An investor walks through the Dubai Financial Market after Joe Biden won the U.S. presidency, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates November 8, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 3 (Reuters) – Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Tuesday, despite concerns over higher-for-longer U.S interest rates, …
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[1/4]Demonstrators camp outside Argentina’s presidential palace as unemployed and informal workers protest to demand more subsidies from the national government, in Buenos Aires, April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BUENOS AIRES, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Argentina’s markets have a new cause for the wobbles – a presidential …
Read More »The crypto market bears the scars of FTX’s collapse
Oct 3 (Reuters) – The global cryptocurrency market remains badly scarred following the tumultuous collapse of crypto exchange FTX and other big players last year, with crypto prices, volumes and venture capital investment well below their 2021 peaks. Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, stands trial in New York …
Read More »Hedge funds see Mexico and Ecuador as China alternatives
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Geopolitical tensions and a weakening economy are driving hedge funds to consider alternatives to investing in China. Turmoil in China’s property sector has rattled world markets and hurt the outlook for the world’s No. 2 economy. Many U.S.-based hedge fund investors have cut their exposure …
Read More »Carlyle pulls back from US consumer bets as part of strategic overhaul -source
Oct 2 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Carlyle Group (CG.O) plans to pull back from investing in U.S.-based consumer, media and retail companies as it looks to focus on other key sectors such as technology and financial services, according to a person familiar with the matter. In a memo sent …
Read More »Morning Bid: New quarter, same old market dynamics
A man is reflected on an electric monitor displaying a stock quotation board outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 3 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Yet another surge …
Read More »Hedge funds using computers to sell up to $30 billion of stocks soon – UBS
A logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Hedge funds using computers to trade equities are expecting to start selling to the tune of $20 billion to $30 billion in the next two …
Read More »How China-West tensions will shape global markets
LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Tensions between the West and China are rising, from tit-for-tat trade tariffs to tech rivalry and spying allegations. The ramifications for global markets are significant, with Washington and Beijing’s determination to loosen dependence on each other fraying long-established supply chains. That could help keep inflation …
Read More »Morning Bid: US shutdown relief vs mixed China PMIs
A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying various countries’ stock price index outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 2 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. An early burst …
Read More »Tent-dwelling migrants join protest over Portugal’s housing prices
[1/6]People protest against increasing rents and house prices, in Lisbon, Portugal, September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Miguel Pereira Acquire Licensing Rights LISBON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Marcia Leandro moved to Portugal from Brazil six months ago with a goal: to train as a chef. But Portugal’s housing crisis curbed her dreams and …
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