The euro started
the trading week by gapping lower.
Not exact matches
Using exchange -
traded notes, they've made their exposure $ 393 million more bearish on the VIX over the past
week, according to data compiled
by financial analytics firm S3 Partners.
Global investors this
week seemed to shrug off anxieties about a US — China
trade war and focus instead on news that North Korean dictator Kim Jong - un steamed
by armored train from Pyongyang to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping.
By week's end, even US
trade representative Robert Lighthizer, one of the administration's fiercest China hawks, seemed to be taking a more dovish line.
They pulled a record $ 42 billion out of exchange -
traded funds and mutual funds during the first three
weeks of February, according to data compiled
by UBS.
Investors were dismayed
by the earnings report, causing Apple's shares to drop 3 % in midday
trading on Friday to $ 162.35, on top of losing 7 % in the previous two
weeks.
The change comes two
weeks after Uber settled a U.S. Federal
Trade Commission complaint that the company failed to protect the personal information of drivers and passengers and was deceptive about its efforts to prevent snooping
by its employees.
The Canadian government is buoyed
by other recent developments in Canada-U.S.
trade: this
week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.
The futures offered
by Cboe Global Markets Inc., and similar contracts that start
trading in a
week at at another Chicago - based exchange, CME Group Inc., may open the door to greater inflows of institutional money, while also making it easier to bet on bitcoin's decline.
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The wage demand, pushed
by U.S.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last
week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.
The selling has continued this
week, worsened
by technical factors including the implosion of
trading strategies that had bet on low volatility.
By way of one of his executive orders from last
week, Trump has called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to assemble a report on the root causes of the
trade imbalance.
During one event attended
by the prime minister that
week, an investment seminar hosted
by the Japan External
Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy,
Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»
This resilience shown
by the S&P 500, which just last
week hit a series of new record highs, goes a long way towards disproving the notion that the stock market is
trading at the whim of the tech industry.
Short - sellers who placed bets that the shares of four big tech leaders, known as the FANG group, as spelled out
by their first initials, were due for a fall have made more than $ 4 billion in profits over the last two
weeks and more than $ 1 billion during the first two
trading days in...
«
By the time the markets reopen next
week, Greece may have either secured a deal or accepted default to the IMF,» Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at currency
trading firm OANDA said in a note Friday.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday that if a deal to revise the North American Free
Trade Agreement can not be reached with Canada and Mexico in about three
weeks, its approval
by the U.S. Congress could be in jeopardy.
Editor's note: The below is a fictional letter
by an imagined banker on how the foreign exchange market looks from London's financial district at the end of a
week when the pound slumped to a 31 - year low against the dollar, rounded off
by a humiliating «flash crash» of 6 % in overnight
trading on Friday.
An analysis of the five deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history reveals that shares of those three companies
traded down from the day of the incident to one
week later, but not
by as much as they are reacting now to the high school shooting in Florida.
This
week Donald Trump's administration released its objectives for the coming renegotiation of the North American Free
Trade Agreement, as required
by U.S. law.
A
week later the Nasdaq, S&P and Dow all react
by trading lower.
That's the finding of a survey released last
week by the
trade group Associated General Contractors of America and Autodesk, a design, engineering and construction software company.
However, BG, which also provided a short
trading update on Wednesday ahead of its own shareholder meeting on the takeover deal next
week, positively surprised investors
by beating its 2015 production target.
You may have caught a report this
week by the news website Axios describing the president throwing a mild tantrum about
trade policy while chatting with advisers in the Oval Office a few
weeks ago.
The U.S. Federal
Trade Commission and Reebok settled a dispute this
week revolving around Reebok's assertions that certain of its shoe models tones and strengthens muscles just
by walking in them.
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The decision
by the SNB to call time on its efforts to prevent the euro from
trading below 1.20 francs was a huge surprise and came amid mounting speculation that the European Central Bank will next
week back a big stimulus program that will put more euros in circulation which would further dilute their value.
