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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Stephen Kirkland, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, paring the biggest weekly drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since November, amid better-than-estimated earnings and Group of 20 nation talks aimed at bolstering the global economy.
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By Meera Louis and Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Global finance chiefs handed Japan leeway to reflate its stagnant economy by indicating its fresh round of monetary stimulus doesn’t contravene a pact to avoid a currency war.
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By Toni Hansen |
April 19, 2013
Traders will need to key in on the Advance GDP, existing home sales and new home sales next week amid a busy schedule of earnings releases.
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By Joseph Ciolli and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
The yen fell for a fourth day against the dollar after Finance Minister Taro Aso said Japan’s stimulus policies that have caused the currency to weaken were unopposed at a Group-of-20 meeting in Washington.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 19, 2013
Market's concerns have shifted to equities after the gold's downturn. U.S. stocks peaked in April in the past three years and declined for the next two to six months.
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By Ross Norman |
April 18, 2013
Rarely has the gold market seen such a clear split, with the paper traders heading south while the physical heads north. The former has the advantage of leverage (via the futures) while the latter has scale.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 17, 2013
Given that the longer-term supportive fundamentals for gold have not changed in just three days, a stronger argument for the vicious sell-off is the short-selling by funds and dealers.
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By Simon Kennedy and Steve Matthews |
April 16, 2013
The slump in gold may hand activist central bankers more reasons to pursue continued easy monetary policy.
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By Christopher Faille |
April 16, 2013
Japan has become a very attractive place to invest in recent weeks. It is something akin to a great river with a lot of fresh meat floating about, and as yet relatively few piranhas benefitting from that environment.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Commodities fell to a nine-month low, led by the worst plunge in gold since 1980, and global stocks slid the most since June as China’s economic growth unexpectedly slowed and investors speculated hedges against inflation were unneeded.
