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Bloomberg: Stocks Fall on Heightened Trade Worry; Dollar Dips: Markets Wrap
U.S. stock futures declined with equities in Asia amid a potential escalation of tensions between Washington and Beijing, and after signs China’s economy remains under pressure. Treasury yields extended last week’s retreat and the dollar fell. [more...]
Bloomberg: China Summons U.S. Envoy Over Huawei CFO
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, in a protest over the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, and said it will take “further action” if needed. [more...]
Bloomberg: Contrarians Made the Right Market Calls in 2018. Here's What They're Saying Now
With just three weeks to go, 2018’s market contrarians are proving prescient. The outlook was decidedly bullish for U.S. stocks and developing-nation assets 12 months ago, with both forecast to build upon a stellar 2017. [more...]
Bloomberg: Fake and Bad News Is Depressing Market, JPM’s Kolanovic Says
Biased news outlets, political opportunists and publicity-hungry analysts are whipping the stock market into a frenzy that goes beyond anything justified by economic or earnings fundamentals, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Marko Kolanovic. [more...]
Bloomberg: Macron Pressed on All Sides for Grand Gesture to End Crisis
Macron is due to address the nation on Monday evening. Everyone, from Yellow Vest protesters to his dwindling number of supporters, is anticipating some solution to end the downward spiral of Europe’s second largest economy, started last month with a grass-roots movement against fuel tax hikes. [more...] Bloomberg: China Factory, Consumer Inflation Slows Amid Weakening Demand
China’s factory inflation slowed further amid weakening demand, while gains in the consumer price index moderated. The producer price index climbed 2.7 percent in November from a year earlier, the slowest pace in more than two years. The consumer price index rose 2.2 percent, slower than estimated. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Warn Oil Uncertainty to Persist
Oil’s gains risk being quelled by uncertainty over how the OPEC+ coalition will implement its deal to cut output, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. [more...]
Bloomberg: Investors in ‘Get-Me-Out-of-Here Mood’ as Asian Stocks Spiral
Asian stock markets are off to a bad start this week, with most major indexes plunging anywhere from 1-2 percent. And the reasons aren’t new: concerns over growth and escalating frictions between two of the world’s superpowers. [more...]
Bloomberg: Why Plunging Fed Odds and Jobs Miss Failed to Dent the Dollar
The dollar is poised to end a tumultuous week for financial markets relatively unscathed, even as the global equity sell-off helped drive aggressive paring of expectations for additional Federal Reserve interest-rate increases. [more...]
Bloomberg: Seventy Short of a ‘Yes’ Vote May Still Leave the Pound Intact
The pound may more than hold its poise if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is rejected by a margin of fewer than 70 to 75 votes, analysts say. A relatively small shortfall for the U.K. prime minister, who needs 320 votes to push the pact through Parliament, may kindle hopes that she could succeed in a second attempt and spur gains in the currency. [more...]
Reuters: Global stocks extend slump as growth worries mount
Losses in global stock markets snowballed on Monday, with U.S. equity futures and Asian shares sliding on worries over slowing growth and fears that a rise in tensions between Washington and Beijing could torpedo chances of a trade deal. [more...]
Reuters: Brent crude oil rises after producer supply cut, but outlook still weak
Brent crude oil rose on Monday after producer club OPEC and some non-affiliated suppliers last Friday agreed to a supply cut from January. [more...]
CNBC: Asia stocks decline after China reports weak trade data; Japan and Australia fall more than 2 percent
Stocks in Asia traded lower Monday afternoon following significantly weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data released over the weekend. The mainland Chinese markets, closely watched as a result of the trade war between Beijing and Washington, slipped by the end of the morning session. The Shanghai composite declined by 0.84 percent while the Shenzhen composite shed 1.146 percent. [more...]
CNBC: Dow futures point to 150-point decline as sell-off looks set to continue in new week
U.S. stock futures fell as traders feared an intensifying trade war between the United States and China. As of 12:00 a.m. ET Monday, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 175 points, implying a decline of 151.95 points at Monday’s open. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also moved lower. The losses would add to a steep decline from last week. [more...]
CNBC: The bear market is here, and stocks will plunge at least 20 percent, Ned Davis Research warns
The wild trading that’s gripped Wall Street may be no ordinary correction. According to Ned Davis Research’s Ed Clissold, a bear market is officially here. [more...] |
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