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Apr 01 | Daily Finance News

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U.S. STOCK PICKS

  • S&P 500 rises slightly to start the second quarter.
  • The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy, released Friday during the market closure for Good Friday, showed inflation rose 2.8% in February, which is in line with expectations. The inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve also rose 0.3% from a month ago, the Commerce Department said.
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell also said Friday that policymakers don’t need to rush an interest rate cut with economic growth still strong and inflation above target.
  • Fed must get ‘more aggressive’ with rate cuts due to weakening jobs market, Canaccord’s chief market strategist says.
  • Walmart, Chipotle are splitting the wealth of a record stock market in a way they haven’t in decades: Walmart recently completed its first stock split in decades; Chipotle is planning the first stock split in its 30-year history to be completed in June.
  • Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny.
  • Oil prices edge lower after booking strong first quarter.

CANADA MARKET

  • Canadian factory PMI edges up to 11-month high in March.
  • Canada likely to avoid recession, begin recovering in second half of 2024: Deloitte.
  • The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Gasoline: Going from $65 per tonne to $80, means filling a 50 litre tank from empty will cost about $8.80 in carbon price, about $1.65 more than before.
  • More than 500,000 people signed up for the First-Home Savings Account in its first year.

Apr 01 | Daily Finance News

U.S. STOCK PICKS

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*All information sourced from news portals such as CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, etc.

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