Search Results for: U.S. economy
European Stocks rise as Fed Signals Support Amid Recovery
June 19th, 2014
European stocks rose after the Federal Reserve repeated its pledge to leave interest rates near their record low and said the world’s largest economy should experience sustained growth. U.S. stock futures were little changed, while Asian shares rallied. Rolls-Royce ...
Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, and platinum dropped amid talks to end a South African ...
Can This Be Good? China Looks To Build Out Risky Derivatives Market
June 2nd, 2014
The asset backed securities that sunk the U.S. economy, namely the complicated financial products known as mortgage backed securities, is a market China wants to consider opening up to…Americans. Well, not just Americans, but any multinational investment bank with ...
The New Paradigm for Banks
May 30th, 2014
Why are U.S. banks having a harder time making money? It’s a question that extends well beyond business models, operating environments and market valuations to the role they play in the economy, during good times and bad. Financial institutions ...
Dear Investors: China’s Problems Are Your Problems
May 27th, 2014
I have long argued that it will take a sizable shock to switch the current “risk on” investment climate to one of “risk off.” The robust U.S. stock market persists even though the housing recovery has stagnated, labor markets ...
Stocks: Federal Reserve to the rescue?
April 28th, 2014
Janet Yellen and economic data are poised to steal the business spotlight from Corporate America this week. After a bonanza of corporate report cards dominated recent headlines, investors will likely refocus on the state of the U.S. economy and ...
Wall Street Bond Dealers Whipsawed on Bearish Treasuries Bet
April 22nd, 2014
Betting against U.S. government debt this year is turning out to be a fool’s errand. Just ask Wall Street’s biggest bond dealers. While the losses that their economists predicted have yet to materialize, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup ...
Dollar Gains 7th Day as Economic Data Signal Growth
April 22nd, 2014
The dollar gained for a seventh day against a basket of peers, the longest streak in almost a year, as revised data in a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago index signaled greater-than-forecast strength in the U.S. economy. The yen ...
Gold Holds Gains as Investors Assess Pace of Stimulus After Data
April 7th, 2014
Gold held the biggest one-day advance in more than three weeks as U.S. jobs data that trailed analysts estimates damped speculation that the Federal Reserve will step up the pace of stimulus reduction. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at ...
Stock Futures Rise as Dollar Holds Yen Gain Before Data
April 4th, 2014
U.S. and European equity-index futures climbed and the dollar held gains against the yen and euro before a payrolls report. Stocks fluctuated in Asia, wheat slid toward its first loss in five weeks and India’s rupee fell. Contracts on ...
