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Asia stocks rise, dollar sags as weak U.S. data dents rate hike prospects
October 15th, 2015
Asian shares rose to 2-month highs on Thursday and the dollar struggled near multi-week lows after weak U.S. economic data added to expectations that the Federal Reserve will delay hiking interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
The Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun
October 14th, 2015
The biggest bank in the western world has just come out and declared that the global economy is “already in a recession”. According to British banking giant HSBC, global trade is down 8.4 percent so far this year, and global GDP ...
Are You Ready to Buy Stocks at Your Grocery Store?
October 14th, 2015
Kmart, Office Depot, Safeway and other retailers roll out gift cards that give recipients shares in top companies Now selling at the checkout counter: breath mints, hand sanitizer and…$25 of Berkshire Hathaway stock? In a new twist on the bustling gift-card ...
Asian shares extend losses after China prices cool
October 14th, 2015
Asian shares tottered on Wednesday, extending losses after consumer inflation in China eased more than expected and heightened concerns about deflationary pressures in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.6 percent in September from a ...
Talk Is Cheap for Euro as QE’s Diminishing Returns Thwart Draghi
October 13th, 2015
ECB chief reiterates willingness to ease, yet currency gains Debatable whether more stimulus can weaken euro: Investec Traders are losing their faith in Mario Draghi’s ability to weaken the euro. The European Central Bank president has reiterated at least four ...
Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil
October 13th, 2015
Over the summer, as the U.S. stock market wobbled and then plunged 4 percent in a day, Citigroup made a tough choice: to dial down risk-taking in the bank’s capital markets group. Phil Drury and Doug Adams, then co-heads ...
Gold hits 7-week high as traders bet on U.S. rate hike delay
October 12th, 2015
Gold reaches highest since August at $1,166.60/oz Dollar near 3-week low after Fed minutes Hedge fund, money managers lift bullish bets to 4-mth high Gold rose to 7-week highs on Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will postpone ...
Why Are The IMF, The UN, The BIS And Citibank All Warning That An Economic Crisis Could Be Imminent?
October 9th, 2015
The warnings are getting louder. Is anybody listening? For months, I have been documenting on my website how the global financial system is absolutely primed for a crisis, and now some of the most important financial institutions in the ...
Crude oil futures rise after bullish forecast, Fed minutes
October 9th, 2015
U.S. crude rises to above $50 a barrel Brent crude on track for near 12-pct weekly rise Influential forecaster predicts market rally (Updates prices, adds comment) Crude futures rose in early Asian trade, with U.S. oil climbing above $50 a ...
Equity rally stalls as German data casts cloud over global growth
October 8th, 2015
Global stocks traded just off three-week highs on Thursday after unexpectedly weak trade and machinery orders data from Germany and Japan hinted at a stalling in the momentum of some of the world’s biggest economies. An oil price bounce, ...
