Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:51pm EDT * Stocks & Australian dollar turn higher after China data * Bernanke QE comments rein in hawkish fears By Ian Chua SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - Asian stocks erased early losses on Monday, while the Australian dollar popped higher as investors heaved a sigh of relief after a batch of Chinese data showed the slowdown in the region's economic powerhouse was not as ...
Australia shares rise in choppy trade buoyed by Wall St China GDP
Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:39pm EDT (Adds quotes, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.4 percent in volatile trade on Monday, reflecting relief at Chinese GDP data coming out in line with expectations, plus a Wall Street rally on strong earnings. China's annual economic growth slowed to 7.5 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 7.7 percent - a second ...
China data show slowing but in line with estimates
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- China's economy grew 7.5% in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, while industrial production for June rose 8.9% from year-ago levels, slowing from May's 9.2% growth, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The gross domestic product result was down from the first quarter's 7.7% advance, but matched projections from separate Dow Jones ...
China economic data preview Slowing expected
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Economists expect a bundle of Chinese data due out later Monday to show slowing in the world's second-largest economy, given weakness in recent data. China is slated to report second-quarter gross domestic product, as well as June industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment, among others. A Reuters survey indicated economists see GDP growth ...
Improved loan growth for U.S. banks adds to solid economic indicators
A Citibank branch in New York. When Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America report this week, all eyes will be on the pace of their loan growth. (SHANNON ...
Trial to begin for ex-Wall Street trader likened to Big Bad Wolf
NEW YORK -- A judge presiding over the civil trial of a former Goldman Sachs trader accused of misleading investors about the true prospects of their bet on a package of mortgage-based securities has summed up the charges against him with a fairy tale, saying it's as if he's accused of handing Little Red Riding Hood an invitation to grandmother's house while concealing the fact ...
Nasdaq to pay $10 million fine for poor systems in Facebook IPO
People walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York's Times Square June 4, 2012. The Nasdaq market has agreed to pay a $10 million penalty for alleged securities laws violations resulting from its "poor systems and decision-making" ...
Wall Street Week Ahead Fundamentals to be tested
Wall Street climbs on Bernanke comments This week marks the first big week of second-quarter earnings, and it is sure to bring both joy and misery to Wall Street. Investors will concentrate on market fundamentals after weeks when Federal Reserve policies have dominated the market. If they see companies are still struggling, stocks could take a fall. Even after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke scared ...
European investors remain cautious over equities
The financial crisis has changed the attitudes and practices of European institutional investors with a notable shift away from equities and towards fixed income and cash, according to a survey supported by Invesco. The 2009 European Institutional Asset Management ...
US earnings in focus on Wall St this week
All eyes are set for the latest round of US corporate earnings after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke finally managed to reassure investors that the central bank's stimulus effort is not going to evaporate any time soon. Markets had been pricing in a tapering of the Fed's US$85 billion a month bond-buying program since late May after Bernanke said as much. But with Bernanke tweaking ...
Indra Nooyi among top immigrant CEOs
Only 14% of this year's Global 500 CEOs come from countries other than their corporate homelands. Meet 10 non-native Global 500 chief execs who have beaten the odds and climbed to the top of their org ...
New outlet for bonds education
A new financial website, InvestinginbondsEurope.org, has been launched to offer retail investors free access to comprehensive, non-commercial and unbiased education, by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). The site, which is the first of its kind, provides fixed income market information in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish in a pan-European ...
Wall Streets Fabulous Fab heads to trial
The trial of the infamous ex-Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre, which starts Monday, could put a face on the type of Wall Street recklessness that imploded the housing market and almost sank the economy five years ...
U.S. stocks Goldman Google earnings on tap
Several reports that give a reading on the health of the U.S. consumer will be released this week, including retail sales, housing starts and building ...
Stocks Bank of America Google earnings on tap
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver his semi-annual testimony to Congress on monetary policy. The same day, the central bank will release its beige book, which provides anecdotal information on current economic conditions in different parts of the country. Investors, who ...
RPT-Wall St Wk Ahead As earnings take over fundamentals to be tested
Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:06am EDT By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - This week marks the first big week of second-quarter earnings, and it is sure to bring both joy and misery to Wall Street. Investors will concentrate on market fundamentals after weeks when Federal Reserve policies have dominated the market. If they see companies are still struggling, stocks could take a fall. Even ...
Wall Street betting on last-minute debt deal
With no political deal in Washington on raising the U.S. debt limit just days before a crucial deadline, investors are increasingly worried about a downgrade of the country's top-notch credit rating, or even an actual governmnent debt default. The U.S. Treasury Department has said the Congress must act before Aug.2 to avoid a catostropic default. With the dealine drawing close ...
XTL Bio returns to Nasdaq
XTL ) will resume trading on Nasdaq this week, after Nasdaq approved the company's listing application last week. XTL's ADR will be traded at a ratio of 20 shares representing each ADR. XTL had been listed on Nasdaq, as well as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and London Stock Exchange, until the collapse of its share price following the failure of the clinical trial of its lead ...
Insurers to earn extra yield on equities IRDA
NEW DELHI: Giving more freedom to insurers in securities market operations, regulator IRDA has allowed them to lend up to 10 per cent of their equity holding in a particular entity to earn extra yield on the portfolios. Insurers, according to ...
Program forms lasting bonds between A-K Valley families N.Y. children
Lorri Harding, 11-year old Lilliana Harding (center, left), and Cliff Harding, of Washington Township, greet 9-year old Leilani Rosario, of Brooklyn, at Nixon United Methodist Church in Butler on Friday, July 12, 2013 as part of the Fresh Air Fund. Leilani and approximately 20 other children arrived by bus coming from the New York City area and will be visiting for two weeks as part of the Fresh ...
U.S. seeking direct nuke talks with Iran report
The Obama administration is seeking to hold direct talks with Iran over Tehran's controversial nuclear program after Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani sent out some positive signals, the Wall Street Journal reported ...
Earnings season approaching ?equities set for another rally
As earnings season draws ever more close, it seems the positive knock on effect is already evident in the market as equities revert from the bullish trends that were experienced in June though market return was as high as 42.50%. This positive mood has seen the market return increase by 3.37% Month-to-Date (MtD) in July, to peg year-to-date (YtD) gains at +33.13% after a decline of 4.20% in ...
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