Chinese foreign direct investment
Equities Ending Week on an Up-Note; Dollar a Touch Softer
January 19, 2024
Stock markets in the Pacific Rim recorded Friday gains of 2.6% in Taiwan, 1.4% in Japan, 1.3% in South Korea and 1.0% in Australia, but Chinese and Hong Kong share prices dipped 0.5%. U.S. stock futures are up around 0.5%, and major European markets are up but by less. Ten-year sovereign debt yields in Europe […] More
Softer Growth Into the Holidays
November 17, 2023
With the Thanksgiving holiday less than a week away, 2023 is moving into the home stretch with plenty of unanswered questions. Investors wonder how the twin wars in Ukraine and Gaza will resolve and whether the federal funds rate has in fact crested and, if so, how long it will stay at its peak. Will […] More
Pessimism Gaining Upper Hand in Financial Marketplace
April 15, 2020
Projected contractions in real GDP this year embodied in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook would make this the weakest calendar year economic performance since the early 1930s. The Washington-based group foresees activity falling by 3.0% in the world, 5.9% in the United States, 7.5% in Euroland, 6.5% in the U.K., 6.2% in Canada, and 5.2% […] More
