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Asian Stocks Slip, Rate cut Hopes Face Pivotal Week

Asian Stocks Slip, Rate cut Hopes Face Pivotal Week

Asian shares drifted lower on Monday in a week packed with a quintet of rich world central bank meetings and data on U.S. inflation that could make or break market hopes for an early and rapid-fire round of rate cuts next year. An upbeat payrolls report has already seen investors s...


December 8, 2023
Yen Soars, Nikkei Slides as Rate Hikes Loom over Japan
Yen Soars, Nikkei Slides as Rate Hikes Loom over Japan

Japanese markets were reeling on Friday, with the Nikkei heading for its biggest weekly drop in a year while bonds have been battered and the yen...

Nasdaq Ends Sharply Higher as Alphabet and AMD Fuel AI Surge
Nasdaq Ends Sharply Higher as Alphabet and AMD Fuel AI Surge

The Nasdaq ended sharply higher on Thursday after Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices sparked a megacap rally on fresh optimism about artificial...

US Market Rally Boosts Hedge Fund Performance, Hits Macro Strategies in Nov
US Market Rally Boosts Hedge Fund Performance, Hits Macro Strategies in Nov

A U.S. market rally in equities and bonds in November led global hedge funds to post their best monthly performance since January, although it...

December 7, 2023
Wall St Ends Lower as Investors Weigh Fresh Employment Data
Wall St Ends Lower as Investors Weigh Fresh Employment Data

U.S. stocks ended down on Wednesday, pulled lower by megacaps and energy shares as signs of a cooling jobs market reinforced expectations that the...

Asian Shares Wobble with Wall Street, Oil Helps Boost Bonds
Asian Shares Wobble with Wall Street, Oil Helps Boost Bonds

Asian shares fell with Wall Street on Thursday, while a sharp fall in oil prices to a six-month low and a soft reading on the U.S. labour market...

December 6, 2023
Asia Stocks Rally as Lower Bond Yields Buoy Tech
Asia Stocks Rally as Lower Bond Yields Buoy Tech

Asia-Pacific equities gained on Wednesday as bets firmed for a peak in interest rates among major central banks globally, pushing down bond...

Wall St Ends Mixed on Job Openings Hint at Cooling Economy
Wall St Ends Mixed on Job Openings Hint at Cooling Economy

Wall Street finished mixed on Tuesday after fresh employment data bolstered bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as soon as...

December 5, 2023
Asian Stocks Slide as Focus Turns to US Jobs
Asian Stocks Slide as Focus Turns to US Jobs

Asian stocks slipped to three-week lows and Hong Kong's unloved Hang Seng index slumped to a one-year trough on Tuesday while bonds and the...

Wall Street Ends Down as Megacaps Give Back Gains
Wall Street Ends Down as Megacaps Give Back Gains

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, interrupting last week's rally, as investors turned cautious ahead of employment data due this week that...

December 4, 2023
Asia Shares Turn Mixed, Gold Hits Record above $2,100
Asia Shares Turn Mixed, Gold Hits Record above $2,100

Asian shares turned mixed on Monday while gold spiked to all-time peaks above $2,100 at the start of a busy week for economic data that will test...

December 1, 2023
Asia Shares Start Dec on Weak Note, Dollar on Back Foot
Asia Shares Start Dec on Weak Note, Dollar on Back Foot

Asian shares edged lower, starting the last month of the year on a weak note after recent rally, although anticipated interest rate cuts in Europe...

November 30, 2023
S&P 500 Ends Lower on Mixed Fed Messages, PCE on Deck
S&P 500 Ends Lower on Mixed Fed Messages, PCE on Deck

U.S. stocks edged lower on Wednesday as a robust upward GDP revision eased recession fears, while Federal Reserve officials' remarks raised...

Asia Stocks Close Strongest Month since Jan on Upbeat Outlook
Asia Stocks Close Strongest Month since Jan on Upbeat Outlook

Asian stocks rose on Thursday to clock their strongest performance in 10 months, as investor sentiment warmed on a relatively benign global...

