Wednesday , 17 December 2025

Stocks

A $200bn Danish investor sorts bad hedge funds from good

  Bloomberg The hedge fund business isn’t what it used to be. For starters, a lot of funds in the industry forgot to hedge at crucial moments over the past decade, according to the men now running the $200 billion wealth management unit of Denmark’s biggest lender, Danske Bank A/S. “If you look back over time, there are a lot …

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Asian stocks fall as Japanese decline offsets Chinese rally

  Bloomberg Japanese equities slid ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Friday meeting with US President Donald Trump, offsetting a rally in Greater China shares to lead Asia stocks lower. “Japanese stocks are consolidating after the yen strengthened, while investors wait for more geopolitical catalysts,” said Nicholas Teo, a trading strategist at KGI Securities Pte. in Singapore. Japan’s Topix fell …

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Crude gains lift US stocks, bond rally falters

  Bloomberg US stocks advanced as oil’s rise above $53 a barrel lifted energy producers before key reports from OPEC and the International Energy Agency. The dollar continued to churn in place, while Treasuries halted the longest rally in eight months. The S&P 500 Index edged within points of an all-time high, while equities in Europe rallied after solid results …

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Treasuries gain with gold as US stocks retreat

  Bloomberg Treasuries rose for a fourth day and gold reached a three-month high as demand for haven assets persisted with investors assessing political risks in Europe and the US American equities slumped. The S&P 500 Index extended a stretch of listlessness as disappointing bank results in Europe added to pressure on financial shares. Yields on 10-year Treasury notes fell …

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Chinese developers lead Asia stocks higher as Indian shares fall

  Bloomberg Asian shares rose as Chinese property developers jumped on optimism, offsetting declines in India where the government unexpectedly signaled an end to an easing cycle. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.3 percent as of 5:07 p.m. in Hong Kong, erasing an earlier decline. Country Garden Holdings Co. surged the most in 21 months as analysts at Goldman …

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US shares climb as Dow sets record on industrial-stock rally

  Bloomberg U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday as investors assessed data on the country’s trade deficit and continued to sift through earnings reports for clues on the economy’s health. The S&P 500 Index added 0.3 percent to 2,299.32 at 9:45 a.m in New York, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 100 points to an intraday record of 20,149. The …

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Discounts on Turkish stocks show rally has legs, GAM’s Love says

  Bloomberg Turkish stocks could still have another 10 percent to gain, despite a rally so far this year that has propelled them to a place at the top of global indexes. A combination of depressed valuations, central-bank efforts to support a declining currency and improved sentiment toward riskier assets has driven the benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 Index 12 percent …

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European stocks decline ahead of Draghi testimony

  Bloomberg European stocks fell on Monday, with banking shares surrendering early gains, as concern increased about the region’s political risks and as investors await European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s testimony at the European Parliament. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was down 0.6 percent as of 1:56 p.m. in London, after erasing an earlier gain of 0.2 percent. The …

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Treasuries, gold rise as US stocks slip with oil

  Bloomberg Treasuries rose with gold, while US and European equities slipped as a note of caution spread through global financial markets amid signs of growing political uncertainty in France and as investors await details from the Trump administration on promised pro-growth policies. The euro slumped versus the dollar and the region’s bonds advanced after prospective French presidential candidate Marine …

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Wall Street hope revived as Trump plans to roll back rules

Bloomberg Just when Wall Street was starting to wonder whether President Donald Trump really would be good for business, the new administration is delivering on bankers’ wish lists and sending shares of the biggest US financial companies soaring. Trump signed two directives aimed at starting the process of rolling back restrictions put in place to prevent another financial crisis. Among …

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