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 World stock indexes jumped on Friday, with Wall Street posting a fourth straight week of gains, and the dollar had its first positive week since mid-December as optimism increased that an end is in sight to the U.S.-China trade conflict.
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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that the United States and China were making progress on trade negotiations but reaching a deal would take time.
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Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is all but dead and the U.K. needs to come up with a new plan for how it wants to trade with the European Union after the divorce. A customs union could well be part of the solution. Such an arrangement would keep goods in European supply chains moving tariff-free in and out of the U.K., averting some of the most destabilizing disruptions to business and borders when Britain leaves the EU. But it would also undercut one of the key aims of Brexit -- the fr
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The trade deal that U.S. negotiators are seeking with China may have more in common with a sanctions-monitoring regime than a traditional trade pact.
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Stocks Today: Dow Jones Up, China New Issue Soars Investor's Business DailyWall Street extends rally on U.S.-China trade optimism Investing.comStocks rally on trade hopes, dollar has first weekly gain of 2019 ReutersBeijing Makes Trump $1 Trillion Offer To Seal China Trade Deal; Dow Jones Rises Investor's Business DailyDow Jones Rockets after Report Claims Trade War Winding Down CCNView full coverage on Google News
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Messy political saga is hitting sterling, stocks and UK's economic reputation
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Stocks have gotten a boost from optimism for U.S.-China trade talks, but earnings could take a bigger role in the week ahead, when reports roll in from a diverse group of companies in tech, railroads, pharma, airlines and consumer products.
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S&P 500 hits one-month high; Brent oil tests $63 a barrel
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The Cboe Volatility index has tumbled in recent trade and is on pace for its steepest monthly slide since March of 2016, according to FactSet data. Wall Street's so-called "fear index," uses S&P 500 options to calculate expectations for volatility over the coming 30 days, and tends to trade inversely to stocks. Equity benchmarks, following a bruising 2018, have experienced a mutltiday stock-market rally that has been partly underpinned by hope of a resolution between China and the U.S. on trade relations. That, in turn, has driven the the volatility index sharply lower. Investors tend to use the gauge partly to hedge against declines in the market, with rising prices equating to a higher cost of such coverage. Most recently, the index was at 17.40 and has declined about 31.55% thus far in January (markets are closed on Jan. 21 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.). That level of decline would represent the most severe for the gauge since it fell 32.12% in March of 2016. The index's drop in 2016 had also been fueled by relief following concerns about the health of the Chinese economy, which continues to be a source of concern for market participants after data out of Beijing has shown clear signs of slowing down. Still, market participants have waxed optimistic that tensions between Beijing and Washington, if resolved, would help to stem any economic contraction in global markets. The VIX's historical average stands at around 19 or 20. The S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 index have both enjoyed the best start to a year since 1987. And all of the main stock indexes, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite Index were looking at solid weekly and monthly gains.
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 Brazil is moving toward a
self-monitoring system for food processors, Agriculture Minister
Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, including meatpackers still
recovering from an inspection scandal that hurt trade with key
markets.
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U.S. officials are debating ratcheting back tariffs on Chinese imports as a way to calm markets and give Beijing an incentive to make deeper concessions in a trade battle that has rattled global economies.
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Latin American stocks rallied sharply on
Friday, with Brazil shares hitting yet another record high and
Argentine stocks rising more than 2 percent, as equities around
the world were cheered by the possibility of the China-U.S.
trade conflict ending.
The latest boost in sentiment came after a report on Thursday
that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was considering
lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chin
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LB Darron Lee was a liability in Todd Bowles' defense, but could shine in veteran coordinator Gregg Williams' trademark 4-3 scheme. Williams was hired by the Jets earlier this week.
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