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Investors Pour Record Amount Into European High-Yield Bond Funds
February 3rd, 2015
Over €1 billion Moved Into European High-Yield Bond Funds in Week Ending Jan. 28. Mario Draghi plans to get Europe’s economy up and running, but he has also sent investors stampeding into riskier corners of the region’s bond market. Investors ...
Central Bank of Hungary voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged
January 28th, 2015
Central Bank of Hungary issued a press release informing that voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 2.10%. In the Council’s judgement, Hungarian economic growth is likely to continue. While the pace of economic activity is ...
Central Banks and Economic Reports Keep Bull Market Alive
January 28th, 2015
At the age of 72 months, the U.S. bull market may be long in the tooth. Stocks may be significantly over-priced based on the CAPE-10 P/E ratio, and Warren Buffett’s favorite measurement, the ratio of market capitalization to GDP. ...
Asia Stocks Little Changed Before European Central Bank Decision
January 22nd, 2015
Asia’s benchmark stock gauge was little changed as investors awaited a European Central Bank decision today on quantitative-easing strategy. Chinese shares rallied as the People’s Bank of China pumped funds into the financial system. Bridgestone Corp. sank 1.7 percent as tiremakers ...
Deutsche Bank considers retail bank spin-off
January 15th, 2015
Deutsche Bank is considering spinning off its retail banking operations as regulators push Germany’s biggest lender to lower its debt levels and stop it using deposits collected from consumers to fund its investment bank. The politically sensitive move could ...
European markets rise on US futures lead
January 12th, 2015
World markets were traded lower on Friday. Average Hourly Earnings in December, released in the United States, indicated unexpected decrease and affected investor’s sentiment. Non-Farm Employment Change outperformed the outlook, Unemployment Rate dropped to the lowest level over 6.5 ...
EU’s Juncker Launches Infrastructure Investment Plan
November 26th, 2014
New European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker launched a plan aimed at enticing pension funds, insurance companies and other major investors to finance cross-border European infrastructure projects. The plan to boost lackluster investment in the bloc is one of the ...
European Bonds Gain With Stocks as Aussie, Kiwi Decline
November 25th, 2014
Bonds rose and European stocks gained for a third day on prospects for more stimulus as inflation slows. Brent crude traded near a four-year low before a meeting of oil exporters and currencies from commodity-producing nations weakened. Spain’s 10-year ...
Deutsche Bank cannot rely on this trading rebound – Bottom Line
October 30th, 2014
Trading revenues were once the mainstay of many an investment bank, and made up the glamorous end of the City. It is always the traders who get the public’s attention. Who ever complains about City brokers or City auditors? But ...
Trio of Russian state-owned banks take EU to court over sanctions
October 29th, 2014
Three Russian major state-owned institutions – Sberbank, VTB and Vnesheconombank – have announced that they have filed lawsuits with an EU court to contest sanctions the European Union imposed on them in late July. The first to announce its ...
