US Political Violence Surges to Record, Bloomberg Analysis Shows

Political violence in a polarized US is surging, with the past five years of assassinations and attempts on the lives of politicians the highest on records dating back to the 1960s, a Bloomberg Geo-Economic analysis shows. Since the start of 2021, there have been five...

France’s Political Gloom Crushes an Otherwise Resilient Economy

France’s political crisis is eroding an otherwise solid economy, leaving the country trailing the recovery in the rest of Europe. The latest forecasts from national statistics agency Insee show growth of just 0.8% in 2025 compared to 1.4% in the rest of the euro area,...

Tech Stocks Are Doing So Well Investors Are Starting to Worry

Technology stocks are rising so far, so fast that some investors are starting to position for the move to lose momentum. After advancing for five consecutive months, the Nasdaq 100 Index has risen each day but one in September as investors bet on optimism around...

Apple Analyst Sentiment Hits Five-Year Low After Two Downgrades

Apple Inc. was hit with a pair of downgrades on Thursday, in the latest sign of caution toward the iPhone maker, which has sharply underperformed its large-cap tech peers this year. With the downgrades, Apple’s recommendation consensus — a proxy for the ratio of buy,...

Dimon Says US Economy Is Weakening After Record BLS Revision

Jamie Dimon said the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ record revision to US payrolls data is further proof that the US economy is battling a slowdown. “The economy is weakening,” the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer said in an interview with CNBC Tuesday....