The China stock market downturn and currency changes have started to impact the global market. With 50+ startups in my firm’s global portfolio and a fast growing startup of my own, I thought it would be very timely to discuss what is happening in China and it’s potential impact on startups.So I jumped on a call with Vaughn Tan, Assistant […]
Investors have been flocking to biotech stocks this year, with the IBB, the ETF that tracks biotech stocks, making noteworthy gains. So far in 2015, several industries have either underperformed or provided mixed results, leading to a rather ho-hum showpiece for U.S. blue-chip indices.Biotech stocks, on the other hand, have consistently returned positive results in the markets over the past […]
An investor watches market returns at a stock exchange hall on 27 July in Tai an, China. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
Beijing has vowed to step up its interventions in China’s volatile stock market following a traumatic day on Monday when stocks suffered their greatest losses since 2007.A government-controlled stock-buying agency would “continue to buy stocks to stabilise the market”, […]
A currency trader walks by a screen showing the Korea composite stock price index at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul. Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
Share prices were sent tumbling across the Asia-Pacific on Monday after Greece’s resounding no vote in the weekend’s bailout referendum raised fears it could be forced to exit the eurozone.While significant losses had not descended into […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Most Asian stock indexes rose Friday, with China’s benchmark at its highest in seven years, after Wall Street eked out another record close.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index edged 0.1 percent lower to 20,172.15 and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5 percent to 2,134.11. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.2 percent to 27,863.25. The Shanghai Composite Index […]
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. […]
Netty Idayu Ismail of Bloomberg reports, Hedge Fund That Made 18% on Dollar Strength Now Bets on Drop:
Charlie Chan, a former Credit Suisse Group AG proprietary trader who now runs his own hedge fund, reduced bets the dollar will strengthen and added trades that would profit from a decline.Chan said he trimmed his fund’s long dollar position versus the yen […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed in muted Tuesday morning trade amid a lack of fresh news to buoy market sentiments following an overnight slide on Wall Street.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was barely unchanged, inching down 0.04 percent to 19,896.94 in the morning session. Investors were looking to sell after the index reached the psychologically key 20,000 […]
The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market ThursdayBy Paul Ausick March 12, 2015 4:01 pm EDTPrintEmail March 12, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday even though the report on U.S. retail sales was disappointing. Foreign markets contributed an interest rate cut (Korea), better-than-expected employment data (Australia), and rumors of more stimulus (China). Gold ticked up today, and crude oil dropped […]
Originally published January 15, 2015 at 6:27 AM | Page modified January 16, 2015 at 1:57 AMSEOUL, South Korea —
Asian stocks were sharply lower Friday after a surprise move by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its efforts to keep its currency artificially cheap shocked the market.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 2.5 percent to 16,680.24 while South Korea’s Kospi […]
