16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Paul Craig Roberts Warns "Revolutions Are Bloody, But So Is Doing Nothing"
Paul Craig Roberts Warns "Revolutions Are Bloody, But So Is Doing Nothing"
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This is a big deal … China to allow investors to buy mainland bonds in HK
This is a big deal … China to allow investors to buy mainland bonds in HK
This is not ‘fresh news’, I referred to it on Wednesday (but only briefly):
China plans to set up debt market links between Hong Kong, mainland
(i.e. opening bond market to HK … this would be like a ‘connect’ for the bond market)
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bloq Invests in Blockchain Innovation With BloqLabs, Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Bloq Invests in Blockchain Innovation With BloqLabs, Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate for today at 6.8873 (vs. yesterday at 6.8862)
PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate for today at 6.8873 (vs. yesterday at 6.8862)
For Open Market operations
– To inject 20 bn yuan through 7-day reverse repos
– To inject 20 bn yuan through 14-day reverse repos
– To inject 20 bn yuan through 28-day reverse repos
7-day repo has opened at 2.45%, down from 2.7641% yesterday (weighted average)
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ML Capital Launches New Convertible Absolute Return Fund
ML Capital Launches New Convertible Absolute Return Fund
ML Capital has announced the launch of a new UCITS-compliant convertible absolute return fund on its Montlake platform in partnership with convertibles specialist Quest Global Advisors.
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar poised for weekly losses after Fed disappoints bulls
Dollar poised for weekly losses after Fed disappoints bulls
The dollar licked its wounds in Asian trading on Friday, wallowing at five-week lows against a currency basket.
16 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Another Federal Reserve rate hike path survey: 94% expect 2+ hikes in 2017
Another Federal Reserve rate hike path survey: 94% expect 2+ hikes in 2017
A survey of attendees at the 2017 National Municipal Bond Summit
– 49% they expect three hikes this year
– 45% expect two
– 6% expect one
S&P Global Ratings managing director J.R. Rieger (a panelist at the conference) said 49%, said the market has already built in expectations for interest rates to rise as many as three times