For this
week's trader poll, we want to know where you think dollar - yuan will
trade by the end of the year.
Review announced
by new CEO Christian Sewing last
week is expected to signal a retreat from the bank's struggling stock
trading division
The prospect of a
trade war being sparked
by the imposition of Trump's proposed tariffs rattled financial markets last
week.
Earlier this
week, U.S. President Donald Trump put issued an ultimatum to China... reduce the
trade deficit (i.e. the difference between the amount of goods and services that America imports from China versus the amount it exports to China)
by US$ 100 billion.
As TMM mentioned last
week there is a regional flavour as to opinion on China so perhaps we just need to get through a complete
trading day cycle before we get a true representation of reaction, but TMM are going to stand
by their guns as far as China goes and if we are going to start seeing some spurious euro trashing we will play this as a regional cross
trade rather than a global play.
Investors appeared to be focusing on fundamentals after
weeks dominated
by geopolitical tensions, including the prospect of
trade wars and more missile strikes in Syria.
WASHINGTON / MEXICO CITY U.S.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday that if a deal to revise the North American Free
Trade Agreement can not be reached with Canada and Mexico in about three
weeks, its approval
by the U.S. Congress could be in jeopardy.
The move, first reported
by Reuters, comes at a time when the two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions of dollars in tariffs in recent
weeks, fanning worries of a full blown
trade war that threatens global supply chains as well as business investment plans.
Earlier in the
week, before the reports were released, Trump referenced them in a
trade meeting and the aluminum and steel industries are being «decimated
by dumping from many countries, in particular one but many countries.»
NEW YORK (TheStreet)-- Shares of Yamana Gold Inc (AUY) were sliding, lower
by 0.49 % to $ 3.06 in midday
trading Friday, along with other gold - related stocks after spot gold fell to a three
week low level as the euro fell against the dollar ahead of the Greek bailout talks this weekend, Reuters reports.
Since December, in
weeks when the S&P 500 has declined, NYSE
trading volume has increased from the prior
week by an average of 351 million shares.
However, to make consistent gains from taking advantage of momentum in the market, swing
trading is best accomplished
by limiting your selection to stocks that have the ability to run 20 - 30 % higher in a few
weeks, rather than a few months.
For me the main information coming out of CPI inflation data is that consumer demand relative to total production continues to be too weak to drive up prices, something confirmed earlier this
week by the August
trade numbers, which failed to suggest strong growth in domestic demand.
Most mining shares that
trade in North America rose during the first four days of the
week, helped
by higher gold and silver prices, with smaller to intermediate - sized companies being the biggest gainers.
As reported
by Risk.net, available at < http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/feature/2471922/margin-rules-lead-to-ndf-clearing-surge >, in late September 2016, ForexClear, an LCH.Clearnet Limited clearing house, has had a significant increase in non-deliverable forward
trades that are cleared, from about US$ 4 billion per day earlier in the year to around US$ 22 — 24 billion per day in recent
weeks.
This
week, faced with a decision on whether to implement steel and aluminum tariffs on
trade with the European Union, the U.S. extended its deadline
by 30 days.
Stock prices rose or fell
by more than 1 percent in four of five days last
week, and if anything those closing numbers masked even larger swings within each
trading session.
The reading released daily
by the Baltic Exchange has been sinking every
trading day for the past three
weeks, measuring a 34 - per - cent drop in ocean freight rates and foreshadowing a slowdown in
trade.
Oil futures rebounded in Asian
trade on Wednesday, buoyed
by a less than expected build in crude oil stockpiles last
week and a weakening dollar, but concern that a two - month Continue Reading
This
week we found that this
trade is already up
by as much as 300 %.
This is the fourth time since the so - called Fed attack last
week disguised
by the fake news as the «fat finger»
trade.
By the time that the FTSE closed in London today, Silver was
trading at $ 22.51 per ounce, a significant rise over the course of the
week.