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European Stoxx 600 hovered just below the flatline in early trade
August 7th, 2020
The pan-European Stoxx 600 hovered just below the flatline in early trade, with autos falling 0.7% to lead losses while telecoms bounced 1% higher. Asian stocks were mostly lower during afternoon trade. China’s General Administration of Customs said its ...
The crisis goes up a gear
June 22nd, 2020
Dollar-denominated financial markets appeared to suffer a dramatic change on or about the 23 March. This article examines the possibility that it marks the beginning of the end for the Fed’s dollar. At this stage of an evolving economic ...
Unintended consequences of monetary inflation
May 15th, 2020
“In short, the Fed is committed to rescue businesses from the greatest economic catastrophe since the great depression and probably even greater than that, to fund the US Government’s rocketing budget deficits, fund the maintenance of domestic consumption ...
European markets climb as more restrictions are lifted
May 5th, 2020
The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 1.4% by early afternoon, oil and gas stocks surging 5.2% to lead gains as all sectors and major bourses traded in positive territory. European markets are paying close attention to coronavirus developments and the ...
A primer for gold newbies
April 7th, 2020
The purpose of this article is purely educational. Increasingly, the wider public is turning to gold in a spontaneous reaction to financial and economic problems that have become suddenly apparent, hastened by the spread of the coronavirus. For ...
Cryptocurrency value rises over $14 billion in 24 hours as bitcoin rallies 10%
March 24th, 2020
Cryptocurrency prices rallied on Tuesday even as equity markets continue to come under pressure due to coronavirus fears weighing on investors’ sentiment. Bitcoin was up over 10% from 24 hours previously, trading at $6,569.17 at around 11:57 a.m. Singapore ...
Yen rates keep being influenced by fear around the recent outbreak of coronavirus
February 21st, 2020
Risk-recovery has been a hot topic of the week in Asia. The experts are trying to predict the future of the Asian stocks, Wall Street futures and Treasury yields. A decrease in the number of the new coronavirus cases ...
European shares set to drift lower on growth concerns
November 14th, 2019
European stocks may drift lower at open on Thursday as weaker-than-expected economic data from China and Japan stoked worries that a global slowdown is deepening. China reported unexpectedly weak data, with industrial output and retail sales growth coming in ...
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday
August 5th, 2019
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday, dragged down heavily by commodity-linked stocks as anxiety over trade frictions with the United States sent the country’s yuan below 7 per dollar for the first time in a decade. ...
Stalling Markets
July 22nd, 2019
The combination of American trade protectionism and the end of a failing credit expansion is leading into a global economic downturn, and potentially a systemic crisis. Meanwhile, investors still believe more extreme monetary policies will stabilise economies and ...
