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Asian Stocks Slide Resumes as Dollar Strengthens; Oil Above $48
May 18th, 2016
Japan stocks, yen fluctuate after GDP growth beats estimates Dollar gauge rises to quarter’s high on rate-hike speculation Asian stocks fell for the first time in three days and the dollar strengthened against all of its major peers on ...
Top Currency Traders Warn White House Race May Echo Brexit Chaos
May 16th, 2016
Campaign trail rhetoric foreshadows dollar volatility ahead Policies on trade, currency manipulation may weaken greenback Traders wanting to know what November’s U.S. presidential election will mean for the dollar need look no further than the U.K. The pound plunged ...
Asia trades mixed; Chinese shares under pressure
May 16th, 2016
Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday, as traders shrugged off data released over the weekend that revived concerns over the Chinese economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 pared some of its over 1 percent gains from early morning to close up 54.19 ...
Asian Shares Retreat Amid Earnings as Yen Gains; Oil, Won Drop
May 13th, 2016
Aussie pressured as CBA forecasts two more rate cuts this year Crude slips from six-month high as copper slides in Shanghai Asian stocks fell, set for a third weekly loss, as lackluster corporate earnings gave little cause for cheer ...
Asia trades lower, as oil prices drop; Westpac shares down 3.7%
May 12th, 2016
Asian stocks fell modestly Thursday, taking cues from declines in U.S. stocks after a string of top-flight retail companies released disappointing earnings. The U.S. markets falls came despite gains in oil prices on better-than-expected inventories data. Shares of Disney had ...
Asia mostly higher; Nikkei leads with 2% gain
May 10th, 2016
Asia markets traded mostly higher on Tuesday, with the Japanese benchmark index leading gains in the region. The Nikkei 225 added 2.04 percent, while across the Korean Strait, the Kospi traded up 0.36 percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was down 0.05 percent. ...
T-TIP: Salvation or trash-tip?
May 9th, 2016
President Obama weighed into the Brexit debate on his recent visit to the UK, saying that if Britain left the EU, she would be at the back of the queue when it comes to a free trade agreement. If ...
Asian Stocks Sink to Four-Week Low as Yen Gains; Aussie Slides
May 6th, 2016
Australian bonds surge as RBA cuts inflation forecast Oil near $44, poised for first weekly decline in a month Asian stocks dropped, set for the biggest weekly loss since February, and the yen rose before key American jobs data ...
The fintech sector in Asia Pacific is booming
May 5th, 2016
The fintech sector in Asia Pacific is booming, according to Accenture’s ‘Fintech and the evolving landscape’ report. The study found that fintech investment in the region more than quadrupled to US$4.3 billion in 2015, which accounts for 19 percent ...
Taking the petro out of the dollar
May 4th, 2016
Saudi Arabia has been in the news recently for several interconnected reasons. Underlying it all is a spendthrift country that is rapidly becoming insolvent. While the House of Saud remains strongly resistant to change, a mixture of reality and ...