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Europe Wrap: Two Rate Rises in One Week and the Board Falls End to End
Europe spent Friday pricing the week's tightening. The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 1.11 percent to 635.45 on the administrator's final value, two…
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Euro Area Current Account Surplus Narrows to 28 Billion Euros in July
The euro area recorded a current account surplus of 28 billion euros in July, 7 billion less than the 35 billion recorded…
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Report: The Speed Gap, AI's Fastest Layers and a 3 Percent World Economy
The artificial intelligence economy is growing far faster than the world it is being built to change, and in the week of…
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Asia Wrap: Japan's Highest Rate Since 1995 and the Yen Falls Anyway
The Bank of Japan raised and the yen fell anyway. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.38 percent higher at 65,018.95 on Friday after…
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US Wrap: Stocks Rebound as the 10 Year Slips Back Under 5 Percent
Wall Street bought the day after. The S&P 500 rose 1.14 percent to 7,637.76, its first rise since 11 September on our…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 17 September: Nine for Nine Again as the FTSE Leads on the Bank of England’s Hold
Europe's first session with the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on the books ended with all 9 indices we track higher for…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 17 September: The Fed Hike Crosses to Hong Kong at 4.25 Percent
Asia split on Thursday over the first session after the Federal Reserve’s quarter point rise: Hong Kong’s Base Rate moved to 4.25…
Read more →US Market Wrap 16 September: The Dow Drops 631 Points as Warsh’s Message Outweighs the Priced Rise
The market bought the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on Wednesday and sold the press conference. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed…
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The Federal Reserve Raises Rates a Quarter Point and Its Projections Add Another Rise This Year
The Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75 to 4 percent…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 16 September: The Whole Board Rises as Oil Breaks on a Pipeline Timeline
Every index on our Europe board rose on Wednesday, the mirror of Tuesday's board with no gainers, as crude finally broke and…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 16 September: Kospi Leads a Broad Rebound With the Fed Decision Hours Away
Every index on our Asia board except one rose on Wednesday, with Korea's Kospi the day's best at 1.37 percent higher and…
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US Senate Rejects Cloture 49 to 50 on Digital Asset Market Bill as Coinbase Drops 10.1 Percent
The United States Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on 15 September, 49…
Read more →US Market Wrap 15 September: All 5 Indices Fall as the 10 Year Reaches 5 Percent Before the Fed
Every index on our board fell on Tuesday with the benchmark 10 year Treasury yield at 5 percent on the eve of…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 15 September: The Whole Board Slips as Oil Tops 108 and the Fed Looms
Every index on our Europe board fell on Tuesday, though none by as much as half a percent except Switzerland, with Spain's…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 15 September: Singapore Leads the Whole Board Lower as Yields Hit 2007 Highs
Every index on our Asia board fell on Tuesday, with Singapore's Straits Times the worst at 1.39 percent and Japan's Nikkei 225…
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German 10 Year Yields Led a 34 Basis Point Rise as the BIS Names Hormuz the Quarter’s Disruption
10 year government bond yields rose 34 basis points in Germany, 31 in the United States, 27 in Japan and 24 in…
Read more →US Market Wrap 14 September: Chipmakers Sink on AI Slowdown Calls as the 10 Year Touches 5 Percent
The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.56 percent to close at 26,186.41 on Monday, the S&P 500 0.48 percent to 7,619.98 and the Dow…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 14 September: Milan Falls 1.68 Percent as Tech Sinks and Healthcare Jumps
Europe closed Monday split down the middle of one trade. The technology sector fell 2.12 percent and basic resources 2.61 percent after…
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Six Chip Stocks Shed 360 Billion Dollars Before the Open as Europe’s AI Selloff Deepens
Six US listed suppliers of artificial intelligence hardware shed a combined 360.5 billion dollars of market value at their Wall Street premarket…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 14 September: Seoul Sinks 3.26 Percent as AI Chiefs Urge a Slowdown
Asia's chip heavy markets fell on Monday after the leaders of rival artificial intelligence laboratories united behind a call to slow the…
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The Week Ahead 13 to 19 September: 4 Central Bank Decisions, China Activity and Saudi Prices
Four central banks decide between Wednesday and Friday. The Federal Reserve goes first with a new set of projections attached to its…
Read more →US Market Wrap 11 September: Dow Adds 509 Points to Snap a 4 Session Slide as Oil Eases
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 509.19 points, or 0.98 percent, to close at 52,573.29 on Friday, ending a run of 4…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 11 September: FTSE MIB Jumps 1.36 Percent as Oil Retreats and Banks Rebound
European shares rose on Friday after 4 sessions of declines on the Stoxx Europe 600, which closed 0.49 percent higher at 639.10…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 11 September: Nikkei Sheds 1.93 Percent as Bond Yields Hit Multiyear Highs
Asia Pacific equities closed broadly lower on Friday, with the technology heavy Japanese and South Korean markets leading the retreat, as a…
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- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent