SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as a rebound in U.S. home construction data and a surprise announcement by the European Central Bank to frontload bond buying sent the greenback higher, giving a boost to Asian exporters.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 percent to 20,170.51 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.6 percent to 2,133.31. […]
“We’re in a binary situation where either the U.S. has slowed unexpectedly, where it is more than the weather, or we’re going to see a number that says, ‘We’re all back in business and we’re fine,’” said Paul Richards, UBS’ head of foreign exchange distribution, Americas. Richards expects the former.”The data we’ve seen (Friday) has affirmed my view. Next week, […]
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 05/07/2015 12:51Three days ago, when looking at the unprecedented, record outflows from US equities (coupled with continued inflow into bond funds into what BofA’s Hans Mikkelsen would likely dub the Great Antirotation) we asked a simple question: “who is buying… no really“.Then yesterday, the spoofing algos were briefly spooked when Yellen, for the second […]
I recently returned from Istanbul, Turkey. I had the opportunity to meet with a director of the central bank, along with stock exchange officials, regulators, major investors and one of Turkey’s wealthiest men, Ali Ağaoğlu, a flamboyant property developer known as “the Donald Trump of Turkey.”I also spent time with everyday citizens from store owners to taxi drivers and more. […]
Benchmarks ended higher on Wednesday following rise in oil prices and upbeat earnings results. While, energy shares gained as domestic crude oil price closed at the highest level this year, investors cheered mostly positive first quarter earnings results. Meanwhile, European Central Bank’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged while continuing with its asset purchasing program added to the bullish sentiment.For […]
LONDON (MarketWatch) — Were you too skeptical to follow the Europe bulls and pile into the region’s stock markets early in the year? But worried now it is too late to make stellar returns out of the once unloved region?The good news is that you can still comfortably take a seat on the European equity train, and let the European […]
Last summer, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said valuations in certain corners of the stock market like biotech were getting “substantially stretched,” and traders have gotten a good laugh at her warning ever since as the stocks resumed their winning ways and raced higher. But given the recent battering of the biotech stocks, the caution recommended by the central bank […]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — As the bull market in stocks and bonds shows no sign of slowing, investors are trying to time the inevitable: when it all comes crashing down.It isn’t just MarketWatch. The financial media these days are filled with a mixed message: Growth is finally here and it’s time to invest — until it all ends like the […]
© AFP/File Petras MalukasFear rather than euphoria is driving global stock markets to new highs, said Nobel Economics laureate Robert Shiller, seen here in Lithuania in 2013.See AlsoOPEC refuses to take full responsibility for crashing oil pricesUS Republican Ted Cruz confirms 2016 presidential bidPinball paradise lives on in Budapest basementFear rather than euphoria is driving global stock markets to new […]
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