Weak Chinese data pushes risk assets lower

Send us Fan MailTrump says won’t attack Iran before midterms, easing escalation fears. Oil prices wipe weekly gains, helping bond markets to stabilize. Dollar also pares gains, lifting gold. Mood improves in equities, with OpenAI further boosting sentiment.Risk Warning: Our servi ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailA huge week for markets is coming. US inflation, retail sales and GDP data collide with Q3 earnings from Wall Street’s biggest banks and AI giant Taiwan Semiconductor. With the dollar, euro, pound, gold and Nasdaq all facing major catalysts, volatility could be ab ...  Show more

A lousy Manufacturing PMI reading out of China pulled the Hang Seng index officially into bear market territory, sent the yuan crashing through 7.10, and seemed to have set off a broader, risk-off market move that reverberated across asset classes globally. But, did yet another p ...  Show more

The week starts moody in Asia, as economic data from China and Japan missed estimates early this Monday. Crude oil begins the week under selling pressure around the $91 per barrel. US index futures are down, but interestingly, the European futures were better bid in Asia; but new ...  Show more

* Stock market off to a bad start for first week of trading in 2022. * Fed minutes send bond markets tanking. * Investors spooked out of speculative bets and into commodities. * Inflation pressure building on producers and consumers. * Workers fall further behind as prices increa ...  Show more

Prices for assets of all kinds were up Wednesday, including stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. The U.S. dollar continued to strengthen, and global bond yields marched higher. That’s despite the emergence of still more signs of underlying weakness, including Robinhood layi ...  Show more