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Mercedes Slashes Outlook As China Demand Hits Wall; Europe's Auto Profit Warnings Pile Up
Mercedes Slashes Outlook As China Demand Hits Wall; Europe's Auto Profit Warnings Pile Up
Mercedes-Benz Group AG became the latest European automaker to slash its profit outlook as deteriorating demand in China and rising input costs squeeze margins.Shares tumbled in European trading this morning as the auto industry as a whole confronts intensifying Chinese competition, softening demand, and ongoing cost pressures."Mercedes-Benz Group AG today updated its full-year 2026 outlook for Mercedes-Benz Cars and the Mercedes-Benz Group. In addition to an increasingly challenging market environment in China, Mercedes-Benz Group expects...
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Apr 5, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Reflexive Rally Was Not Surprising
The Reflexive Rally Was Not Surprising
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
The market rallied on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Tuesday’s rally one of the best trading days since 2022. However, that should also be unsurprising, since the best trading days tend to cluster with the worst market periods. As we noted in Stock Market Breadth on Monday:
“The single most damaging decision most investors make during periods of falling stock market breadth is selling. The data on this is unambiguous. Seven of the market’s 10 best days in any given 20-year period occur within...
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May 11, 2026 / Tyler Durden
India Rejects Russian LNG Under Sanctions
India Rejects Russian LNG Under Sanctions
India rejected Russia’s offer to sell it liquefied natural gas subject to US sanctions, despite a huge shortfall driven by Middle East tensions, leaving a tanker bound for India in limbo as talks continue on permitted cargoes, Reuters reports.
The stance highlights the fine balance the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer is seeking to strike between securing energy supplies and avoiding LNG cargoes on which the U.S. has placed sanctions, which are harder to disguise and carry greater compliance risk. It also underscores the limits...
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Apr 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise
Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise
Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The volume of businesses struggling to pay their debts in Australia is on track to exceed the heights set during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two reports on the nation’s economic health.
Australian dollar coins and banknotes in Melbourne, Australia on April 4, 2024. AAP Image/Joel Carrett
Up to 13 percent of working-age Australians and 47 percent of secondary school students want to work for themselves or start a business, but that’s...
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