U.S. Stock Futures Wobble as China Tensions Threaten to Flare

S&P 500 futures moved between small losses and gains amid concern that escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing will weigh on trade. 


 
China's Economy Is Worse Than It Looks

China's apparent recovery from the coronavirus shutdowns is allowing the country to project strength abroad, but a closer look at its labor market raises some questions over that progress. 


 
Decline in Factory Output Eased in May but Recovery Set to Be Slow

Factories around the world continued to report low levels of output and fresh layoffs as governments moved gingerly to lift restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, but the figures offer some hope that manufacturing is at the start of a slow path to recovery. 


 
Dollar Slides as Investors Regain Confidence in Global Economy

Investors have sold the dollar and begun buying riskier currencies on optimism about an economic recovery as countries emerge from coronavirus lockdowns. 


 
It's No Optical Illusion-U.S. Stocks Really Are Expensive

The headline price/earnings ratio can be misleading, but a plunge in earnings and a recovery that will take time really does make American stocks pricey. 


 
Coronavirus Prods the U.K. to Consider the Once-Unthinkable: Negative Rates

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is whittling away the Bank of England's long-held aversion to subzero rates, in the latest example of how the scale of the Covid-19 crisis is pushing central banks and governments deep into new policy territory. 


 
Palladium's Leadership Changes Raise Concerns Over Effects on Funds

Leadership changes at Palladium Equity Partners raised concerns at a Los Angeles pension system about what effect the moves might have on the performance of the firm's funds. 


 
Short the Target: The Specialist Funds Betting M&A Deals Won't Close

Funds that focus on deals are changing the way they typically position themselves, as coronavirus uncertainty hits the chances of M&A deals closing. 


 
Tips to SEC Surge as Working From Home Emboldens Whistleblowers

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received about 4,000 tips, complaints and referrals of possible corporate wrongdoings from mid-March to mid-May, 35% more than in the same period last year. Lawyers chalk up the increase to the fact that many would-be tipsters are working from the privacy of their home.