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: Stocks ease in nervous Gaza wait
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland A nervous watch has gripped markets as Israel prepares to roll troops into Gaza and worries mount that…
Marketmind: Amid the fog, look out for China GDP this week
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets on Monday look set to open on a cautious footing…
Marketmind: A spooky Friday 13 for bonds?
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Dhara Ranasinghe. Investors in U.S. Treasuries have good reason to feel on edge on a day (Friday 13) many consider…
Marketmind: After US, inflation focus turns to China
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. As investors digest the market and policy implications of this week’s U.S.…
Marketmind: Fed’s data-driven approach set for inflation test
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Samuel Indyk The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting on Wednesday confirmed the central bank is watching the…
Marketmind: Inflation test looms for Fed doves
By Kevin Buckland A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Just as markets start to get comfortable with the idea of a dovish Fed, ugly…
Marketmind: Fed pivot reality check for emerging markets?
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Unexpectedly high U.S. producer price inflation figures on Wednesday could cool this…
Marketmind: A window into the Fed’s thinking
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper, editor, finance and markets breaking news Investors are always eager to get a look at the…
Marketmind: Fed’s dovish shift welcomed; inflation’s next
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Stocks are up, U.S. interest rate expectations are getting tweaked lower and yields are in a downdraft after…
Marketmind: Fed pivot begins to crystallize
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A slump in U.S. bond yields, after another Federal Reserve official signaled…
Marketmind: Markets regain footing with focus back on Fed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Brigid Riley With markets having mostly recovered their composure after the shocking recent developments in the Middle East, some dovishly…
Marketmind: All boats rise on safe-haven, Fed view
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets are likely to open higher on Tuesday following a curious…
Marketmind: Oil up but restrained on Mideast jolt
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The weekend’s Middle East shock adds another confusing twist to an already complicated global markets picture, but the…
Marketmind: Oil jumps as Middle East strife shakes markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asian action has been dominated by news from Israel, with the usual safe-haven suspects getting a bid. With…
Marketmind: Watch safe-havens, oil
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets on Monday will have their first opportunity to react to…
Marketmind: Oil soothes but jobs dictate
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The bond blast upending world markets has been partly smothered by sharply falling oil prices for now –…
Marketmind: A welcome calm, but keep your umbrella handy
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Some welcome calm in markets on Friday, but the worry is that it precedes a storm: U.S. payrolls…
Marketmind: One more firework in fiery start to Q4
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The curtain comes down on the first week of the quarter on…
Marketmind: Nervy bond bounce on soft jobs and oil
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Battered Treasury bonds caught a bid over the past 24 hours on surprisingly soft U.S. jobs data and…
Marketmind: A bond bounce, or a bull trap?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Relief extended from Wall Street to Marunouchi on Thursday, with bond yields and the dollar down further and…
Marketmind: Bond beating takes a breather
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets are poised to rebound on Thursday following a relief bounce…
Marketmind: Bond steamroller flattens all
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The eye-watering surge in long-term U.S. government borrowing costs continues to pummel world markets everywhere as investors fear…
Marketmind: Breaking point?
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Another crushing selloff in U.S. Treasuries, one of the biggest falls in…
Marketmind: This Fed’s not for turning
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Mike Dolan If markets had been hoping the Federal Reserve might be minded to push back against the relentless rise…
Marketmind: Dollar strength keeps yen under pressure
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Traders remain in vigilance mode over the prospects for Japanese currency intervention as the yen crawls ever so…
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