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Asia markets retrace some losses, China bucks trend
January 14th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets retraced some of their downward slide but stayed in negative territory, following a massive sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 retraced morning losses to trade down 2.86 percent, weighed by commodities and machinery sectors. Earlier, ...
When OPEC cuts output, oil prices will begin to climb
January 13th, 2016
While the consensus view is the the oil price will go even lower yet, once production is reduced it will start rising again. There’s a very good reason why the price of oil keeps falling – there’s no real need to buy it. ...
Major Asian stocks close up, Nikkei rebounds 2.88%
January 13th, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly higher, with some major indexes rebounding Wednesday, in a sign of returning stability even in the face of lingering worries about China and falling commodity prices. That follows a volatile start to the year, in ...
OPEC president sees emergency meeting in March
January 12th, 2016
OPEC president Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Tuesday that he expects an extraordinary meeting of the oil cartel in “early March” OPEC president Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Tuesday that he expects an extraordinary meeting of the oil cartel in “early ...
Bear Market: The Average U.S. Stock Is Already Down More Than 20 Percent
January 12th, 2016
The stock market is in far worse shape than we are being told. As you will see in this article, the average U.S. stock is already down more than 20 percent from the peak of the market. But of ...
Asia markets close lower, Nikkei 225 slips 2.71%
January 12th, 2016
Asia’s major markets closed mostly lower, with investor sentiment in the region remaining fragile as oil prices continued to slide and China concerns weighed. The Australian market erased its morning gains to slip into negative territory, with the main ASX ...
European markets: FTSE and European stocks shrug off worries over China slowdown
January 11th, 2016
European equity markets kicked off the week on an upbeat note, as investors shrugged off yet another dismal session in Asia, which saw stocks plunge to their lowest level in more than four years. Early on in the European ...
In Saudi Aramco IPO, Global Refining Empire May Be the Prize
January 11th, 2016
Saudi state-owned company mulls `bundle’ of refiners listing Aramco will be world’s top refiner by 2020, overtaking Exxon Investors hoping a Saudi Arabian Oil Co. IPO will provide a chance to buy a stake in the world’s largest crude ...
Oil drops over 2 pct as China slowdown weighs; market loses faith in rebound
January 11th, 2016
Crude oil prices fell over 2 percent on Monday as China’s economic slowdown dented the outlook for demand and traders are placing record bets on even lower prices as they increasingly lose faith in a significant market recovery. Global ...
Shanghai drops 5%, Shenzhen down 6.5% in renewed sell-off
January 11th, 2016
Chinese markets extended an already rough start to the year Monday, losing further ground and other Asian markets came along for the ride lower. The Shanghai composite was down as much 5.22 percent in late-afternoon trade, while the Shenzhen Composite shed 6.5 percent. ...
