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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asian Stocks Swing; Yuan Drops After Trade Miss: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks fluctuated Thursday as investors assessed the implications of the recent market turmoil that has elevated volatility. The yuan dropped the most since August 2015 after trade figures missed estimates and amid speculation policy makers will step up efforts to rein in gains. [more...]
Bloomberg: Cryptocurrencies Are Like Ponzi Schemes, World Bank Chief Says
The head of the World Bank compared cryptocurrencies to “Ponzi schemes,” the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. [more...]
Bloomberg: Oil Extends Slide as Record U.S. Output Sparks Supply Glut Fears
U.S. shale is once again threatening to derail oil’s recovery, with futures on course for their longest run of declines in nine months after American output hit new highs. [more...]
Bloomberg: A Map to the Underworld: $2 Trillion of Volatility Trades Here
Investment strategies and products married to market swings were thrust front and center by the worst market meltdown in seven years, in which the Cboe Volatility Index surged to its highest level since 2015. VIX-related securities were halted, volatility-targeting quants blamed, and options trading in benchmarks for turbulence ballooned. [more...]
Bloomberg: VIX May Form the ‘Mother of All Inverted Vs’
The Cboe Volatility Index may not go back to its extreme lows of the past few years, but strategists at Societe Generale and MKM Partners LLC think it’s headed in that direction. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin May Evolve Into What Everyone Fears, Mathematicians Say
Using mathematical modeling and experimental economics, two University of Pittsburgh researchers tried to determine Bitcoin’s value, and concluded that it’s "an asset which has no value by traditional measures" and may be in a bubble. [more...]
Bloomberg: In Battle of Two Havens, Investors Bet on Yen Over Swiss Franc
Investors are betting that the Japanese yen will do better this year than its haven counterpart, the Swiss franc. With waning political risks in Europe and the Swiss National Bank reluctant to move away from its rhetoric on a “highly valued” currency, options markets favor the yen and analysts see the franc weakening. [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares flirt with six-week low as U.S. yields creep higher
Asian shares flirted with six-week lows on Thursday as U.S. bond yields crept up towards four-year highs as investors fretted that low borrowing costs enjoyed by companies for many years may be endangered by the threat of rising inflation. [more...]
Reuters: Wall Street fades in choppy trade after week's wild start
U.S. stocks ran out of steam on Wednesday after an early surge, in a sign that investors are still spooked by the market’s recent retreat and wary more fallout is to come. [more...]
CNBC: Bitcoin will someday be worth as much as 40 times its current value, says Cameron Winklevoss
Bitcoin could be worth 40 times its current value one day, Cameron Winklevoss — one half of the famous twins — told CNBC on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency had a market capitalization or value of $135 billion on Wednesday, according to CoinDesk data, after the price recovered following a violent sell-off. Forty times this would be over $5 trillion. [more...]
CNBC: China's imports surge 37% in January, exports jump 11%
China reported a 36.9 percent jump in imports and a rise of 11.1 percent in exports — both in dollar terms — for the month of January, the country's statistics bureau said on Thursday. Both figures beat expectations. [more...] |
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