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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.
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By Alexis Xydias and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Capitulating bears and overseas buyers are drowning out every other concern for American stocks, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to successive records even after the biggest drop in Treasury yields since June.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Hedge funds and other speculators added to bullish gold bets as the metal slumped into a bear market and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned the retreat is accelerating after the longest rally in nine decades.
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By Lu Wang and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 12, 2013
Metals and energy sank, sending a gauge of commodities to an eight-month low and extending a slump that Citigroup Inc. said may mark the “death bell” for the four-year rally in materials.
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By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
April 11, 2013
Global central banks buying assets and keeping interest rates low to boost growth have had “positive short-term effects for banks” even as risks from the policies are increasing, the International Monetary Fund said.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
April 11, 2013
The New Zealand dollar has been in an interesting bullish run recently, likely the direct effect of investors selling yen and buying other foreign currencies, such as the NZD.
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By James Ramelli |
April 11, 2013
With the continuing asset purchases by the Federal Reserve and recent policy shifts in Japan, can the ECB afford to maintain their current policy?
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By Candice Zachariahs, Bloomberg |
April 11, 2013
The smart money shows no sign of losing confidence in the Australian dollar as analysts belatedly acknowledge the appeal of a high-yielding currency with a world-beating developed economy.
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By Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg |
April 10, 2013
The global economy won’t gain much traction this year as Europe and Japan fail to recover and lag behind other developed economies, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said.
