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Bloomberg: Global Equity Slump Deepens as Rate Fears Grow: Markets Wrap
Asian equities fell and U.S. stock futures headed lower, extending the biggest selloff for global stocks in two years as investors adjusted to a surge in global bond yields. [more...]
Bloomberg: This Isn't the Start of Major Downturn, JPMorgan Says
Equities still feel like the right place to be relative to bonds for multi-asset investors, according to JPMorgan Asset Management. The pullback in risk assets among overbought conditions and stretched sentiment doesn’t look like the start of a major downturn, the money manager said. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks May Tumble 10%, But Hang In There, $141 Billion Fund Says
Equity investors are in for a further stomach-churning down-draft, but it will pay off to stay the course, according to AMP Capital Investors Ltd. [more...]
Bloomberg: S&P Warns High Corporate Debt Could Trigger Next Default Cycle
The number of defaults by heavily indebted corporates could rise significantly amid tightening credit conditions, according to S&P Global Ratings. Easy liquidity and underwriting together with low interest rates have contributed to a spike in the number of highly leveraged firms, creating a risk masked by relatively low default rates. [more...]
Bloomberg: How Worried Should You Be? Traders Confront Inflation's Reality
For almost a decade, investors have waited patiently for any hint of inflation in the U.S. economy, a sign the recovery can sustain itself without emergency stimulus from the Federal Reserve. Now they’re getting it, and many are shocked at the reaction. [more...]
Bloomberg: Yellen Says Prices `High' for Stocks, Commercial Real Estate
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said U.S. stocks and commercial real estate prices are elevated but stopped short of saying those markets are in a bubble. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Traders brace themselves after Friday’s U.S. equities plunge, North and South Korea make a bet on sports diplomacy, and Yellen leaves the Fed with comments unlikely to help investors stay calm. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Big Volatility Players May Be on the Loose as VIX Tops 17
Trading patterns associated with two major volatility players popped up again Friday as the Cboe Volatility Index rose above 15 for only the second day this year. [more...]
Reuters: Stocks punished as inflation shadow spooks bonds
Asian shares fell the most in over a year on Monday as fears of resurgent inflation battered bonds, toppled Wall Street from record highs and sparked speculation that central banks globally might be forced to tighten policy more aggressively. [more...]
Reuters: A decade after recession, a jump in U.S. states with wage gains
The kind of pay raises for which American workers have waited years are now here for a broadening swath of the country, according to a Reuters analysis of state-by-state data that suggests falling unemployment has finally begun boosting wages. [more...]
CNBC: German DAX set to tumble at open after coalition talks pass deadline without a deal
The German stock market is set to tumble at the open on Monday as investors react to news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and the Social Democrats (SPD) failed to agree to a coalition government on Sunday. [more...]
CNBC: Dow futures retrace losses but still down more than 100 points as Wall Street adds to Friday's decline
U.S. stock futures fell on Monday morning in Asian trade as Wall Street added to the large losses set last week. Dow Jones industrial average futures pulled back more than 100 points and briefly fell more than 250 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 6.25 points and 8.25 points, respectively at 1:46 p.m. HK/SIN. [more...] |
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