November 29, 2023
Wall St Gains on Rate Cut Prospects, Soft Landing Hopes
Wall St Gains on Rate Cut Prospects, Soft Landing Hopes

Wall Street's three main indexes rose on Wednesday as U.S. Treasury yields slipped to multi-month lows on growing rate cut optimism, while...

Wall St Ends Slightly Higher after Mixed Fed Statements
Wall St Ends Slightly Higher after Mixed Fed Statements

U.S. stocks ended with modest gains on Tuesday as investors parsed conflicting remarks from Federal Reserve officials, with upbeat consumer data...

November 28, 2023
Asian Stocks Subdued as Traders Brace for Inflation Data
Asian Stocks Subdued as Traders Brace for Inflation Data

Asian stocks nudged higher on Tuesday, while the dollar wallowed near three-month lows as investors remained convinced the Federal Reserve was done...

November 27, 2023
Asia Stocks Swing Lower, Gold Climbs as Oil Slips
Asia Stocks Swing Lower, Gold Climbs as Oil Slips

Asian shares slipped on Monday ahead of potentially market-moving inflation data from the United States and Europe later in the week, and a meeting...

Wall Street Gets Creative as Regulators Demand more Capital
Wall Street Gets Creative as Regulators Demand more Capital

Earlier this fall, Morgan Stanley bought $300 million worth of protection against losses on some of its loans from Blackstone Group and...

November 24, 2023
Wall St Set for Subdued Open in Shortened Trading Session
Wall St Set for Subdued Open in Shortened Trading Session

U.S. stocks were poised for a largely muted open on Friday in a shortened trading session for Thanksgiving, while investors focused on retailers to...

Asian Shares Dragged Lower by China, Treasury Yields Climb
Asian Shares Dragged Lower by China, Treasury Yields Climb

Asian shares were dragged lower by losses in China on Friday and in the absence of guidance from Wall Street, which was closed for the Thanksgiving...

November 23, 2023
Asia Stocks Hold Gains as Confidence Grows on Rate Outlook
Asia Stocks Hold Gains as Confidence Grows on Rate Outlook

Asian shares were flat on Thursday with markets holding onto their gains for the week as confidence grows that interest rates globally will head...

November 22, 2023
Wall St Rises as Yields Slip, Traders Assess Economic Data
Wall St Rises as Yields Slip, Traders Assess Economic Data

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Wednesday, helped by bets that the Federal Reserve had reached the end of its rate hikes and a slide in...

Asia Stocks Slip, USD Sell-Off Eases; Dovish Fed Cheer Fades
Asia Stocks Slip, USD Sell-Off Eases; Dovish Fed Cheer Fades

Asian stocks backed away from 2-1/2-month highs on Wednesday and the dollar found support as investors' tempered some of their earlier...

November 21, 2023
Stocks in Asia Hit 2-mth High, Dollar Defensive on Fed View
Stocks in Asia Hit 2-mth High, Dollar Defensive on Fed View

Asian shares climbed to fresh two-month highs on Tuesday, taking cues from a rally on Wall Street while the dollar languished near its lowest in...

Nasdaq Leads Wall Street Gains as Microsoft Hits Record
Nasdaq Leads Wall Street Gains as Microsoft Hits Record

Wall Street's three major stock averages closed higher on Monday with Nasdaq's 1% rally leading the charge as heavyweight Microsoft hit a...

November 20, 2023
Japan Shares Hit Three-Decade High, Yuan Shoves Dollar Down
Japan Shares Hit Three-Decade High, Yuan Shoves Dollar Down

Japanese shares hit highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while the yuan...

November 17, 2023
US Equity Funds Draw Heavy Inflows on Expectations for Fed Pause
US Equity Funds Draw Heavy Inflows on Expectations for Fed Pause

U.S. investors were big buyers of equity funds in the seven days through Nov. 15, spurred by expectations that the Federal Reserve may pause its...

Asia Stocks Sit on Weekly Gains as Yields, Oil Fall
Asia Stocks Sit on Weekly Gains as Yields, Oil Fall

Asian shares took a breather on Friday as a batch of softer U.S. economic data took some of the steam out of Wall Street, but also boosted bonds in...

