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SNB’s balance sheet to stay big for a long time

  Bloomberg The Swiss National Bank (SNB) isn’t in a rush to reduce its balance sheet, which is likely to stay high for a long time, the central bank’s president told Neue Zürcher Zeitung. “We will not reduce our balance sheet simply because of its sheer size,” Thomas Jordan told the newspaper, stressing that the SNB will use its portfolio ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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