US overnight funding rate hits record high amid year-end volatility
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge measuring the borrowing costs on loans between banks and other participants in the U.S. repurchase agreement (repo) market hit its highest level since…
Investors wary of lingering Treasury volatility as US stocks rally
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A still-jittery bond market is clouding the outlook for a rally in U.S. stocks, analysts tracking measures of market volatility said. Stocks and bonds…
Stock options bets on volatility around macro events are finally paying off
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options traders betting that Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting and highly anticipated macroeconomic events later this week could cause gyrations in markets may be rewarded,…
Traders wary of volatility as JP Morgan fund’s big options trade looms
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A $16 billion JP Morgan fund, expected to reset its options positions on Friday, is drawing traders’ attention as a potential source of additional…
Japan Finance Minister Suzuki reiterates warning against excessive FX volatility
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan won’t rule out any options to deal with excessive currency volatility, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, reiterating a warning against speculative moves on…
Japan will not rule out any options against forex volatility – PM Kishida
(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that his government will not rule out any options in addressing excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market. “It is important that…
Analysis-Asia’s worries over currency volatility get in the way of rate cuts
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A spurt in the U.S. dollar and China’s defence of the yuan are forcing Asian central banks to step up interventions in their weakening currencies, and…
Putin says financial market volatility has hampered investment
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said volatility on financial markets had hampered companies’ investment decisions and was something that needed to be brought under control. “The government and…
Italy CPI rises again in April amid energy prices volatility
By Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) – Italian inflation jumped unexpectedly in April, driven by another spike in energy prices, official statistics agency ISTAT said on Tuesday. EU-harmonised consumer prices (HICP) rose a…
Marketmind: Low volatility propping up risk appetite
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Stocks may be treading water as investors digest a mixed flow of U.S. earnings and…
Asia’s cashed-up companies beat market as volatility swirls
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Shares of Asian companies with big cash balances are outperforming the broader market and analysts say the money will be a cushion against volatility…
Japan cuts view on industrial output, vigilant on market volatility
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government cut its assessment of the strength of industrial production for the first time in three months in March, pointing to weakening demand in the global semiconductor industry.…
Marketmind: Bank stress, bond volatility and disinflation
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The explosion of banking stress has reshaped the entire U.S. interest rate map, wiping expectations of further Federal…
Analysis-Investors seek uncorrelated assets on worries volatility will return
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 either asset…
Equinor raises energy trading forecast on volatility, flexibility
By Nora Buli LONDON (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor raised its energy trading division’s outlook on Wednesday, saying it expects the business to profit from a more flexible asset portfolio and market volatility.…
Column-Low visibility, low volatility make strange pairing :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Like mirages on the horizon, recession forecasts seem to be appearing and disappearing with great regularity – questioning any investment conviction, the reliability of pandemic-distorted data…
China state media warn of two-way volatility for yuan in 2023
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Investors should avoid Chinese currency risk and adapt to higher foreign exchange volatility, three state financial newspapers in Shanghai and Beijing said in front-page commentaries on Tuesday after more…
EU’s gas price cap scheme could backfire, raise volatility -ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Proposed European Union rules aimed at tempering natural gas price spikes may actually jeopardize financial stability and need to be redesigned, the European Central Bank said on Thursday in…
Marketmind: China reopening as volatility ebbs
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. A punchy U.S. jobs report and the beginnings of China’s COVID-related reopening seem to be seen…
Volatility in yuan spurs bets China will widen its band
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As macroeconomic risks induce unprecedented levels of volatility in China’s yuan, investors are betting that authorities may widen the currency’s tight trading band for first time since 2014 to…
Broker TP ICAP third-quarter revenue jumps on market volatility
(Reuters) – TP ICAP posted a 14% jump in its third-quarter revenue in reported currency on Tuesday, as the world’s biggest inter-dealer broker benefited from stock and foreign exchange market volatility and…
Japan’s premier Kishida: Ready to act against excessive FX volatility
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday the government is ready to take appropriate action against excessive volatility in the currency market. “No one benefits from speculative, sharp…
Japan keeps warning on market volatility, raises view on capex in report
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan reiterated a warning that “full attention” should be paid to market volatility in its monthly economic report published on Tuesday, following the government’s repeated market…
MOF’s Suzuki: Japan will act resolutely on forex volatility – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – There are no changes to Japan’s position that it will act resolutely in case of volatility in the currency market, the Kyodo news agency quoted Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi…
Global markets like ‘whack-a-mole’, volatility, liquidity are issues – bank execs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Trying to navigate through global market stresses is like “whack-a-mole,” Citigroup Inc CEO Jane Fraser said on Friday, as she added the bank is constantly stress testing scenarios.…
Fed’s Evans: Market volatility can create restrictiveness
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said on Wednesday that volatility in markets can create additional restrictiveness in financial conditions. …
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