Search Results for: Global equity markets
Europe Stocks at Recession Prices Show Growth Faith Falters
February 9th, 2016
Euro Stoxx 50 had its largest two-day slump since August Shares now trade at biggest discount in a year vs U.S. stocks For European investors trying to assess just how bad sentiment is right now, consider this: the last ...
Dot-Com Bubble 2.0 Is Bursting: Tech Stocks Are Already Down Half A Trillion Dollars Since Mid-2015
February 8th, 2016
Do you remember how much stocks went down when the first dot-com bubble burst? Well, it is happening again, and tech stocks are already down more than half a trillion dollars since the middle of 2015. On Friday, the ...
Dow, S&P 500 rally with energy; Alphabet drops
February 4th, 2016
U.S. stocks staged a late-day rally on Wednesday as an 8-percent jump in oil prices lifted beaten-down energy shares and financials rebounded. The Nasdaq stayed weaker but ended well off the day’s lows. Oil prices LCOc1 CLc1 snapped a ...
Surprises in store…
February 3rd, 2016
The month of January has been a wake-up call for complacent equity investors. From the peaks of last year stock indices in the major markets have fallen 10-20%, give or take. On their own, these falls could be read ...
KCG announces Fourth Quarter 2015 Results
February 1st, 2016
KCG announces Consolidated Loss of $0.05 per Diluted Share for the Fourth Quarter of 2015 CG reports consolidated revenues of $262.7 million and pre-tax loss of $7.1 million for the quarter KCG increases tangible book value to $14.89 per ...
China shares lower, but ‘real economy’ sound says state media
January 28th, 2016
China’s volatile shares were lower again on Thursday, taking losses this month to about 23 percent or 12 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion), while state media insisted that the market ructions did not reflect the real economy. The benchmark Shanghai ...
Gold near 12-wk top as dollar slips ahead of Fed statement
January 27th, 2016
Fed expected to keep rates unchanged, cite gloomy global outlook Dollar weaker versus currency basket, Asian stocks subdued SPDR Gold holdings at highest since November Coming Up: Federal Reserve releases statement; 1900 GMT (Updates prices) Gold beamed near a ...
China shares tumble again, taking 2016 losses to $2 trillion
January 27th, 2016
Chinese shares fell sharply again on Wednesday after plunging in the previous session, taking losses in 2016 to nearly 25 percent or 13 trillion yuan ($2 trillion). The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index SSEC was down 3 percent in afternoon ...
China Stocks Plunge to 13-Month Low Amid Capital Outflow Concern
January 26th, 2016
Yourong Fund, Rabobank, Chart Partners predict further losses China capital outflows reached estimated $1 trillion in 2015 China’s stocks tumbled to the lowest levels in 13 months amid concern capital outflows will accelerate as the economy slows and support ...
HKEX rolls out its Strategic Plan 2016-2018
January 25th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced on Thursday its Strategic Plan 2016-2018, outlining the development roadmap for HKEX and Hong Kong’s financial markets. HKEX’s strategic goals for the three-year period are to extend and deepen its value ...
