BLOOMBERG Stock and bond markets steadied after last week’s blockbuster rally, with traders still optimistic that US and European central banks may start cutting interest rates as soon as next year. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index held to recent gains and US futures added about 0.2%. Asian markets jumped, with South Korea’s Kospi finishing more than 5% higher after regulators banned …

BLOOMBERG Between 2013 and 2017, Peter To claims he made more than $1 million by day-trading Bitcoin during its bull runs. While the world’s largest cryptocurrency has rallied in recent weeks, more than doubling from levels after last year’s epic collapse that helped blow up the FTX exchange, the 34-year-old professional stock trader in New York says it’s not enough …

BLOOMBERG European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said that slowing inflation is “certainly our forecast” and that the institution is determined to return prices to its target. “We are determined to bring inflation down to 2%,” Lagarde told the Greek newspaper Kathimerini in remarks posted on the ECB’s website. “According to our projections we will get there in 2025.” …