Wall Street lower with Fed meeting, Trump-Putin call in focus
  • March 18, 2025

Wall Street lower with Fed meeting, Trump-Putin call in focus

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Tuesday as markets awaited the Fed's outlook on monetary policy and developments related to U.S. President Donald Trump's call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on ways to end the three-year war in Ukraine. The Federal Reserve's two-day rate-setting meeting kicks off on Tuesday, and expectations are that the central bank will keep interest rates steady, according to data compiled by LSEG. Trump's tariff measures have sparked a trade tussle with major U.S. trading partners, prompting swift retaliatory actions.

Samsung to face questions from shareholders after AI chip failings, stock price drop
  • March 18, 2025

Samsung to face questions from shareholders after AI chip failings, stock price drop

Samsung Electronics is set for a tough annual general meeting on Wednesday with shareholders frustrated by its failure to ride a boom in artificial intelligence that made it one of the worst-performing tech stocks last year. Co-CEO Han Jong-hee and the head of its chip division Jun Young-hyun will be among executives attending the meeting which is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (0000 GMT). In internal meetings, Samsung has acknowledged it has lost its technological edge.

Corporate Insiders’ Buying Burst Gives Confidence to S&P Bulls
  • March 18, 2025

Corporate Insiders’ Buying Burst Gives Confidence to S&P Bulls

(Bloomberg) -- US stock bulls searching for signs that the worst of the market rout is over are looking to one group of in-the-know investors: company executives.Most Read from BloombergICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space ConstraintsHow Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got BuiltThe Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged CitiesWashington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from CongressNYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal FundsWhile stocks were getting hammered into a b