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Asia shares up after Wall St recovers from Ukraine-driven slide
August 18th, 2014
Asian stocks stalled and the dollar sagged against the safe-haven yen on Monday, as another bout of tensions in the Ukrainian conflict sapped investor confidence. Spreadbetters are picking European shares, which already had a chance on Friday to absorb ...
Federated Investors sees S&P 500 at 2,500 in two years
August 18th, 2014
The S&P 500 could hit 2,500 within the next 18 months to two years, according to Barron’s report on Sunday, citing its interview with Stephen Auth, chief investment officer, equities at Federated Investors. A robust U.S. economy growing at ...
Asia shares up as investors bank on more stimulus
August 14th, 2014
Asian shares pushed higher on Thursday after a flood of soft economic data led investors to wager on a ceaseless fountain of stimulus from major central banks, sending bond yields tumbling across the globe. An economic contraction in Japan, ...
Failure of Private Deal Over Argentine Debt by Hedge Fund Holdouts
August 14th, 2014
Aurelius Capital Management announced that efforts to reach a deal with private parties in the wake of Argentina’s debt had collapsed. The firm is one of the hedge funds that has battled with Argentina over billions of dollars in ...
Gold Remains Rangebound
August 13th, 2014
Gold is listless on Wednesday, continuing a week with little movement. The spot price stands at $1308.60 per ounce in the European session. On the release front, attention shifts to US retail sales data, with the release later today ...
Water deal could force another delay in Detroit bankruptcy trial
August 13th, 2014
A federal judge could once again push back the start date for the trial on Detroit’s exit from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history after some creditors said on Tuesday a possible settlement is snarling key components of ...
Gold Remains Close to $1310 as Geopolitical Concerns Weigh
August 13th, 2014
Gold ended modestly higher on Tuesday, supported after two days of declines by signs that the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine was hurting economic confidence in the euro zone economy. Analyst and investor morale in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, ...
Asian shares sluggish, Ukraine anxiety fans growth worries
August 13th, 2014
Asian shares were tentative on Wednesday, and copper prices slipped to six-week lows on worries about global growth, as investors remained cautious as the crisis in Ukraine threatened a fragile economic recovery in Europe. Adding to the fragile mood, ...
Cayman Simplifies Customs Procedures
August 13th, 2014
The Cayman Islands is trying to speed up and simplify things for cross-border traders and thus has launched a number of initiatives to achieve it. It has announced a two percent reduction in several duties and as from September ...
These large-cap funds are crushing the S&P 500 this year
August 12th, 2014
Some funds are clobbering the Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index this year. The top five large-company stock funds: PIMCO StocksPLUS Long Duration fund (PSLDX), 18.1%. This fund is an anomaly, albeit a successful one. It invests in S&P ...
