Bloomberg Tech shares pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index higher, while the broader US equity market was mostly little changed in the wake of a rally in Asian stocks after Chinese officials pledged to support the world’s second-biggest economy. The dollar strengthened, while the pound slumped and Italian bonds gave back most of their gains. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index ...

Bloomberg There’s a lot of chatter about a global rotation into value stocks, but the data doesn’t quite back it up. During this month’s market sell-off, the MSCI World Value Index outperformed growth stocks, fueling speculation about a switch into cheaper equities. Yet EPFR Global’s fund flow data show that in the week that ended October 17, which included the ...

Bloomberg Euro-area lenders are facing a cliff edge for their funding, and some are hoping the European Central Bank will help them out. Around 722 billion euros ($832 billion) of long-term loans granted to banks by the ECB will start maturing from 2020, and new regulatory standards mean replacement funds could be needed as soon as next year. One concern ...