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Bloomberg: Trump-Xi Take Center Stage as Central Banks Shift: Economy Week
Central bankers hand back the spotlight to presidents and prime ministers this week as leaders from the Group of 20 gather for a summit in Japan. The highlight of those talks will be the face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. [more...]
Bloomberg: Erdogan Dealt Stunning Blow as Istanbul Elects Rival Candidate
Turkish opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the redo of the Istanbul mayor’s race by a landslide on Sunday, in a stinging indictment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic policies and his refusal to accept an earlier defeat. [more...]
Bloomberg: The Man Who Brought Fila Back From Dead Is Worth $830 Million
They’re the chunky, thick-soled throwbacks to the 1990s known as “dad shoes.” And they’re beloved by millennials, whose fascination with retro footwear has brought Fila back from the dead. [more...]
Bloomberg: Guardians of Money Bristle at Zuckerberg’s New Financial Order
Facebook Inc. was hours away from the formal announcement of its ambitious foray into financial services, but French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was already broadcasting his discontent. [more...]
Bloomberg: China Would Fight Trade War ‘to the End,’ State Media Says
China has the strength and patience to withstand the trade war, and will fight to the end if the U.S. administration persists with it, China’s state-run People’s Daily said in an editorial Saturday. [more...]
Bloomberg: Fed Loses Its Patience and Almost Everything You Can Trade Goes Nuts
One crossed-out word was all it took to send financial markets into a unified celebration that has few precedents in the past decade. Stocks rose to records, bonds surged, oil jumped almost 10% and even gold got into the act, as traders celebrated a dovish conversion at the Federal Reserve. One back-of-the-envelope measure shows the rally in everything was the strongest since 2011. [more...]
Bloomberg: Sit Out the Treasury Rally at Your Own Risk
The longest weekly rally in Treasuries since 2012 may find another gear as bond traders turn their focus to Osaka, where world leaders descend next week for a pivotal Group-of-20 meeting. [more...]
Bloomberg: The World Now Has $13 Trillion of Debt With Below-Zero Yields
The universe of negative-yielding bonds grew about $1.2 trillion this week after dovish messages from central banks in Europe and the U.S., pushing the total past $13 trillion for the first time. [more...]
Bloomberg: Gold Gains to Near Highest Since 2013 as Bulls ‘Back in Control’
Gold’s bullish momentum has rolled into a new week. Prices extended their advance above $1,400 an ounce, near the highest level since September 2013, after the Federal Reserve and other central banks turned more dovish on monetary policy. [more...]
Reuters: Asian stocks tick up, oil rises amid U.S.-Iran tensions
Asian shares edged up on Monday as investors pinned their hopes on any signs of a thaw in Sino-U.S. trade negotiations, while oil prices firmed on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. [more...]
Reuters: Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signaled he was open to talks with Tehran. [more...]
CNBC: Beijing wants the US to stop 'inappropriate' actions against Chinese firms
The Chinese government would like the U.S. to cancel “inappropriate” actions against Chinese companies, vice commerce minister Wang Shouwen said Monday. [more...]
CNBC: Bitcoin soars above $11,000 for the first time in 15 months — now up 170% for the year
Bitcoin surged above the $11,000 mark on Monday hitting a more than 15-month high, as a high-profile project from Facebook throws cryptocurrencies back into the spotlight. [more...] |
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