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[Bloomberg] Stocks Climb as Yields Hold Steady; Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Powell Could Put Up With 2.5% Inflation to Keep Growth Pumping [Reuters] Corporate America’s new dilemma: raising prices to cover higher transport costs [Axios] Inside the White House trade fights [Reuters] Surging bond yields to pinch home owners, retirees [CNBC] As Xi Jinping […]

[Reuters] Buffett says ‘terrible mistake’ for long-term investors to be in bonds [Reuters] Anbang takeover puts China’s companies on notice [Reuters] China sets stage for Xi to stay in office indefinitely [WSJ] Investors’ Zeal to Buy Stocks With Debt Leaves Markets Vulnerable [WSJ] Want to Buy a Luxury Hotel in the U.S.? Try China’s Insurance […]

[Reuters] Markets fret over Federal Reserve’s approach under new chair Powell [Reuters] Latvia calls emergency meeting after third-largest bank fails [Reuters] China’s January home prices rise even as top cities register decline [Bloomberg] Fed’s Williams Says He Sees Case for a Rate Hike in the ‘Near Future’ [CNBC] Three charts that show gold is going […]
The Shanghai Composite traded as high as 3,587 intraday on Monday, January 29th, a more than two-year high. This followed the S&P500’s all-time closing high (2,873) on the previous Friday. On February 9th, the Shanghai Composite traded as low as 3,063, a 14.6% decline from trading highs just nine sessions earlier. In U.S. trading on […]

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rise With Treasuries, Dollar Mixed: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Mnuchin Urges Markets to Shrug Off Worries Over Tax Cuts, Debt [Bloomberg] Inflation-Vexed Bond Traders Are Unconvinced by Hawkish Fed Talk [Bloomberg] VIX Funds Face Fresh Scrutiny From U.S. Regulators [Bloomberg] Xi’s Debt Crackdown Goes Into Hyperdrive With Anbang Takeover [Bloomberg] China Regulator Seizes […]

Are the markets waiting for the dollar’s next move? The precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium have seen modest movements the past week. The DOW has also seen similar tepid trading as it still has yet to regain the losses of a few weeks ago. The FOMC January meeting press release was […]

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rebound, Dollar Stumbles With Yields: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] ECB Keeps Guidance Change on the Radar for First Half of 2018 [Reuters] U.S. Treasury official slams China’s ‘non-market behavior’ [Bloomberg] China’s VIX Goes Dark as Government Clamps Down on Options [Bloomberg] Indian Bonds Slide Most in 3 Weeks as Minutes Show Hawkish Tilt […]

[Bloomberg] Dollar Gains, Tech Lifts U.S. Stocks; Bonds Mixed: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Fed’s Harker sees two U.S. rate hikes this year [CNBC] Weekly mortgage applications tank even more, as rising rates make homes less affordable [Bloomberg] Euro Area Hits Speed Bump on Road to Faster Economic Growth [CNBC] Fed could ‘rock the boat’ with what […]