China’s economic outlook is causing global jitters. Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
The Chinese government’s heavy handed efforts to contain recent stock market volatility – the latest move prohibits short-selling and sales by major shareholders – have seriously damaged its credibility. But China’s policy failures should come as no surprise. Policymakers there are far from the first to mismanage financial markets, currencies, […]
Germany’s Dax index and France’s CAC 40 fell 1.7% on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Corbis
European stocks resumed their falls on Wednesday as fears about the Chinese economy once again gripped investors and a late plunge in US stocks unnerved the market.The FTSE 100 fell by 102 points, or 1.68%, by the close of trading to 5,979 points, below the key 6,000 […]
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe China financial futures exchange (CFFEX) just announced a swathe of measures designed to limit market speculation.In a release today CFFEX stated that margin requirements for futures trading had been raised along with transaction fees. They will also restrict trading positions in some stock index futures.Having seen stock futures fall by as much as 10% on both Monday […]
Justin McCurryMarkets across Asia were holding their breath on Wednesday after early hopes that the worst of this week’s turmoil could be behind them were tempered by concern that China has not done enough to stabilise its economy.A day after China’s central bank lowered interest rates in an attempt to ease the crisis, most Asia-Pacific stocks suffered minor losses, while […]
YouTube / TEDx TalksMohamed El-ErianSee AlsoROSENBERG: Something changed in the market and it’s significantTOM LEE: History shows that we’re not doomed for a bear marketThis is ‘the danger’The US stock markets spent most of Tuesday in the green before tumbling into the close.The Dow was up by as much as 441 points (2.7%) early in the trading day, and yet […]
USDA.govMonday was ugly.After stocks saw their worst week in four years, markets started Monday deep in the red, with the Dow plummeting 1,089 points before recovering some of its losses. All of the major US indexes fell over 3% by the end of the day.Tuesday feels like sunshine after a storm. Markets opened sharply higher, with the Dow up 390 […]
If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation.
It was a nerve racking morning.
My favorite Tweet of the morning came from Hunter Walk
And by this I assume he meant that “market prognosticator twitter” was vomitous. And if that’s what […]
What a busy 12 hours we’ve had. And with America waking up, let’s have a recap.China’s central bank has slashed interest rates and allowed its banks to lend more money, in an attempt to prop up its economy.The stimulus move, which has driven shares higher worldwide, came after another day of heavy losses in Asia.In an unscheduled move, the People’s […]
Investing.comThe recent collapse in stocks has been quick and brutal.It has not been a fun couple of days in the stock market. On Monday, the Dow lost 588 points, capping the blue-chip index’s first-ever string of back-to-back-to-back days of 300-point declines. Shortly after the market open on Monday, stocks were in a panic, with the Dow falling more than 1,000 points while […]
Global markets continue to get rocked. Closing at 1,893 on Monday, the S&P 500 fell 3.9% in one day. And it’s now down 11.3% from its all-time high of 2,134, which it set on May 20.So, is it time for investor to panic, dump everything, and head for the hills?BMO Capital’s Brian Belski doesn’t think so.”We remain steadfast with our call […]
