Bloomberg Cheap Hong Kong equities are suddenly back in vogue with Chinese investors. As tightening capital controls turn the city’s stock market into one of the few Beijing-approved destinations for offshore investment, mainland traders are piling into shares that have long been priced at much lower levels than their counterparts in China. Average daily inflows through Hong Kong’s exchange ...

  Bloomberg Copper posted the biggest gain in almost four years, leading a surge in metals, as exports from China jumped and BHP Billiton Ltd. signaled a halt in shipments from the world’s largest copper mine. Silver neared the longest string of weekly gains since 2011 and mining stocks rose. Overseas shipments from China, the top industrial-metals user, rebounded in ...

  Bloomberg A Triple-Eh credit rating? For Canada, maintaining the trust of borrowers is a source of national pride, like winning the gold medal in Olympic ice hockey: hard-earned international validation of the nation’s skill, discipline and strong stewardship. But Fitch Ratings is warning that the country’s prized standing in the eyes of creditors may suffer because of protectionist measures ...