Premarket: Trade hopes feed risk appetite, boosting stocks and spurring bitcoin

World stocks hovered around their highest prices in six weeks after a U.S. trade deal with Britain fueled guarded optimism for progress in tariff talks with other countries.

MSCI’s broadest index of world shares gained 0.1% after jumping around 0.8% on Thursday, to levels seen just before Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ global tariff announcements.

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Wall Street falls for a second day ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, led by more weakness in technology companies. The S&P 500 lost 0.7% early Tuesday. The index broke a nine-day winning streak a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 255 points, or 0.6%.

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Wall Street extends its gains to a 9th straight day, reclaiming losses since tariff escalation

Wall Street extended its gains to a ninth straight day, marking its longest winning streak since 2004 and reclaiming the ground it lost since President Donald Trump escalated his trade war in early April.

Wall Street extended its gains to a ninth straight day, marking its longest winning streak since 2004 and reclaiming the ground it lost since President Donald Trump escalated his trade war in early April.

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Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock over next year

Jeff Bezos is preparing to sell up to $4.75bn (£3.6bn) worth of Amazon stock over the next year, according to a regulatory filing made on Friday.

The technology company’s executive chair and former chief executive plans to offload up to 25m shares through a trading plan that ends on 29 May 2026.

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Strengthening Canada’s relationship with Taiwan is a crucial piece of our geopolitical puzzle

Open this photo in gallery: People enjoy sunset view of Taipei 101 on Elephant Mountain in Taipei, om April 17.Ann Wang/Reuters

Martin Green is a former senior intelligence and national security official.

Canada needs friends, and our brand requires polishing. Our relations with the United States, China, India, Russia and too many others are at a low point.

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Market Pullback Opportunity: 3 Undervalued Canadian Growth Stars to Consider

Easing trade tensions between the United States and China has improved investors’ sentiments, driving the global equity markets. Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 11.8% from last month’s lows. Despite the recent increases, the following three stocks still trade at a substantial discount compared to their 52-week highs, thus offering excellent buying opportunities.

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U.S. economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt businesses

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business. First-quarter growth was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before Trump imposed massive tariffs.

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ASX to rise ahead of CPI release; US consumer confidence plunges

Australian shares are poised to rise, mirroring Wall Street in volatile trading on a mixed bag of corporate earnings and weak economic data. US consumer confidence plunged to a five-year low. But investors looked past the data to send the S & P 500 to its best six-day advance since 2022, gaining up to 7.5%.

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Market Factors: No rally unless these four conditions are met

With this edition of Market Factors we discuss one strategist’s view that markets are rangebound without more tariff clarity and improved earnings outlooks. Data is emerging hinting at a stunning decline in global trade, and the diversion covers Mexican gangsters becoming TikTok influencers.

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