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Wall St. set to open little changed on election day
November 8th, 2016
Wall Street looked set to open little changed on Election Day as Americans headed to vote for their next president, with the odds currently favoring Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton. Clinton has a 90 percent chance of defeating Republican nominee ...
Asian Shares Gain as FBI Clears Clinton
November 7th, 2016
Equity markets rallied, a sign that investors believe a victory for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is now more likely Tuesday Asian share markets were broadly higher Monday, with the dollar surging after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation stood ...
Gold Climbs as Vote Jitters Hit U.S. Stock Futures, Mexican Peso
November 3rd, 2016
Polls point to a close race ahead of presidential election Bullion, yen boosted by haven demand as dollar extends slide Investors are becoming more jittery amid a tightening race for the U.S. presidency, sending gold higher for a sixth ...
What Else Can Central Banks Do?
October 28th, 2016
Central banks all over the world took dramatic actions during the Great Recession and its aftermath. For example, the US Federal Reserve took the “federal funds” interest rate down to near-zero in December 2008 and left it there until ...
Dollar Climbs as Samsung Drives Asian Stock Retreat; Bonds Drop
October 11th, 2016
Bond yields surge as traders bet on December Fed rate hike Offshore yuan falls an eighth day for longest slump since 2014 The dollar climbed versus all its major peers as bonds dropped after investors boosted expectations for a ...
World Gone Mad, Part 2: “Perpetual Preferred”
October 10th, 2016
Towards the end of a credit bubble, ideas that might have seemed crazy in more boring times are not just accepted but embraced by investors desperate to keep the high that comes from effortless bull-market profits. In the junk ...
Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Rates In This World? Bank Bail-In Edition
October 5th, 2016
I know it’s bad form to express sympathy for the people running the world’s central banks. But come on, they’re human beings in an impossible spot with no idea how to escape. The pain they feel is both intense ...
Dollar Climbs on Fed Bets as Australian Bonds Sink; Oil Retreats
October 4th, 2016
Japanese stocks advance as yen weakens for a sixth day Regional sovereign debt slides amid U.S. rate-hike speculation The dollar strengthened for a sixth day versus the yen and sovereign bonds fell as American manufacturing data and hawkish comments ...
The British Pound strengthens; Asian Shares continue the fall; Yen Gains; Kiwi weakens; Oil below $44
September 15th, 2016
Pound edges higher ahead of BOE policy meeting; kiwi weakens Hong Kong stocks advance, led by gains in Macau casinos A global equities selloff extended into Asian trading and European stock index futures fell after a slide in oil ...
Asian Markets Fall After North Korea Nuclear Test
September 9th, 2016
Asian shares moved lower after North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test Friday, adding to weakness in the market brought on by disappointment about European Central Bank’s inaction on stimulus. But Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index continues to rally, ...
