Bloomberg In the world’s third biggest economy, public skepticism toward financial investing has become so entrenched that investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc. is teaching economic basics in high schools to win over the next generation. About eight in 10 Japanese have never invested in securities, according to a lobby group for the nation’s brokers. Securities and investments account for only ...
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‘Uninvestable’ UK market lost $340bn in Truss’s first month
Bloomberg A wild first month for Liz Truss’s government has seen at least £300 billion ($340 billion) wiped from the combined value of the nation’s stock and bond markets. While assets globally have been roiled by central bank efforts to tame surging inflation, confidence in the UK has been shaken. The September selloff on concerns about the Truss government’s tax ...
Read More »Citi strategists favour technology, US stocks as recession looms
Bloomberg With the global economy likely to slow down next year, tech stocks and US equities are looking more attractive, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists. Strategists led by Robert Buckland expect 18% returns for global stocks by the end of 2023 but warn “it will likely be a volatile ride.†Growth strategies will be back in play as investor focus ...
Read More »US equity-index futures fall amid fizzling Fed-pivot talk
Bloomberg US equity-index futures fall as investors took a pause from a rally driven by bets for less hawkish central banks, and sought more evidence that inflation is moderating. December contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.9% each after the underlying indexes scaled two-week highs. Treasuries slid across the curve and the dollar rose for the ...
Read More »Short sellers forced to fold as S&P 500 surges
Bloomberg One by one, short sellers are being forced to capitulate as market expectations grow for a slower pace of central bank tightening. Whether in stocks or bonds, bearish bets are being dealt a blow as US data begin to reflect the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. A dovish pivot by the Reserve Bank of Australia ...
Read More »Fed pivot trade sparks again as bonds rally, dollar weakens
Bloomberg Global bonds and stocks are rallying on hopes that the latest signs of weakness in the US economy will push the Federal Reserve to rethink the aggressive monetary policy tightening that some fear will trigger a recession. While the so-called Fed pivot has long been hoped for, it got another jolt this week with the release of weaker-than-expected ...
Read More »Adani stock surge at risk of reversal
Bloomberg The stock rallies of Gautam Adani’s companies, which expanded his fortune at a pace that outran all other billionaires globally, is set for a reversal, according to a technical indicator that predicted previous slumps for more than a decade. TD Sequential, a widely followed DeMark technical indicator that forecast drops in Adani Enterprises Ltd. three times since 2009, suggests ...
Read More »China’s $5 trillion rout creates historic gap with Indian stocks
Bloomberg The relentless plunge in China’s stocks has burnished the appeal of their biggest emerging-market rival India, spurring a divergence that’s rarely been seen before. The MSCI India Index rallied almost 10% in the just-ended quarter, compared with a 23% slump for the MSCI China Index. The 33-percentage point outperformance by the India gauge is the biggest since March ...
Read More »Stocks drop, US futures wobble on economic jitters
Bloomberg Global stocks fall to a two-year low, while US index futures struggled for direction, amid concern hawkish policies by global central banks will spark a recession and earnings contraction. December contracts on the S&P 500 Index were little changed, while similar futures on the Nasdaq 100 slid 0.3%. Carmaker Tesla tumbled 4% in premarket New York trading after ...
Read More »China’s Tencent loses crown in world’s biggest stock wipeout
Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd has lost its title as China’s biggest company, the latest sign of how far regulatory risk and dimming growth prospects has set back the country’s technology industry. Shares of the online gaming company have tumbled 64% in Hong Kong since a January 2021 peak, wiping $623 billion off its market value. That’s more than any other ...
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