 CNBC.com Much of that money was shifted to bonds, reflecting investors' decreasing comfort with stockvolatility. Bond funds have raked in a net $731 billion. Stock fund were taking in money at the start of the year, but that momentum shifted in May when stock ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Manulife Swings To Profit In 2Q; Hedging Pays Off Wall Street Journal The stock was recently up 34 Canadian cents, or 2.7%, to C$12.77 in Toronto. It had been sideswiped in the past week, as US government bond yields tumbled to historic lows. Among its Canadian peers, Manulife also has the most exposure to US Treasury ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Asia's Strength Increases Vulnerability to Fund Reversal CNBC.com "Given the large share of foreign holdings in Indonesian equity and bonds markets, capital flight could hit stock and bond prices hard and weaken the rupiah, raising import costs," Nomura said in a report, while adding that Jakarta could weather such ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. Stocks Rally as Jobless Claims, Profits Offset Europe Woes San Francisco Chronicle A single trade for 100 shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. that was executed more than 6 percent below yesterday's closing price set off a circuit breaker that halted the stock just after 10:30 am today. The trade was executed on an exchange operated by Bats ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Battle of the havens: Gold versus bonds Globe and Mail (blog) And for bonds, we looked at the iShares 7-10 Treasury bond fund IEF-N – an exchange traded fund that gives us a total return performance for medium-term US Treasuries. Since July 22, gold has outperformed bonds, with a 9.6 per cent return versus a 5.6 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cash for Gold: Futures Exchange Hikes Collateral Smartmoney.com When that happens, customers can end up owing money, and their losses can become losses for the exchange. Like margin accounts for stocks and bonds, futures accounts come with two broad collateral requirements. There's an initial requirement, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kingfisher, Piramal, Sesa, Tata Power: India Equities Preview Bloomberg The shares climbed 0.6 percent to 656.55 rupees. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. (KAIR) posted a first-quarter loss of 2.64 billion rupees ($58 million), compared with 1.87 billion rupees a year earlier, according to a stock exchange filing yesterday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe Stocks, US Futures Rally; Treasuries, Franc Decline BusinessWeek “Equity futures are still the key drivers for foreign- exchange markets and S&P futures are up, helping to see risk bid from the lows,” said Sue Trinh, a senior currency strategist at Royal Bank of Canada in Hong Kong. We're seeing a “weakening in safe ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| European stocks pare gains as debt fears linger; DAX up 1.1% Business Insider The company also said it has reduced its exposure to Italian bonds. In London, the commodity-heavy FTSE 100 jumped 1.2% as shares in raw material producers led gains, as oil and metal prices advanced on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Idaho investors ask questions, advisers see opportunities IdahoStatesman.com BY BILL ROBERTS - broberts@idahostatesman.com The nine Idaho-based companies whose stockstrade on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq exchange dropped 5 percent in value overall Wednesday, according to an Idaho Statesman analysis. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kenyan shilling recovers vs dlr, stocks steady Reuters Africa "But what is happening locally with inflation still being high and the issued with the currency, it's likely that the bourse will continue falling." Shares in Kenya's sole power distributor, Kenya Power , rose 3.1 percent to 18.30 shillings a share, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. Futures, European Stocks, Metals Rally; Treasuries Decline San Francisco Chronicle The yuan strengthened 0.36 percent to 6.3948 per dollar in Shanghai, breaching the 6.40 level for the first time since China unified official and market exchange rates at the end of 1993. The central bank raised its reference rate for the currency by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Post-Fed relief rally peters out for stocks BusinessWeek The Fed's surprise announcement Tuesday that it would likely keep its Fed funds rate at near zero percent through 2013 to help the ailing US economy fueled a late Wall Street surge -- the Dow Jones industrial average rallied 6 percent just in the final ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dow Surges 400 Points as Cisco and Jobs Fuel Rally TheStreet.com ... between stocks and bonds, and between different sectors, he said. All 30 companies on the Dow traded in positive territory on a day that saw 82% of the 4.9 billion shares that traded on the New York Stock Exchange rising and only 17% declining. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| India Rupee At 5-1/2 Month Low On Oil Payments; Bonds Down Wall Street Journal The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index fell 0.4% to close at 17059.40. Indian governmentbonds ended lower Thursday, snapping a three-day rally as food inflation rose, but markets drew some comfort from indications by a senior government advisor ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Global stocks gyrate wildly; sell-off resumes in markets Inquirer.net Its value, unlike that of a currency, such as the US dollar, doesn't hinge on whether countries can make their bond payments, or on the vigor of their economies. December gold contracts backed off their highs, and closed up about $41 at $1784 an ounce ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NYSE Euronext (NYX) Upgraded by Argus to "Buy" NewsyStocks.com Also, analysts at UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) raised their EPS on shares of NYSE Euronext in a research note to investors on Monday, July 11st. They now have a "buy" rating and a $48.00 price target on the stock. Shares of NYSE Euronext opened at 26.87 on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Benign day brings respite to lenders Financial Times With its first-half results, it took a €534m provision – stemming from a 21 per cent haircut on bondsmaturing before 2020, in line with the terms of the bond exchange deal agreed in collaboration with eurozone governments three weeks ago. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Central Bankers Become 'Tower of Strength' Amid Debt Turmoil Bloomberg “Central banks are trying to get their act together,” said Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., the world's largest manager of bond funds. “But we have to recognize that what they do is necessary but not ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stocks strengthen for second day The Korea Herald A dealer at Korea Exchange Bank monitors the trend of Seoul stocks on Thursday. (Ahn Hoon/The Korea Herald) Korean shares' gaining for second trading sessions in a row is noteworthy while majorstock markets in the United States and Europe tumbled ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rethinking stock market valuation in Nigeria BusinessDay Our stock exchanges must actively seek foreign listings in our markets, thereby offering a better product mix for investors and improved earnings for the exchange. There are only 206 (less than 100 actively traded) stocks on the NSE All Share Index ... See all stories on this topic » |
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