Bloomberg A mad scramble by Chinese property developers to build up their land banks is taking its toll on the industry’s creditworthiness, with builders singled out as having the highest risk of default as channels of credit tighten. The Bloomberg Default risk model, which tracks metrics including share performance, liabilities and cash flow, shows a 0.87 percent average probability that …

Bloomberg Of all the forces swaying equity prices, earnings expectations are the hardest to see. They don’t make headlines, are difficult to quantify and get lost in the din around trade wars and politics. Yet ignoring them is to miss the biggest part of what influences the market — the force that keeps the peace in a week like this. …

Bloomberg Bitcoin extended losses as it approached the lowest price for the year after Japanese regulators hit six of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency trading venues with business-improvement orders. The biggest virtual currency fell as much as 10 percent to $6,045.31, testing the low for the year of $5,922 that was set on February 6, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. …