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Bloomberg: Stocks Slip at End of Best Week Since January: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday, while heading for their biggest weekly gain since January as investors embraced the decisive shift by central banks back to stimulus mode. The S&P 500 Index closed at a record high overnight. [more...]
Bloomberg: Airbus Wins Paris Crown, Vows Fight Over Boeing's 737 Max Deal
Unsatisfied with easily beating Boeing Co. for orders at the Paris Air Show, Airbus SE promised a fight to unravel the expo’s biggest sales coup, the U.S. planemaker’s $24 billion deal for its embattled 737 Max planes. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Rise to Record as 10-Year Yield Hits 2%: Markets Wrap
U.S. stocks rose to a record, while sovereign bonds extended gains and the dollar slumped after central banks around the world continued a shift toward easier monetary policy. Oil surged amid rising tensions with Iran. [more...] Bloomberg: King Dollar's Reign May Be Ending as Fed Debates a U-Turn
The dollar’s best run in four years may be almost over, in the view of some investors. The world’s biggest reserve currency is on track to halt a four-month rally after the Federal Reserve indicated it’s open to cutting borrowing costs for the first time since 2008. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gave dollar bears fodder on Wednesday, signaling that an easing could occur as soon as next month. [more...]
Bloomberg: Quant Known as Mr. Bear Turned Bullish at Just the Wrong Time
John Rachmat spent three years researching, backtesting and tweaking his quantitative investment model before he was convinced he had a winning formula. It took less than four months for the market to put his portfolio to the test. [more...]
Bloomberg: Slack Tops $19 Billion Value in Trading Debut After Shunning IP
A parade of initial public offerings from Silicon Valley this year has garnered a mixed reception from investors. Slack Technologies Inc. took a different route on Thursday, and saw its shares soar as it went public without an IPO. [more...]
Bloomberg: Oil Pares Advance as Trump U-Turns on Retaliatory Iran Strike
Brent oil pared its biggest weekly gain in four months after President Donald Trump pulled back from retaliatory strikes on Iran for downing a U.S. drone as tensions flare in the Middle East. [more...]
Reuters: Asian stocks slip amid persisting trade angst, political tensions
Asian stocks slipped on Friday, as U.S.-Iran tensions and anxieties over Sino-U.S. trade talks left markets in the region struggling to match the euphoria on Wall Street over a possible U.S. interest rate cut next month. [more...]
Reuters: Risks to Wall Street's rally abound despite record high
The benchmark S&P 500 index hit a record high on Thursday as an almost giddy euphoria over the prospects of a U.S. interest rate cut fueled the appetite for equities, but there are plenty of pitfalls that could throw the stock market off course. [more...]
CNBC: Trump reportedly approves military strikes on Iran — then abruptly pulls back
As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, President Donald Trump approved military strikes on several Iranian targets — but abruptly pulled back from launching them on Thursday night, The New York Times reported. [more...]
CNBC: Gold spikes above $1,400 per ounce to prices not seen in nearly 6 years
Gold prices soared for a second day in a row on Friday, touching levels not seen in almost 6 years. As of 12:16 p.m. HK/SIN, spot gold jumped 1.3% to about $1,405.83 per ounce — soaring past the $1,400 level for the first time since September 2013. Gold futures also rose 0.92% to $1,409.70 per ounce. [more...] |
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