30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Morgan Stanley: Get ready for a period of low returns
Morgan Stanley: Get ready for a period of low returns
Chief Cross-Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets is warning asset managers that the efficient frontier – the mix of stocks, bonds, and other instruments that produces the best risk-adjusted return – is about to collapse
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on World’s biggest pension fund loses $64B amid equity rout
World’s biggest pension fund loses $64B amid equity rout
The world’s biggest pension fund posted its worst quarterly loss since at least 2008 after a global stock rout in August and September wiped $64 billion off the Japanese asset manager’s investments.
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Wall Street braces for hectic week of data, jobs and oil
Wall Street braces for hectic week of data, jobs and oil
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open ahead of what could be a choppy week of trade.
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oil rises, traders take positions ahead of OPEC meeting
Oil rises, traders take positions ahead of OPEC meeting
Oil prices rose on Monday as investors took positions ahead of an OPEC meeting this week despite expectations that the producer group will not change its output policy. Preparing for Friday’s the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) policy decision, oil traders strengthened their positions to prepare for any unexpected outcomes. “We see a lot of positioning ahead of the OPEC meeting at the end of the week.
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Congress returns to looming deadlines on budget, highways
Congress returns to looming deadlines on budget, highways
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to wrap up work on the budget, highway funding and taxes, an end-of-the-year stretch that will test the standing of Republican leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan with the GOP’s tea party wing and its anti-establishment presidential candidates.
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Global funds raise U.S. equity holdings, eye emerging markets for 2016 bounce
Global funds raise U.S. equity holdings, eye emerging markets for 2016 bounce
Global investors raised allocations to U.S. and British equities in November and lifted weightings of selected emerging market assets to multi-year highs as some managers positioned for a potential rebound in the sector. The survey of 50 fund managers and chief investment officers in the United States, Europe, Britain, Japan and China was conducted between Nov. 17 and 26. Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, meanwhile indicated the ECB was ready to expand monetary easing at its Dec. 3 policy meeting.
30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Futures little changed ahead of busy week of data
Futures little changed ahead of busy week of data
* Investors are preparing for a Dec. 4 non-farm payrolls report ahead of a widely expected decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its mid-December meeting. * The U.S. central bank has not raised interest rates since June 2006. * Diverging from the Fed, the ECB is widely expected to unveil fresh monetary easing measures on Thursday.