This isn’t your great-grandparents’ trade war. That may be one of the reasons why, knee-jerk reactions aside, investors remain relatively relaxed about the tit-for-tat series of tariffs, threats and counterthreats flying between Washington and Beijing. See: Trade-war fears aren’t really rattling investors, going by these gauges “Indeed, the term... Read more
Gregory Meyer in New York August 3, 2018 Print this page Intercontinental Exchange, the world’s second-largest exchange group by market value, has deepened its involvement in digital currencies with a new company that aims to make them mainstream for institutional investors and consumers. The Atlanta-based group on Friday announced... Read more
Dear Moneyist, My father remarried when I was just a year old. I was the youngest of his three children and he married a widow with three sons, all older than us. My biological brother lived with my dad and stepmother from age 11 onwards. My... Read more
Henry Mance in London August 2, 2018 Print this page Far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s global profile has grown since jail sentence Seen as potential link between Steve Bannon’s rightwing populism and Ukip Many Ukip members wary of anti-Islam sentiment For almost a decade, Tommy Robinson has inhabited the far-right... Read more
Swipe. Click. Binge. Repeat. Americans spend more time than ever watching videos, browsing social media and swiping their lives away on their tablets and smartphones. American adults spend more than 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or simply interacting with media, according to a new study by... Read more
Kadhim Shubber in Alexandria, Virginia July 31, 2018 Print this page Prosecutors in the trial of Paul Manafort urged jurors to “follow the money” as they sought to paint Donald Trump’s former campaign manager as a tax-dodging liar with extravagant tastes. Uzo Asonye, a federal prosecutor, said in his... Read more
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John Hussman, president of Hussman Investment Trust, describes himself as an economist, a philanthropist, and a “realist optimist often viewed as a prophet of doom” on his Twitter profile. That last bit may be the one investors care about on Monday as... Read more
China’s commerce ministry has drafted rules that would require a national security review for “strategic” investments by foreigners in listed companies, echoing moves in other large economies to strengthen controls in sensitive industries. The proposed amendments to existing rules on foreign investment in listed Chinese companies, published late on... Read more
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The fate of the bull market could become clearer in the coming days.
The fate of the stock market for this year may arguably hinge on how shares trade in the next few days. According to analysts at Bespoke Investment Group, if the market gains... Read more
Owen Walker July 28, 2018 Print this page A quiet but lucrative corner of the asset management industry will be thrust into the spotlight as policymakers finalise rules that will make securities lending more transparent. The European Commission will soon release detail of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation, which... Read more