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Bloomberg Technology companies led a bounce in European stocks as a global selloff that started in the sector last week showed signs of abating. The pound managed to advance as Theresa May survived a showdown with rank-and-file lawmakers and sought to prop up her minority government. Almost every industry group in the Stoxx Europe 100 Index traded in the green, ...

Bloomberg A rally in bonds of China’s most-indebted developer has some analysts warning that steps to cut borrowings have yet to bring leverage down to healthy levels. China Evergrande Group said that it has agreed to sell its stake in China Vanke Co. for 29.2 billion yuan ($4.3 billion), freeing up cash as it cuts its debt load. That came ...

Bloomberg A selloff in US technology stocks spread through Asia and Europe, battering shares from South Korea to the Netherlands. The pound fluctuated as an embattled Theresa May fought to survive the fallout from the British general election. Samsung Electronics Co., ASML Holding NV and Tencent Holdings Ltd. led declines in Europe and Asia, dragging down benchmark indexes. US stock ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s key stock index declined the most globally on Monday as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was called to appear before a team investigating corruption allegations against his family. The nation’s benchmark KSE100 Index declined 3.8 percent at the close in Karachi, the most among 96 primary indexes tracked by Bloomberg. Habib Bank Ltd. was the leading decliner down 3.2 ...

Bloomberg While a chorus of market experts is telling investors to look outside of the US for big returns, at least one loud voice is singing a very different tune — Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle. The 88-year-old investor, who started the first index fund in 1976, said that he’s fully invested in US securities, with stocks and bonds having ...

Bloomberg The Venezuelan debt that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought last month may be known as “hunger bonds” to many in the international community, but they’re earning a different moniker on Wall Street: repudiation bonds. In the days since that controversial transaction, numerous investors have been approached by brokers putting out initial feelers to gauge their interest in the notes, ...

Bloomberg A measure of calm returned to markets on Wednesday, as investors started to reassess the risks surrounding a series of key events this week. Bank stocks powered equity gains after a troubled Spanish lender was rescued. Traditional haven assets steadied after Tuesday’s jump, with gold and Treasuries edging lower and the yen tempering an advance. European equities headed for ...

Bloomberg The speculative frenzy in bitcoin is spilling over into the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Remixpoint Co., Infoteria Corp. and Fisco Ltd., have all seen volatile swings in their share prices after announcing businesses related to digital currencies. Remixpoint, which has more than doubled since tying up with Peach Aviation Ltd. to let customers pay for tickets with bitcoin, fell as ...

Bloomberg No news is good news. At least for investors seeking stable returns, it’s better to buy companies that aren’t in the spotlight. To exploit a so-called low-volatility anomaly, the head of quantitative equity management at BNP Paribas SA invests in stocks that seldom get any attention in the media. “People are attracted by companies where they get a lot ...

Bloomberg The bulls are back in charge after a second weekly advance pushed the S&P 500 Index to a fresh record. But look a little more closely and the signs of unease in the stock market are hard to ignore. It’s visible in fund flows, where investors are rotating from US stocks to the rest of the world at the ...