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Emerging Currencies Review: Currencies and stocks gain, led by Chinese markets
June 12th, 2019
Emerging markets gained on Tuesday as the Chinese government moved to support its stocks and currency, but new tariff threats in the U.S-China trade war kept risk appetite subdued. MSCI’s emerging-market shares index rose to its highest in nearly ...
European markets opened higher Monday; Stocks in Asia traded higher Monday
June 10th, 2019
European markets opened higher Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that proposed tariffs on Mexican imports would be suspended indefinitely. The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.4% in early trade, basic resources leading gains with a 1.3% rise. Trump ...
Early Monday Review: Euro little moved as EU vote shows limited gains by nationalists
May 27th, 2019
Asia stocks edged up early on Monday, and the euro was confined to a narrow range after the weekend’s European Parliament elections highlighted the deepening political fragmentation of the 28-country bloc. The euro was a shade higher at $1.1211, ...
Post-tariff considerations
May 17th, 2019
President Trump has declared he will extend tariffs of 25% on all America’s imports of Chinese goods. China is responding with tariff increases of its own. The consequences of this action and reaction will be to kick-start higher ...
European stocks traded higher Thursday; This was the strongest performer
May 16th, 2019
European stocks traded higher Thursday as markets recovered from an early rattle caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed targeting of Chinese tech firm Huawei. The pan-European STOXX 600 hit a day high in late-morning trade. The STOXX 600 ...
Gold prices steadied on Wednesday
May 15th, 2019
Gold prices steadied on Wednesday, having retreated from a one-month peak hit in the previous session as optimism surrounding trade talks between Washington and Beijing soothed investor concerns, boosting global stocks and the dollar. Spot gold was steady at ...
Yen gains but yuan, Aussie dip as U.S.-China trade war escalates
May 13th, 2019
The safe-haven yen edged higher and the Chinese yuan and Australian dollar dipped early on Monday after the latest escalation in the trade war between the United States and China. The world’s two biggest economies appeared at a deadlock ...
GDPR close to one year anniversary; Has lived up to its potential?
May 8th, 2019
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation was celebrated as a revolution in how internet privacy could be legislated. It was a reaction to long-term concerns in the EU about information collection by tech giants like Facebook, Alphabet and ...
Cyber wars and all that
May 3rd, 2019
Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short of dollars are incorrect: the shortage is of inward capital ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
