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Asia stocks trim gains as liquidity fears jolt China markets
November 30th, 2016
Asian stocks tried to stabilize after a rocky November month drew to a close, but Wednesday’s session brought new anxieties as Chinese equities and commodities tanked amid worries that Beijing’s efforts to support its currency could squeeze liquidity. Analysts ...
Dollar claws back some losses as investors look to U.S. data, OPEC
November 29th, 2016
The dollar clawed back some losses on Tuesday as Italian political woes weighed on the euro, though the greenback remained shy of recent highs after U.S. Treasury yields stepped back from multi-month highs. Volatile crude oil prices ahead of ...
Dollar Set for Weekly Surge as Fed Outlook Weighs on Bonds, Gold
November 25th, 2016
100% odds of a December Fed move keep dollar at 10-year high 40-year JGB yields drop after auction, flattening curve The prospect of a higher interest-rate environment in the U.S. continues to course through markets, sending the dollar toward ...
Asian Energy Stocks Rally With Crude Oil as Dollar Holds Advance
November 21st, 2016
Japan’s Topix index caps longest rally since August 2015 Dollar index at January high as Trump spurs rate-hike bets Oil jumped on optimism OPEC will agree to a supply-cut deal, buoying Asian energy stocks. The dollar built on last ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
Dollar stays near 13-and-a-half year peak; BOJ bond operation weighs on yen
November 17th, 2016
The dollar caught its breath on Thursday, after charging to a 13-1/2 year high against a basket of currencies on bets the Trump administration will adopt inflationary policies, while the yen sagged after a Bank of Japan bond-buying operation. ...
Most Markets Tumbled Last Week, But US Stocks Surged
November 15th, 2016
Last week’s election of Donald Trump triggered widespread selling in global markets, based on ETF proxies representing the major asset classes. US equities bucked the trend with a strong gain for the five trading days through Oct. 11. Stock ...
Asian Shares Jump With Metals as Trump Reassessed; Kiwi Weakens
November 10th, 2016
Stock gains led by raw-materials producers as copper jumps Australian 10-year debt yield surges more than 20 basis points Stocks in Asia rebounded from their steepest slide since Brexit, industrial metals surged and regional bonds tumbled after Donald Trump’s ...
Global Markets Rocked as Traders See Likelihood of Trump Victory
November 9th, 2016
S&P 500 futures tumble by 5% limit as Mexican peso plunges Gold jump by most since 2009, surging with yen, Treasuries Global markets were thrown into disarray as results from the U.S. election indicated that Donald Trump may prevail ...
CBOE Launches Smile Index Based on Implied Volatilities of S&P 500 Options
October 26th, 2016
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today that it has launched the CBOE S&P 500® Smile Index (Ticker: SMILE), a premium-capture strategy benchmark index based on the steepness of the curve of implied volatilities of S&P 500 Index (SPX) options — ...
