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Bonds, shares, gold supported ahead of expected ECB action
January 21st, 2015
European shares held close to a seven-year high on Wednesday and Asian shares hit a six-week peak investors bet the European Central Bank would unveil a stimulus drive to boost the flagging euro zone economy. Expectations that the ECB ...
Forget Switzerland: These banks will be hit by SNB shock
January 20th, 2015
Switzerland’s shock scrapping of its currency cap could knock Swiss bank earnings by 10-15 percent, but financial firms in nearby central and eastern European countries could be worse affected, Pimco’s head of financial research told CNBC on Tuesday. “I ...
World Economic Outlook (WEO) UPDATE
January 20th, 2015
Cross Currents Global growth will receive a boost from lower oil prices, which reflect to an important extent higher supply. But this boost is projected to be more than offset by negative factors, including investment weakness as adjustment ...
Europe Stocks Gain as Retailers Rise, U.K. Prices Miss Forecasts
January 13th, 2015
European stocks advanced for a second day, as retailers climbed and data showed U.K. inflation fell to the lowest level in 15 years. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 1.1 percent to 343.74 at 12:02 p.m. in London, extending ...
Dollar Slips on Wages as Oil Drops; Chinese Stocks Drop
January 12th, 2015
The dollar fell for a second day after an unexpected drop in U.S. wages clouded the outlook for interest rates, and crude oil resumed declines. Billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. surged in Hong Kong after a reorganization, while ...
GFG Weekly Market Insight – 5 Themes For 2015 (week 05 Jan 2015)
January 9th, 2015
5 Themes for 2015 A look back at 2014 may shed some light on what could be ahead for 2015 with multi-asset class trading dynamics suggesting that a slow-motion repricing of risk and/or flight to liquidity may be underway. Possible ...
Euro hovers near 9-yr lows, undermined by ECB QE bets
January 8th, 2015
The euro extended losses into a sixth straight day to trade near a nine-year low on Thursday, as investors bet the European Central Bank was getting closer to adopting quantitative easing to ward off deflation. A slump in German ...
Yen Weakens for Second Day as Stocks, Oil Rally; Aussie Advances
January 8th, 2015
The yen fell for a second day against the dollar as stocks rose around the world before U.S. reports this week that economists said will show an improving labor market. Japan’s currency also weakened versus all of its 16 ...
Euro Falls as Consumer Prices Drop Most Since 2009; Real Gains
January 7th, 2015
The euro dropped for a fourth day versus the dollar, the longest skid in two months, as consumer prices in the region fell more than economists predicted to strengthen the case for asset purchases by the European Central Bank. ...
Euro Extends Slide on ECB Outlook; Asian Stocks, Oil Slip
January 5th, 2015
The euro weakened to an almost nine-year low and Asian stocks fell amid concern Greece will exit the European currency union. Oil slumped to its lowest level since 2009, while silver and Chinese shares climbed. The euro depreciated 0.5 percent to ...
