Jan 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are poised to extend gains to a fourth straight session on Monday after touching 10-year highs last week, following a strong leads from Wall Street.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched their best weekly gains in more than a year on Friday as technology stocks helped lift major indexes to records. The local share price index futures rose 0.3 percent or 18 points to...Read More
Jan 8 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,122.345.2NZX 50**8,455.55 12.05DJIA**25,295.87220.74NIKKEI**23,714.53208.20Nasdaq**7,136.55858.643FTSE**7,724.22 28.34S&P 500** 2,743.15 19.16 Hang Seng** 30,814.6478.16SPI 200 Fut 6,092.018.0STI** 3,489.45 -11.71SSEC**3,391.750106.0399KOSPI** 2,497.52 31.06----------------------------------------------------------...Read More
Jan 8 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,122.30 45.20 NZX 50**8,455.55 12.05DJIA25,295.87220.74NIKKEI**23,714.53208.20Nasdaq7,136.55858.64 FTSE**7,724.22 28.34S&P 500 2,743.15 19.16 Hang Seng** 30,814.6478.16SPI 200 Fut 6,092.018STI** 3,489.45 -11.71SSEC**3,392.36 6.65KOSPI** 2,497.52 31.06------------------------------------------------------------------...Read More
(Repeats story first published Friday with no changes to text)By David RandallNEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Value stocks are getting a once-over from some U.S. growth fund managers in early 2018 as they prowl for overlooked shares they think have more upside in a market that gained nearly 20 percent last year. Value stocks, so labeled because they typically sport lower price-to-earnings valuations,...Read More
The big story for investors in 2017 was the broad-based rally in stocks. Simply by owning equities of any shape or size, you likely made out very nicely. Domestic large-cap stocks were up about 20% as measured by the S&P 500 SPX, +0.13% Other markets did even better, with broad global funds like the Vanguard Total International ETF VXUS, +0.09% up about 25% and the popular iShares FTSE/Xinhua...Read More
BARCELONA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should set a date to end its asset-buying programme, the head of Germany's Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, told Spanish newspaper El Mundo.Tipped as a potential candidate to succeed ECB President Mario Draghi when his term expires at the end of October 2019, Weidmann is a vocal critic of the bank's quantitative easing programme."The prospects...Read More
BEIJING, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first U.S. dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank's treasurer Soren Elbech.The earliest issuance window will be "toward the end of the first half of 2018," to allow time for certain procedures, including the board...Read More
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market rose in early trade on Sunday after King Salman announced a package of handouts for Saudi citizens to compensate them for the rising cost of living, while several blue chips boosted Qatar's market.The Saudi index gained 0.5 percent in the first hour as real estate developer Dar Al Arkan , the most heavily traded stock, added 2.4 percent. Among t...Read More
* China's FX reserves climb by $20 bln in December* Economists polled by Reuters expected reserves to rise by $6 bln* Eleventh month of gains, longest stretch since June 2014* Reserves rise $129.5 bln in 2017, first annual gain since 2014 (Updating to add forex regulator's comment in 7th para)BEIJING, Jan 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves rose to their highest in more than a year in...Read More
BEIJING, Jan 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves rose to their highest in more than a year in December and grew at a faster-than-expected pace, as tight regulations and a strong yuan continued to discourage capital outflows, data showed on Sunday.Notching up their 11th straight month of gains, reserves rose $20.2 billion in December to $3.14 trillion, the highest since September 2016 a...Read More
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A package of handouts from Saudi Arabia's King Salman may boost the Saudi stock market on Sunday while the region in general looks likely to be supported by a positive global trend.King Salman on Saturday ordered extra monthly payments to state employees and pensioners this year as part of a package to compensate citizens for the rising cost of living after the government...Read More
By Ed Steer06 January 2018 -- SaturdayYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price spent all of Far East trading and most of London trading drifting quietly lower. There was a jump up at on the jobs report at 8:30 a.m. in New York, but that was dealt with in the usual manner. It got sold lower from there -- and the low tick of the day, such was it was, came minutes after 9...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloThe U.S. gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sec...Read More
By John MauldinHunt: Chaotic SystemGavekal TrifectaKotok: A Permanent Shift UpwardKrugman: Return to NormalcyRosenberg: Pretty Late in the GameWien: Speculation Reaches an ExtremeJet-Lagged in Hong Kong, Sarasota, and BostonGreetings from Hong Kong, where the locals are preparing to welcome the new year on February 16. While 2018 is the Year of the Dog on the traditional Chinese calendar, on the...Read More
By Ed Steer06 January 2018 -- SaturdayYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price spent all of Far East trading and most of London trading drifting quietly lower. There was a jump up at on the jobs report at 8:30 a.m. in New York, but that was dealt with in the usual manner. It got sold lower from there -- and the low tick of the day, such was it was, came minutes after 9...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloThe U.S. gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sec...Read More
Isn't what most people think it is By Chris MartensonSo... in the past week, I've been asked for advice on Bitcoin by my brother-in-law, my local realtor, and close friends from as far away as Texas.None of them cared to learn what it actually is. Or how it works. They just wanted to understand why suddenly so many folks they know are trying to buy Bitcoin hand over fist. And, of course, should...Read More
By John MauldinHunt: Chaotic SystemGavekal TrifectaKotok: A Permanent Shift UpwardKrugman: Return to NormalcyRosenberg: Pretty Late in the GameWien: Speculation Reaches an ExtremeJet-Lagged in Hong Kong, Sarasota, and BostonGreetings from Hong Kong, where the locals are preparing to welcome the new year on February 16. While 2018 is the Year of the Dog on the traditional Chinese calendar, on the...Read More