Marketmind: BOJ waxes hawkish but Powell at centre stage
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Signs of a hawkish tilt by the Bank of Japan prodded a bit of life out of that…
Marketmind: China worries markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee An economic data-packed day awaits European markets after a laboured Asia session, where investors were back to worrying…
Marketmind: Forget China’s overbuilding fallout – it’s jobs, jobs and Fed
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The court-ordered liquidation of debt-laden China Evergrande was expected and hardly rattled Asian investors aside from its bond…
Marketmind: Asia stocks soar despite big week for risk
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Neither Wall Street’s wobble nor the liquidation of China Evergrande, the poster child of the property meltdown, stopped…
Marketmind: More cheer rests on China PMI, Fed decision
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The big questions for investors in Asia this week are whether the rebound in sentiment towards China is…
Marketmind: PCE in our time as US economy impresses
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan There was little for markets to dislike in the impressive sweep of U.S. economic and corporate healthchecks on…
Marketmind: Chip selloff short-circuits equity cheer
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The feel-good factor that lifted stocks overnight fizzled on Friday, with neither gains on Wall Street – including…
Marketmind: Global cheer lifts that Friday feeling
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The stars are aligned for Asian markets to end the week with a bang – Chinese stocks are…
Marketmind: Tesla pothole as ECB and GDP awaited
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Tesla, the first of the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’ U.S. megacap stocks to report fourth-quarter earnings, hit a another…
Marketmind: China markets exhale after bank reserves cut
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Chinese markets caught a foothold overnight, with a cut in bank reserve requirements and vague promises of more…
Marketmind: Shoring up confidence in fragile China
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe China appears to be waking up to the need to restore confidence in the world’s number two economy,…
Marketmind: No luck for China stocks, or for Barbie
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee As the optimism around a rescue package for the bruised Chinese stock market ebbs, with investors still sceptical…
Marketmind: Testing China, Hong Kong stocks’ bounce back ability
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investor sentiment towards China has picked up following a report that Beijing is considering a hefty package to…
Marketmind: Big Tech reports, China gets a grip, BOJ calm
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With Wall St stocks surfing record highs, Tuesday sees Netflix kick off a couple of weeks of Big…
Marketmind: BOJ struggles with a deflationary state of mind
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole That felt like a long wait for a two-page policy statement, and in the end the Bank of…
Marketmind: BOJ takes center stage, China markets slump
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The Bank of Japan’s policy decision – and perhaps more importantly, Governor Kazuo Ueda’s press conference – is…
Marketmind: Juiced-up Nikkei counts on BOJ staying relaxed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. While Chinese shares were again starved of stimulus, Japanese stocks need no such help, hitting a fresh 34-year…
Marketmind: China rate decision set to disappoint
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. An interest rate decision in China kicks off the week in Asia on Monday with investors hoping –…
Marketmind: Hot chips, China dips and UK retail swoons
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A fresh burst of chipmaker excitement around artificial intelligence and some punchy U.S. jobs data have reinvigorated Wall…
Marketmind: Chip rally rolls on, except in China
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The rally in semiconductor shares has circled the globe, and is almost single-handedly setting Japan’s Nikkei share average…
Marketmind: Bulls bank on Japan inflation cooling further
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The number one focus for investors in Asia on Friday will be the latest Japanese consumer inflation figures,…
Marketmind: Central banks play patience game
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The light economic data calendar in Europe on Thursday means the focus stays on rates, with European Central…
Marketmind- Nominal China GDP? Not pretty
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets look set for another torrid session on Thursday, with investors still reeling from the China-fueled weakness…
Marketmind: China chill ahead of holiday retail readout
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Downbeat Wall St markets wondering if they’ve jumped the gun on interest rate cut speculation switched attention to…
Marketmind- Countdown to China GDP
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A raft of top-tier Chinese economic indicators for December, culminating in Q4 and 2023 GDP, takes center stage…
Marketmind: Rate cut cat-and-mouse game
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A shortened U.S. markets week starts on the back foot as Friday’s slightly peculiar interest rate cut ebullience…
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