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Asia stocks, bonds suffer central bank anxiety attack
September 12th, 2016
Asian shares suffered their sharpest setback since June on Monday as investors were rattled by rising bond yields and talk the Federal Reserve might be serious about lifting U.S. interest rates as early as next week. European bourses were ...
Oil extends gains after big U.S. crude stock draw
September 8th, 2016
Oil prices rose more than 1.5 percent on Thursday after U.S. industry data showed a large drawdown in crude stocks, reflecting the temporary impact of an Atlantic storm. U.S. crude stocks fell 12.1 million barrels last week, data from ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as Crude Oil Rallies; Yuan Bears Squeezed
September 8th, 2016
Yuan borrowing costs jump offshore on suspected intervention Euro edges higher before ECB reviews policy; Aussie gains Price swings in financial markets are becoming increasingly muted as investors mull the outlook for monetary policy in the world’s biggest economies. ...
Emerging Markets Rally as Fed Bets Pulled; Japanese Stocks Fall
September 7th, 2016
Weak U.S. economic data slashes odds of a September rate hike Japanese shares retreat as yen strengthens; oil near $45 Emerging-market stocks and currencies rallied with European equity index futures after a slew of weak U.S. economic data quelled ...
Asian Shares Weaker, With All Eyes on U.S. Jobs Report
September 1st, 2016
Asian shares were broadly weaker Thursday as investors cautiously await the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday that could jolt markets out of their summer malaise. Official Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index data for August came in at 50.4, ...
keza app relaunched enabling bitcoin investing in us stocks
August 31st, 2016
Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired the bitcoin-powered Keza app which allows users to invest in mainstream U.S. stocks, and has relaunched it. The Keza app closed in April shortly after launching, CCN reported. The project had received $357,000 in funding backed by Digital ...
U.S. oil prices slide to near three-week low ahead of stockpile data
August 31st, 2016
U.S. oil prices slid to a near three-week low in early Asian trade Wednesday on expectations that U.S. crude stocks expanded last week, exacerbating the already oversupplied market. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for ...
Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials’ rate comments, dollar firms
August 29th, 2016
Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on the cards for this year. European markets also looked set ...
Asian stocks drop as investors avoid risk before Yellen speech
August 26th, 2016
Asian stocks extended their weekly loss on Friday (Aug 26) ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later in the day that may shed light on the US interest-rate outlook. The yen meandered after Japanese consumer ...
Asian stocks slip on profit-taking; oil falls
August 24th, 2016
Asian stocks edged lower on Wednesday as strong U.S housing data overnight increased the chances of an interest rate increase in coming months, prompting some investors to take profits, while oil prices slipped after a surprise jump in U.S. ...
