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How much further has the dollar rally left to run?
Here are the big questions we are asking at FT Markets ahead of the first full week of December. What now for the dollar? It was going to take a terrible US jobs report for November to derail...
View ArticleHong Kong equity funds lose $7.5bn
Hong Kong investors have withdrawn billions of dollars from equity funds since the start of the year as macroeconomic shocks in Europe, the US and China spread fear to Asia’s biggest financial centre....
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Focus on girls’ education leaves boys behind
Boys are increasingly being left behind by a multibillion dollar global push to prioritise improving access to education for girls. In the majority of countries, boys now receive fewer years of...
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ECB treads warily to avoid taper tantrum
An economic recovery in Europe was supposed to make life easier for the European Central Bank. Instead, it has given officials in Frankfurt a problem as they prepare to decide whether to scale back...
View ArticleQ&A: The next step following Trump’s Taiwan call
On Saturday morning Beijing woke up to the news that Donald Trump had accepted a congratulatory phone call from Tsai Ing-wen, during which the US president-elect also congratulated “President Tsai on...
View ArticleBuy Royal Mint gold using Bitcoin tech – via your Isa firm
The Mint is working with an American firm, CME Group, to develop and run the new service, which will also be available to fund managers and other third parties. The Royal Mint does already offer gold...
View ArticleUS share buybacks set for fresh fuel
Corporate share buybacks on Wall Street, a major source of demand for US equities in the post-financial crisis era, are expected to receive another big lift from the incoming Trump administration’s...
View ArticleOil majors set to bid for Mexico deepwater blocks
Some of the world’s best-known oil majors are expected to compete in a long-awaited auction for deepwater contracts in Mexico on Monday that marks a key opening of the country’s energy sector....
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US corporate bonds: The weight of debt
There was no shortage of buyers when Microsoft sold $20bn in bonds this summer to fund its acquisition of LinkedIn. After years of low interest rates — and with rates in some countries heading into...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia discussed oil output cut with traders ahead of Opec
Saudi Arabia convened private talks with the world’s largest oil traders in Vienna before Opec’s crunch meeting on whether to cut oil output, seeking views about the likely market reaction should they...
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Asia’s family-run conglomerates drive regional growth
About 25km west of bustling and crowded central Jakarta rises a modern satellite city. It is Lippo Village, developed by Lippo Karawaci, a property developer owned by the prominent Indonesian family...
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Asia equities slip as investors eye Italian fallout
Monday 3.00am GMT Overview Markets across Asia are weaker on Monday following a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday and as investors kept a cautious eye on Italy’s referendum, which has led to the...
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Euro under pressure after Italian referendum
The euro dropped to its lowest in more than a year in early Asian trading on Monday after Italian voters rejected Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reforms, raising fears of...
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Don’t forget the Hong Kong end of Stock Connect
Discuss the law of large numbers with statisticians and they mean using large samples to improve experiments. Analysts take the phrase to mean no company or economy can grow stratospherically forever....
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Italy’s ‘No’ sends sovereign debt yields higher
Monday 8.00am GMT Overview Italy’s benchmark sovereign debt yield is sharply higher and its main stock index is under heavy pressure as investors reduce their exposure to the country’s assets after...
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Italy’s No sends sovereign debt yields higher
Monday 9.30am GMT Overview Italy’s stock market and much of the country’s banking sector has recovered from opening losses as investors refine their response to the No vote in the country’s referendum...
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Exchange traded funds: Taking over the markets
Stock markets have a new purpose. Once devoted to trading stocks and setting their prices, they are now the venue for buying and selling something other than shares: exchange traded funds. ETFs are...
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Carnival climbs on easing of capacity glut fears
Cruise operator Carnival bounced off a one-month low on Monday after management played down fears of a coming capacity glut. Talk of a price war for Caribbean berths was overblown, David Bernstein,...
View ArticleUS energy shares rally to 17-month highs
Energy stocks are on track to close at their highest level in more than 17 months on Monday as oil prices continue their sharp rally following last week’s historic agreement by Opec members to cut...
View ArticleBloomberg advises Mexico to heed Trump’s deeds
Ignore Donald Trump’s words and focus on his deeds, Michael Bloomberg has told Mexico, advising the country to use the president-elect’s antitrade rhetoric as a wake-up call to sharpen its economy’s...
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