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Saxo Bank’s 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2016
December 16th, 2015
Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has today released its annual set of ‘Outrageous Predictions’ for the year ahead. These … Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has today released its annual set ...
Shares climb, dollar dips as Fed prepares to lift rates
December 16th, 2015
Shares and bond markets rose and the dollar dipped on Wednesday, as investors readied for what is expected to be the first rise in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade. After more than a year of posturing and ...
Asian stocks stabilize as oil prices try to recover
December 15th, 2015
Asian shares tried to stabilize early Tuesday as jitters about the high-yield bond market receded and oil prices recovered slightly, a reprieve from deep selling across the region a day earlier. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.39% was off 0.4% with a gauge ...
Asian stocks trade lower, China bucks trend
December 14th, 2015
Asian equities traded mostly lower on Monday, as investors remain focused on the mid-week decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Chinese market bucked trends and traded up, boosted by upticks in shares of brokerages and banks. Kathy Matsui, managing ...
Chinese Finance-Sector IPOs Set to Maintain Strong Presence in 2016
December 11th, 2015
After dominating in Hong Kong this year, more Chinese finance-sector IPOs are expected to come to market next year China’s banks and brokers have had a tough year with rising bad loans, a stock market crash and weak share performance. ...
Citi: Seven warnings signs for stocks in 2016
December 10th, 2015
Wall Street has tamped down stock market expectations in 2016 for a variety of reasons. Less accommodative monetary policy, slow growth and geopolitical concerns only get the ball rolling. There’s a whole slew of reasons why the year ahead ...
Asian stock markets end lower; economic data in focus
December 9th, 2015
Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as major markets such as Japan and China released economic data. Oil prices also ticked up during Asian trading session after closing near six-year lows overnight. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were ...
CBA builds a blockchain in its innovation lab
December 7th, 2015
In its Innovation Lab in Darling Harbour, a team of Commonwealth Bank of Australia computer engineers have built a working “blockchain”. For CBA, a “distributed ledger” is no longer a concept on a whiteboard, but a matter of hardware. ...
Asian markets close near flat, economic data eyed
December 7th, 2015
Asian stocks lost much of their gains from the morning session to close near flat on Monday, as investors eye a host of economic data due this week. Last week, nonfarm payrolls data showed the U.S. economy created 211,000 ...
Asian stock markets trade mixed; commodities weigh
December 3rd, 2015
Asian stocks trimmed losses Thursday as oil prices edged up from an over three month low, although the mood remained cautious ahead of key economic events overseas. U.S. crude prices clawed back gains and was up 43 cents or 1.08 ...