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Bloomberg: Stocks Drop Amid EM Turmoil; Dollar Holds Gains: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks fell as continued pressure in many emerging markets intensified concerns of contagion and trade tensions persisted. A day after currencies dropped across the region, it was the stock market’s turn in the hot-seat. [more...]
Bloomberg: Mercedes Unveils First Tesla Rival in $12 Billion Attack
Mercedes-Benz, the world’s largest maker of luxury cars, is rolling out its first in a series of battery-powered models, adding to a growing array of high-end brands targeting Tesla Inc. [more...]
Bloomberg: Emerging-Market Contagion Fear Sparks Deepening Rout: Inside EM
Emerging markets sold off anew Tuesday as South Africa entered a recession and Indonesia’s rupiah joined currencies from Turkey to Argentina in tumbling toward record lows, reinforcing concern that contagion risks are too big to ignore. [more...]
Bloomberg: Contagion or Not, These Emerging Markets Hold Key to Selloff
This year’s global emerging-market selloff has its roots in a slew of mini-routs as the era of easy-money came to an end. Consider Turkey, now paying the price for its refusal to follow orthodox monetary policy; Argentina, facing a crisis of confidence just four years of its last default.  [more...]
Bloomberg: Wall Street Analysts Split on How to Trade ‘Overvalued’ Dollar
By many conventional measures, the dollar is increasingly overvalued. Yet what investors should do with that information is becoming less clear. The greenback is surging, trading more than 11 percent above its 10-year average in real effective terms as of July, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. [more...]
Bloomberg: Toyota Recalls 1 Million Prius, C-HR Hybrids on Risk of Fire
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling more than a million of its Prius and C-HR compact crossover vehicles globally due to the risk of fire. [more...]
Bloomberg: Emerging-Market Contagion Fears Rotate From Currencies to Stocks
Pressure on emerging markets shifted from currencies to stocks in Asian trading on Wednesday, as prospects for higher funding costs threaten to diminish the appeal of companies benefiting from faster economic growth than in the developed world. [more...]
Reuters: Stocks fall, dollar up on trade tensions, emerging market woes
Stock markets fell in Asia on Wednesday and the safe-haven dollar hovered near a two-week high as heightened worries over international trade conflicts and emerging market weakness curbed investors’ appetite for riskier assets. [more...]
Reuters: Greener growth could add $26 trillion to world economy by 2030: study
Strong action to combat climate change could cumulatively add at least $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, according to a study on Wednesday which seeks to dispel fears that a shift from fossil fuels will undermine growth. [more...]
CNBC: Egypt can handle the emerging markets downturn 'up to a limit,' finance minister says
Amid a brewing storm for emerging markets, Egypt's finance minister believes his country's economy can weather what has thrown many others into crisis — as long as the underlying causes don't get any worse. [more...]
CNBC: Emerging market currencies keep tumbling, but experts say fears of contagion may be overblown
Emerging market currencies succumbed to a sell-off again on Tuesday, with currencies tumbling across the board — some to new record lows. [more...]
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