November 16, 2023
Wall St Rally Takes Breather as Cisco, Walmart Drop
Wall St Rally Takes Breather as Cisco, Walmart Drop

Wall Street's main indexes drifted lower on Thursday, weighed down by a drop in shares of Cisco and Walmart following underwhelming forecasts,...

Japanese Equities Draw Huge Foreign Inflows amid Easing Fed Rate Hike Fears
Japanese Equities Draw Huge Foreign Inflows amid Easing Fed Rate Hike Fears

Foreign investors were major buyers of Japanese equities last week, buoyed by robust corporate earnings and a broader global market rally amid...

Asian Stocks Fall, China's Property Pains Weigh on Sentiment
Asian Stocks Fall, China's Property Pains Weigh on Sentiment

Asian stocks fell on Thursday pausing the heavy gains made this week, as fresh Chinese data showed prolonged weakness in the property sector and...

Wall St Gains on Easing Inflation, Target's Upbeat Forecast
Wall St Gains on Easing Inflation, Target's Upbeat Forecast

U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday, as fresh inflation data reinforced investor hopes that the Federal Reserve is done raising...

November 14, 2023
Wall St Rallies as Cooling Inflation Boosts Peak Rate Bets
Wall St Rallies as Cooling Inflation Boosts Peak Rate Bets

Wall Street's main stock indexes climbed on Tuesday as cooler-than-expected inflation data boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve was...

Asia Stocks Meander, Yen Fragile ahead of US Inflation Data
Asia Stocks Meander, Yen Fragile ahead of US Inflation Data

Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday ahead of a crucial U.S. inflation report that could heavily influence the Federal Reserve's policy...

November 13, 2023
Inside Wall Street's scramble after ICBC hack
Inside Wall Street's scramble after ICBC hack

The cyber hack of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's U.S. broker-dealer was so extensive on Wednesday, even the corporate email stopped...

Higher US Yields Hurt Asia Equities; Yen Hits One-Year Low
Higher US Yields Hurt Asia Equities; Yen Hits One-Year Low

A tick up in U.S. Treasury yields on Monday helped send the dollar to a fresh one-year high against the yen, while scuppering an early tech-led...

Wall Street Soars, Fueled by Tech as Treasury Yields Calm
Wall Street Soars, Fueled by Tech as Treasury Yields Calm

Wall Street's main indexes ended with big gains on Friday, boosted by heavyweight tech and growth stocks as Treasury yields calmed, while...

November 10, 2023
Asia Stocks Slide as Powell Comments Quell Rate Peak Bets
Asia Stocks Slide as Powell Comments Quell Rate Peak Bets

Asian stocks fell to their lowest in a week on Friday, while the dollar was steady as elevated Treasury yields weighed on sentiment after hawkish...

S&P 500, Nasdaq Snap Winning Streaks after Powell, Treasury Auction
S&P 500, Nasdaq Snap Winning Streaks after Powell, Treasury Auction

U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, snapping the longest winning streaks for the Nasdaq and S&P 500 in two years, as Treasury yields climbed...

November 9, 2023
S&P 500, Nasdaq Barely Extend Win Streaks as Investors Eye Yields, Fed Comments
S&P 500, Nasdaq Barely Extend Win Streaks as Investors Eye Yields, Fed Comments

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out small gains on Wednesday to extend their recent winning streaks as investors weighed Federal Reserve...

Asian Shares Rise Despite Chinese Property Slump
Asian Shares Rise Despite Chinese Property Slump

Asian share markets rallied on Thursday and the dollar firmed, even as global investors again sold off the troubled mainland Chinese property...

November 8, 2023
Yields Stuck near Lows, Stocks Sag as Markets await Powell's Policy Clues
Yields Stuck near Lows, Stocks Sag as Markets await Powell's Policy Clues

Treasury yields and the dollar hovered above multi-week lows on Wednesday as markets grappled with the possibility of another U.S. interest rate...


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