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Stocks take battering as Italian crisis roils financial markets
May 30th, 2018
Asian stocks extended a global sell-off on Wednesday as Italy’s political crisis rippled across financial markets, toppling the euro to a 10-month low, pushing up Italian borrowing costs and sending investors rushing to safe-haven assets such as U.S. Treasuries. ...
Traders: Key events to watch this week; Ten-year Treasuries rallied
May 29th, 2018
Ten-year Treasuries rallied alongside core European bonds as the political crisis in Italy deepened, triggering risk-off trading across many global markets. Losses for the euro mounted and the region’s stocks sold off, while the dollar edged up. The benchmark ...
Is Oil About To Become Front-Page News? “A Glut That Held Prices Down For Years Is Essentially Gone”
May 22nd, 2018
Here’s a new indicator for you: It seems that the difference between the price of oil here and abroad is a measure of tightness in the market, with a rising spread indicating higher prices in the future, ...
The Euro and the Yen fell, Asian Stocks gain; Key events to watch this week
May 21st, 2018
Most Asian stocks gained Monday as U.S. equity futures jumped in the wake of news that the Sino-American trade war is on hold for now. Treasury yields nudged higher, taking the dollar with them. Equity benchmarks rose in Hong ...
The Dollar was flat, Euro rose, Yen fell; Early traders review
May 18th, 2018
Asian shares traded mixed on Friday, while remaining on track for a weekly loss as investors mull the implications of a jump in benchmark 10-year Treasury yields to their highest level since 2011. The dollar was flat, near its ...
Pound jumped, Euro and Yen rose; Stocks in Asia drifted
May 17th, 2018
Stocks in Asia drifted as Treasury yields climbed above 3.1 percent, raising concerns about the appetite for riskier assets. The pound rose on a report that Britain might have reached agreement on its approach toward European customs union. Positive ...
The Euro and Japanese Yen fell, Dollar strengthened; Key events to watch this week
May 15th, 2018
Stocks in Asia declined Tuesday, while the dollar strengthened and 10-year Treasury yields rose back above the 3 percent mark as investors assessed the outlook for global trade relations and increased tensions in the Middle East. Equity benchmarks dropped ...
Bitcoin sees Wall Street warm to trading virtual currency
May 10th, 2018
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York ...
The Euro, Japanese Yen and Australia Dollar fell; Asian stocks mixed
May 9th, 2018
Asian stocks were mixed and crude oil climbed past $70 in New York after President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran. Treasury yields advanced toward 3 percent, helping stoke gains in the dollar against the yen. Equity ...
British pound was flat, Yen lost, Won jumped, Stocks in Asia gained; Key events to watch this week
April 30th, 2018
Stocks in Asia gained, with some major markets shut for holidays, as investors weighed the ongoing earnings season against a mixed set of signals for global economic growth. The won rallied as the two Koreas moved closer to peace ...
