Europe’s top banks ease past ECB’s latest stress tests; Barclays ranks lowest
Results of the stress test of Europe’s bigger banks released Friday revealed that all of the financial institutions in the EU wide examination passed the European Central Bank’s “adverse scenario”. The stress tests were carried out by the European Banking...
Warren Buffett loses nearly $4 billion in single day on his Apple stake
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway lost more than $3 billion on Friday as Apple’s stock headed for its worst day on Wall Street in more than four years. Apple — poised to post its fifth consecutive week of losses for the...
October’s jobs report was perfect for everyone, except Wall Street
The recent spate of strong wage growth, exemplified in Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report, sets up the next stage in the market’s conflict with the Federal Reserve. Average hourly earnings gains finally surpassed 3 percent in October, a psychologically significant number...
How the US Midterm Elections Could Impact the Dollar and Equities
The US midterm elections next week are widely expected to produce a split Congress. Investors appear somewhat complacent on the outcome, which allows room for notable market reactions in case of a surprise, like one of the parties taking control...
US-China Trade: 60% Chance of Ceasefire at Xi-Trump Meeting
Key points Trump signals he may be ready for a trade war ceasefire at the Xi- Trump meeting on 1 December. This is positive for markets and the global economy, as it reduces the probability of a very negative scenario...
Week Ahead – Fed Meets Amid Stock Market Wobble; US Midterms and UK Q3 GDP also in Spotlight
The Federal Reserve will be holding its first monetary policy meeting next week since US and global stocks posted a sharp corrective move from record highs. Investors will be looking for some sign from the Fed that it’s paying attention...
Australia & New Zealand Weekly: RBA Will Stick to Positive Forecasts but Risks are Mounting
Week beginning 5 November 2018 RBA will stick to positive forecasts but risks are mounting. RBA: policy meeting, Statement on Monetary Policy. Australia: housing finance. NZ: RBNZ policy meeting, employment, wages, inflation expectations. China: trade balance, foreign reserves, CPI. Europe:...
Weekly Focus: Global Slowdown
Market Movers ahead The US mid-term elections will attract a lot of attention but are unlikely to lead to any changes in economic policy. The FOMC meeting is a small one and we do not expect any policy or signal...
GBPUSD Outlook: Limited Impact from Upbeat US NFP Data But Bulls May Hold in Extended Consolidation Before Resuming
Cable dipped to the session low at 1.2982 after US jobs data beat, which inflated dollar, but pound’s weakness was so far limited. US No-Farm payrolls jumped to 250K in Oct, well above Sep downward-revised at 118K and forecast for...
Canada: October Sees a Few More Jobs
On net, 11.2k more Canadians were at work in October. Fewer of us were looking for work, helping send the unemployment rate a tick lower to 5.8% Continuing the see-saw pattern of late, full-time employment was in the driver’s seat,...
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