Analysis-Why a US debt deal may only provide short-term relief for markets
By Shankar Ramakrishnan, Davide Barbuscia, Saeed Azhar and Laura Matthews (Reuters) – Good news of a tentative deal for the U.S. debt ceiling impasse may …
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Marketmind: China to hold rates steady, markets digest G7
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. The People’s Bank of China is expected to …
IMF’s Gopinath sees ‘sizeable’ upside inflation risks, says markets too optimistic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s no. 2 official said on Wednesday she sees sizeable risks that inflation will remain high or accelerate in …
Yellen warns US default could trigger recession, ‘break’ financial markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that a U.S. default on government debt would leave millions of Americans without income payments, …
NY Fed’s domestic markets chief to join Bank of New York Mellon
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – Bank of New York Mellon Corp on Monday said a top New York Federal Reserve official responsible for domestic …
Marketmind: Markets get twitchy as debt ceiling, growth fears weigh
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Signs of an economic slowdown across the globe, lingering worries over …
Buffett’s Dairy Queen sees Taiwan among possible new markets, while mindful of geopolitics
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway-owned Dairy Queen is exploring options to expand in new markets, perhaps including Taiwan, the company’s CEO said, even …
Analysis-Options investors guard against U.S. stock tumble, despite buoyant markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options market demand for insurance against a stock market crash has soared to multi-month highs, even as …
Marketmind: Markets on hold for US CPI
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Sterling and the euro seem to be losing steam as currency …
Macquarie commodities and markets boss earns $39 million, trumping CEO
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Macquarie Group’s commodities and global markets (CGM) division head earned about A$57.6 million ($39 million) for the year ending March 31, topping …
Regional Bank Stocks Took Another Nosedive Despite Biden Admin’s Attempts To Calm Markets
Regional Bank Stocks Took Another Nosedive Despite Biden Admin’s Attempts To Calm Markets Jason Cohen on May 4, 2023 Regional bank stocks fell again on …
Global gas markets rebalancing, to remain tight in 2023- IEA
By Marwa Rashad LONDON (Reuters) – Global gas markets are gradually rebalancing but are expected to remain tight in 2023 amid lower Russian pipeline gas …
Column-Inflation and the markets take a bite out of retirement confidence
By Mark Miller (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is in much better shape today than it was during the Great Recession. But persistent inflation and …
Analysis-A stronger yen could jolt global markets
By Naomi Rovnick, Amanda Cooper and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are positioning for a regime change in global markets as the Bank of …
Tech earnings to test markets’ ‘most crowded’ trade
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – A blistering rally in megacap growth and technology shares has buoyed markets this year, and earnings reports in …
Marketmind: Cautious markets focus on central banks’ diverging paths
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors have hunkered down in Asian hours with stocks drifting while …
Marketmind: China’s economy gathers pace but markets unimpressed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland China’s post-Covid recovery is firmly on track, according to a barrage …
Marketmind: Markets hope China chooses to surprise on the upside
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It’s been a careful start to the week in …
Marketmind: Nervy markets wait on inflation report, Fed cues
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Today marks what has become a monthly routine when investors hold …
Marketmind: Weary markets wary of recession
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Another set of weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data has investors spooked at …
Marketmind: Jolted markets fret about economy, Fed rate path
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Risk sentiment remains fragile as skittish investors fret about a recession …
US, EU vow to combat any attempts to disrupt energy markets
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. and EU pledged on Tuesday to confront any attempts to destabilise global energy markets, after meeting in …
Marketmind: Markets brush off OPEC as factories stall
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Relatively calm world markets have brushed off OPEC’s latest twist and …
Marketmind: Markets exhale after OPEC+ shock; RBA hits pause
By Kevin Buckland A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Asian investors continued to weigh the impact of …
How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed (Reuters) -A nearly $15 billion JP Morgan fund is expected to reset its options positions on Friday, potentially adding to equity …
Marketmind-World markets leaving March like a lamb
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan In like a lion, out like a lamb. Farmers’ almanacs suggest …
Peru may tap capital markets this year to better manage debt
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government expressed qualified interest in tapping the international bond market later this year in a bid to better manage liabilities, Economy …
HSBC moves China markets head to become adviser to Asia Pacific co-CEOs
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC has moved its head of markets in Greater China, Justin Chan, to become an adviser to its co-CEOs …
Colombia pension reform would impact capital markets, private funds say
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s private pension funds association said on Thursday a reform proposed by the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro …
Japan, Germany agree to carefully monitor markets, coordinate as needed
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Germany agreed on Saturday to coordinate closely on financial jitters stemming from problems among Western banks while …
Dysfunction in ‘wildly illiquid’ bond markets unnerves investors, officials
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Yoruk Bahceli and Davide Barbuscia LONDON (Reuters) – Wild price swings in government bonds on a scale not seen in decades given …
Hedge funds whiplashed in wild March markets
By Summer Zhen, Nell Mackenzie and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Trend-following and macro hedge funds have been badly wrong-footed in a week of …
Marketmind: Support for troubled banks calms markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga The week-long rollercoaster ride for global markets turned calmer and a …
Banking worries send US markets on dizzying ride
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tumult in the banking system has roiled investors over the past week, sending Treasury yields into a tailspin, …
Trading in big bond markets becomes challenging after bank rout – traders
By Yoruk Bahceli and Harry Robertson (Reuters) – Banking turmoil on both sides of the Atlantic prompting the sharpest daily moves in decades in big …
Big bond investors stick to bearish bets in wild week for markets
By Naomi Rovnick and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest bond fund managers are riding out wild swings in government bond …
UK markets shrug off Hunt’s budget; bank turmoil in focus
LONDON (Reuters) – British markets, roiled by concerns about European banks after shares in Credit Suisse fell 30%, showed little reaction to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s …
Marketmind: Markets now banking on no more Fed hikes
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. After the crash, bang, and wallop of two …
Inflation data on deck for markets hit by worries about Fed, banks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A critical inflation report next week will test a U.S. stock market already consumed by worries over Federal …
Markets start signalling Fed may be going too far – Amundi
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Recent moves in bond and equity markets show that investors are starting to worry that the Federal Reserve may hike …
JPMorgan names Keith Canton as head of Americas Equities Capital Markets
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co has named Keith Canton as the new head of Americas Equities Capital Markets (ECM) group, an internal memo seen …
Marketmind: Jay walks the walk, markets get Powell-slammed
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. To slightly mangle Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run”: …
Fed should look at how to efficiently support markets in times of stress -Bowman
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should consider how to most efficiently support financial markets in times of strained liquidity using information it has gleaned from …
Marketmind: EU inflation risks loom large for markets
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asian markets had thought to bask in the glow …
Marketmind: Markets March on China boomlet
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If there were still doubts about a re-acceleration of the world …
Colombia cabinet shuffle, health reform cause markets to wobble
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – The decision by Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro to replace three ministers this week, as well as the forecast …
March madness could be in store for markets after a somber February
By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – March madness? After a euphoric January was followed by a somber February, with bonds and equities …
Explainer: The rise of 0DTE stock options and how they could be a risk to markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are piling into shorter-dated options contracts, boosting trading volumes in the options market to new highs …
Markets bracing for ‘no landing’ world economy scenario curb risk appetite
By Naomi Rovnick and Davide Barbuscia LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Markets, bracing for a “no landing” scenario where global economic growth is resilient and inflation …
Incoming BOJ head to speak in Diet as markets renew attack on yield cap
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Incoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda will speak in parliament on Friday and next …