Analysis-Investors turn risk-on for some junk debt but not all
By Shankar Ramakrishnan (Reuters) – It’s fear and greed in the fixed-income markets once again as traders bet the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates, but aren’t quite sure…
By Shankar Ramakrishnan (Reuters) – It’s fear and greed in the fixed-income markets once again as traders bet the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates, but aren’t quite sure…
By Summer Zhen and Rae Wee HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Investor negativity on China is showing signs of shifting as money managers stop or slow cuts to their exposure, even…
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are finally seeing potential in European mining shares, as China’s step-by-step economic stimulus is steadily laying the foundations for a recovery of the…
By Rachel Savage and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – The expansion of the BRICS group of developing countries could provide a lifeline to capital-starved new entrants Iran and Argentina, but…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bullish investors are hoping Wednesday’s earnings report from chip heavyweight Nvidia can rejuvenate a U.S. stocks rally that has stumbled in recent weeks.…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – From a rising yen to debt market derivatives, market signals reveal how investors are going for some cheap but fail-safe options to make money…
By Summer Zhen and Patturaja Murugaboopathy HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global investors are increasingly choosing to bypass China’s markets in favour of other emerging countries that are either gaining from…
By Karin Strohecker and Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – The top policymaker picks of Turkey’s re-elected president Tayyip Erdogan are taking centre stage as markets try to gauge whether he…
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Big European companies have delivered significantly stronger than expected first-quarter results, defying a challenging economic backdrop that includes surging inflation and rising interest rates.…
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – As U.S. banking contagion worries ebb, some investors are hunting for shares of fundamentally strong regional lenders that were swept up in this…
By Yoruk Bahceli and Naomi Rovnick AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Investors held tight to bets that banking jitters would rein in the ECB’s ability to jack up borrowing costs in the…
By Laura Matthews (Reuters) – Concerns that last year’s wild swings in stocks and bonds will resurface in 2023 are boosting the appeal of investments less dependent on upside in…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The humanitarian disaster of Turkey’s earthquake has caused an outpouring of concern by international investors, but also an acknowledgement that President Tayyip Erdogan’s handling…
By Lewis Krauskopf and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tumultuous start for the new U.S. Congress has some investors worried about what could be a prolonged battle over…
By Davide Barbuscia and David Randall (Reuters) – Some investors believe an expected recession will force the Federal Reserve to loosen monetary policy next year, even as the central bank…
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Central banks are starting to slow aggressive rate rises but are far from done even as recession looms, leaving investors alert to risks that prolonged…
By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s top economic thinkers are sparring over the outlook for inflation and rates, leaving investors scratching their heads…
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are moving back into the European corporate bond market after one of the most brutal years in history, lured by juicy yields and…
By Julia Payne, Pratima Desai and Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds have stepped up financing of trade in commodities such as oil, gas, cocoa and copper as banks…
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – As the most volatile period in years for traders draws to a close, the year-end dash for cash and high-quality assets will likely prove more…
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – A leftist former union leader is on track to replace Brazil’s right-wing president and tear up the most important fiscal rule in the…
By Davide Barbuscia and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are bracing for higher interest rates for longer and hunkering down with defensive portfolios which shun high equities risk,…
By David Randall NEW YORK – As investors await another jumbo-sized rate increase from the Federal Reserve, they are taking the temperature of a weeks-long U.S. stock market rally that…
By Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – Investors are bracing for a fresh slide in banking stocks, with fears of a hit from a potential recession outweighing the lure of relatively cheap…
By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/HONG KONG – Asia’s emerging economies are better placed than most other regions to weather a bout of turbo-charged U.S. policy tightening, analysts say,…