Morgan Stanley’s Gorman must beware culture clash with E*Trade
After announcing the $13 billion agreed acquisition of E*Trade, Morgan Stanley looks even more like a large wealth management firm with an investment bank attached. This is the direction in which chairman and chief executive James Gorman has been purposefully...
Safe Haven Flows into Gold and Treasuries on China Coronavirus Contagion
Outbreak of China’s Wuhan coronavirus continued to be a big market mover last week. According to China’s own numbers, new cases in the country seemed to have slowed even though new daily deaths maintained at around 100 level. What’s worrying...
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary: Coronavirus Won’t Move the Fed
U.S. Review Coronavirus Won’t Move the Fed Minutes from the January 28-29 FOMC meeting indicate the coronavirus will not push the Fed to cut interest rates, and for the most part housing and manufacturing survey data this week supported that...
The Weekly Bottom Line: All Eyes On COVID-19
U.S. Highlights COVID-19 continues to pose challenges for China’s economy as well as global manufacturing supply chains. Factories have been slow to open as quarantines keep workers at home. While the situation on the ground appears to be improving, global...
Forward Guidance: Canadian Growth Slower in Q4, and Not All Transitory
The Canadian economy continues to be buffeted by a growing list of ‘transitory’ factors – the latest being the threat to global growth from the COVID-19 breakout in China and ongoing domestic rail disruptions. The week ahead includes the admittedly...
Oil Market Week Ahead: The Real Tally of the Virus
Just as China started containing the spread of the coronavirus, two new flash zones opened up in South Korea and Iran, where the number of cases has surged over the last three days. Even before the virus jumped countries, South...
Special risk survey: HK, Japan, Singapore buffeted by coronavirus, as Taiwan shows ‘counter-intuitive’ strengths
Taiwan’s risk score is still on track, while other areas of Asia, including Hong Kong (above) are feeling the effects of coronavirus Euromoney conducted its special ‘crowd-sourcing’ survey among a subset of its normal contributor universe who are all experts...
Fed officials downplay virus even as markets see rate cuts
When Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, should that influence the Fed’s decisions? Two Fed officials diverged on that issue in remarks Friday at a monetary policy conference in New York. The disagreement occurred just as...
Deere rises after tractor-maker reports better-than-expected earnings, says farming stabilizing
A Deere & Co. John Deere 9560 combine harvester unloads soft red winter (SRW) wheat during a harvest in the village of Kirkland in Dekalb, Illinois, July 9, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Deere spiked...
Week Ahead – Virus Risks to Set Market Tone in Muted Data Week
With not much on the economic calendar to enthuse markets next week, the virus and its impact on economies globally is likely to remain the primary driver of risk sentiment. Still, there are some important indicators worth keeping an eye...
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