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Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
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 ...
No Agreement on OPEC Meeting After Venezuela Meets With Saudi Arabia
February 9th, 2016
The prospects for an emergency OPEC meeting to initiate coordinated production cuts took a hit this weekend. Venezuela’s oil minister Eulogio del Pino flew to Riyadh to meet with Saudi officials, which followed a recent trip to Moscow to ...
VW faces tougher Justice Department while GM and Toyota settled criminal charges without pleading guilty
February 8th, 2016
Government making `big deal’ of company’s emissions cheating GM, Toyota settled criminal charges without pleading guilty No one has died from the emissions-cheating software Volkswagen AG has admitted it installed in some of its cars, yet the U.S. Justice ...
Oil Trades Near $31 After Saudi-Venezuela Talks as Bets Increase
February 8th, 2016
Al-Naimi speaks with counterpart about other producer meetings Vitol CEO says crude to stay between $40 and $60 for 10 years Oil traded near $31 a barrel after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met to discuss cooperating to stabilize the ...
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 ...
Oil Prices Could Jump 50% by the End of 2016
February 3rd, 2016
WTI seen averaging near $46 a barrel in Q4; Brent at about $48 U.S. sees domestic oil output falling by 620,000 barrels a day Oil bulls distressed that last week’s rally fizzled can find some comfort in forecasts for ...
Oil Prices Drop as Chances Fade for Output Cuts
February 2nd, 2016
Coordinated cutbacks considered less likely after Iran raises its export target Oil prices gave back a big chunk of last week’s gains, with traders losing hope that the world’s big producers will cut their output and that Asia’s economies ...
Saudi Arabia struggles to cope with cheap oil
February 1st, 2016
Saudi Arabia has managed to buy itself a couple of months. The global rout of oil prices is taking its toll on the kingdom’s bottom line. The country has been forced to cut government spending in its upcoming budget ...
Oil prices slip on weak Asian data, fading prospect of output cut
February 1st, 2016
Oil prices dropped on Monday after China and South Korea posted surprisingly weak economic data, while fading prospects for a coordinated production cut by leading crude exporters also dragged on the market. Economic data from China, showing its manufacturing ...