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Asian stocks mixed on possible December rate hike
November 5th, 2015
Asian stocks put up a mixed performance on Thursday, after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that December’s monetary policy meeting would be a “live possibility” for a rate hike if upcoming economic data were supportive. Yellen was testifying before the ...
Asian stocks rejoice at offshore gains, Japan Post debut
November 4th, 2015
Asian stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, as a confluence of factors including a stellar market debut from Japan Post’s units in Tokyo fueled risk appetite in the region. A fifth straight day of gains for energy counters alongside a ...
Asian Stocks Track S&P 500 Gains; Aussie Rises as RBA Stays Put
November 3rd, 2015
Stocks rise from Sydney to Seoul as holiday closes Tokyo S&P 500 topped 2,100, back to pre-yuan devaluation levels Asian stocks climbed after signs of stabilization in global manufacturing activity helped drive the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to ...
Gold Demand in China May Gain to Record, Bullion Bourse Says
November 2nd, 2015
Financial-market turmoil, devaluation seen boosting demand `Investors still prefer gold,’ Chairman Haywood Cheung says Gold consumption in mainland China may match or exceed the record in 2013 after financial-market turmoil and the yuan’s devaluation boosted the metal’s appeal, according ...
Asian shares mixed on BOJ decision, China’s child policy change
October 30th, 2015
Asian shares mostly regained their footing on Friday, following the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) decision to stand pat on its monetary policy and as China‘s scrapping of its one-child policy bolstered dairy and baby products makers. Major U.S. averages finished lower overnight, ...
Shanghai, Tokyo stocks buck downtrend in choppy trade
October 29th, 2015
Asian stocks outside China and Japan slipped on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged but signaled that a December rate hike was still on the table. “The market, economists, commentators and the man on the street has combed ...
Global Stocks Fall Ahead of Fed Meeting
October 27th, 2015
Global stocks fell Tuesday as investors looked ahead to the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. The Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.6% in early trade after U.S. stock markets mostly fell Monday on lower ...
Asian shares get a fillip from ECB stimulus hopes
October 23rd, 2015
Asian share markets advanced on Friday, tracking offshore gains following hints of new stimulus from the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB President Mario Draghi signaled on Thursday that the central bank is prepared to undertake another large stimulus package to tackle the lackluster ...
China small-caps lead gains; rest of Asia mixed
October 22nd, 2015
Chinese stocks recovered from the prior day’s sudden sell-off, as a surge in small-caps rekindled investor interest. The rest of the region, however, put up a mixed performance as renewed weakness in commodity prices and an uninspiring lead from ...
20 Reasons Why All The People That Quit Prepping After September Are Dead Wrong
October 21st, 2015
Millions of Americans were gearing up for some huge event to happen in September, but the world didn’t end and now many of them have given up entirely on prepping. Of course the truth is that some absolutely earth-shattering ...
