountiful 2022, the outlook for […]
Stock Market’s Newfound Optimism Faces Test as Fed Meets
Wall Street has welcomed a change of tone at the start of 2023: Fears of a severe economic downturn are receding as slowing inflation raises hopes that the Federal Reserve […]
Wall St. Is Counting on a Debt Limit Trick That Could Entail Trouble
“This so-called prioritization scheme makes Republicans’ priorities pretty clear — crystal clear, if I may add,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said on Jan. 17. “They want to […]
Your Investment Lost Money Last Year. So Why the Big Tax Bill?
Tax-sheltered accounts don’t replace these social jewels. But if you work for a living, or have done so, and want to live reasonably well in the current world, you will […]
Rupert Murdoch Backtracks on Plan to Merge Fox and News Corp
Shortly after, one of News Corp’s largest shareholders, T. Rowe Price, said in an interview with The New York Times that the proposed merger would probably undervalue News Corp, which […]
Elon Musk Says He Could Have Raised Funds to Take Tesla Private
Elon Musk said on Monday that he had not lied or misspoken about his plan to take Tesla off the stock market in 2018, testifying in federal court that Saudi […]