Despite China jitters, Taiwan stocks soar as investors buy in before election
By Faith Hung and Rae Wee TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Taiwan’s stock market is soaring ahead of elections next month that will shape relations with China, which claims the island as its own,…
Hedge funds boost bearish bets on US equities amid market jitters
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge funds increased their bearish bets mainly on U.S. stocks last week when the major stock indexes plunged, Goldman Sachs showed in a report. The…
Marketmind: Inflation jitters bubble up
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Sagging stocks and new 2023 year highs for oil will put Asian…
Marketmind: Jitters mount as Powell retakes centre stage
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Brigid Riley Fed Chair Jerome Powell will be back in the spotlight when he takes the podium at Jackson Hole…
ESG equity funds suffer big outflows, buffeted by market jitters and U.S. backlash
By Tommy Wilkes and Patturaja Murugaboopathy LONDON (Reuters) – Equity funds with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tilt suffered a large loss of investors in the three months to end-June, dragging…
Marketmind: Debt ceiling jitters, Turkey vote, Soros ditches Tesla
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper. Time is running out to break the impasse on the U.S. government borrowing limit. President Joe…
BlackRock adds Treasuries as debt ceiling jitters intensify
By Davide Barbuscia CHICAGO (Reuters) – BlackRock has been buying U.S. Treasuries in anticipation of an economic slowdown and a protracted fight between the U.S. government and Congress around the debt limit,…
BOJ sees ‘sound and resilient’ financial system despite some jitters
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s financial system has remained “sound and resilient” despite heightened financial sector jitters in the West stemming from U.S. bank failures in March, the Bank of…
Banks brave junk debt jitters with $3.8 billion Citrix bond sale
By Matt Tracy and Abigail Summerville WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Goldman Sachs Group Inc-led group of banks will hold an investor call on Monday to sell $3.8 billion in Citrix Systems bonds,…
Most Asian equities see outflows in Feb as rate-hike jitters weigh
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Most emerging Asia ex-China equity markets witnessed foreign outflows in February as strong U.S. economic data stirred worries that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher…
Wall St jumps at open as CPI data calms rate-hike jitters
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply higher on Tuesday after a smaller-than-expected rise in U.S. consumer prices raised hopes that the Federal Reserve could soften its aggressive rate hike stance.…
Futures jump as CPI data eases jitters over interest rates
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday after a smaller-than-expected rise in U.S. consumer prices boosted bets that the Federal Reserve would ease its aggressive rate hike stance. The…
AbbVie misses sales estimates as Botox, Juvederm face slowdown jitters
(Reuters) -AbbVie Inc on Friday missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly sales, hurt by weaker-than-expected revenue from its popular facial filler Juvederm and blockbuster anti-wrinkle injection Botox. North Chicago, Illinois-based Abbvie’s shares…
European shares retreat amid interest rate jitters, recession fears
By Devik Jain and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) -European shares dropped on Wednesday, snapping a three-day rally as investors tempered expectations of central banks toning down their hawkish stance on inflation, with declining…
Global physical oil market weakens as recession jitters mount
By Arathy Somasekhar, Noah Browning and Alex Lawler HOUSTON/LONDON – Physical oil prices around the world have begun to sag alongside futures, reflecting less alarm over Russian-led supply disruptions along with heightened…
In Argentina, financial risks deepen along with investor jitters
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s debt sank deeper into distressed territory on Friday, in just the latest week of sour financial news led by a battered currency, highlighting growing doubts…
German first-quarter dealmaking slides to six-year low due to Ukraine war jitters
By Emma-Victoria Farr and Alexander Hübner (Reuters) – Mergers and acquisitions in Germany in the first three months of 2022 have dropped 10% from the same period in 2021 in what has…
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