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Asia’s corporate profits fall to 12-yr low versus global peers

Bloomberg Analyst estimates for Asia’s corporate profits have fallen to more than a decade low relative to global peers, and further downgrades are on the horizon as China’s economic growth slows and global supply constraints remain. After soaring past pre-pandemic levels on vaccine and reopening optimism, the 12-month forward earnings-per-share forecasts for MSCI Asia Pacific Index members began to drop ...

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‘Squid Game’ shakes up Korean stocks as much as Netflix viewers

Bloomberg Netflix Inc.’s runaway hit Squid Game came like a bolt from the blue for viewers around the world. The impact on equity investors in its home country of South Korea is proving equally intense. While the nation’s benchmark share index has dropped about 4% since the drama was released in mid-September, dozens of stocks in the vibrant entertainment sector ...

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Oil posts longest run of weekly gains since 2015 on supply pinch

Bloomberg Oil posted the longest stretch of weekly advances since 2015 as Opec+ producers only modestly supply the market and as US crude supplies shrink. Crude futures rise 1.5% in New York, up for a ninth straight week. President Joe Biden said that Americans should expect high gasoline prices to continue into next year because of supply being withheld by ...

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