26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia crawls higher after upbeat U.S. data, dollar stands tall
Asia crawls higher after upbeat U.S. data, dollar stands tall
Asian stocks crawled higher on Friday as upbeat U.S. economic data helped revive some risk appetite lost following air strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen, while the dollar rebounded.
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer: I’m Making A Call On Oil Unrest
Cramer: I’m Making A Call On Oil Unrest
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is eyeing the Middle East’s impact on oil.
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia shares wobble as traders eye oil
Asia shares wobble as traders eye oil
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks outside Japan rose, paring weekly losses as U.S. equity-index futures advanced. The yen held gains after inflation slowed more than forecast, while crude oil fell, trimming …
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China’s Demographic Destiny Disaster (In 2 Simple Charts)
China’s Demographic Destiny Disaster (In 2 Simple Charts)
China’s economy is slowing, and the debate is raging over whether the country is headed for an abrupt hard landing or whether the slowdown will stabilize into a soft landing that may already be underway. However it plays out, Schwab’s Jeff Kleintop notes, one thing is clear: A return to the double-digit growth rates of years past seems unlikely. Demographics are destiny.. and China faces two unstoppable trajectories.
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Treasury Collateral Shortage Crosses The Atlantic, Makes European Landfall
Treasury Collateral Shortage Crosses The Atlantic, Makes European Landfall
In “How The ECB Is Distorting Euro Money Markets” we summarized Barclays take on the effects of ECB QE as follows: “short-end core paper will trade below -0.20%, extreme supply/demand imbalances will cause general collateral rates to trade through the depo rate, money market fund yields will turn decisively negative testing investor patience, and central banks had better make good on promises to make some of their inventory available for lending or risk impairing the functioning of the repo market (
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on LightSquared bankruptcy exit plan earns court approval
LightSquared bankruptcy exit plan earns court approval
LightSquared concluded three years of litigation with creditors, securing court approval of a plan to end its case and repay its largest creditor.
26 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China stocks may be in serious bubble
China stocks may be in serious bubble
Some say that when the average “mom-and-pop” retail investors get back into the stock market, it may be time to get out.