HONG KONG, May 8 (Reuters) – The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) left its base rate charged through the overnight discount window unchanged at 4.75% on Thursday, tracking a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep rates steady. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday “despite heightened uncertainty, the (U.S.) economy is still…
Wall Street weakened Monday as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which are shaking the traditional order.The S&P 500 sank 2.4% in another wipeout. That yanked the index that’s at the center of many 401(k) accounts 16% below its…
A global trade slowdown tied to U.S. tariffs will likely create a more challenging environment for bond fund managers, according to financial futurist Dave Nadig. “All of these capital holding requirements that led to buying U.S. Treasurys are kind of unwinding at the same time,” the former ETF.com CEO told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Wednesday….
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the…
Jim O’Neill, Former Economist, Goldman Sachs, says for the rest of this decade, it is quite likely that US equity markets are going to underperform much of the rest of the world. A more positive way to put it is, the rest of the world which was very cheap, particularly Europe and to some degree…
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve has broken this year with its long-standing practice of releasing an annual preview of its finances for the preceding year. The U.S. central bank has released a preliminary statement detailing its annual profit or loss in early January since at least 2006, but has…
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman, one of the U.S. central bank’s most hawkish policymakers, on Friday signaled she may pay increasing attention to signals from the job market as she weighs policy decisions ahead. Bowman was responding to research presented at a conference examining how the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee’s monetary policy…
CBOE Global Markets’ Mandy Xu warns the stock market is underpricing tariff risks — even after Monday’s sharp sell-off. Xu contends the bond market has been more sensitive to economic uncertainty than stocks over the past few months. But now, that gap may be starting to close. “There’s scope for it [volatility] to go even…
Hong Kong’s monetary authority kept its key interest rate unchanged in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve, taking a breather after last year’s three cuts, in the first monetary policy decision of 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) maintained its base rate at 4.75 per cent on Thursday, in line with market expectations. Hours…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the nation faces “very arduous” reform, development and stability tasks next year, after having “smoothly” achieved economic and social targets for 2024. Xi urged officials at all levels to identify people’s most urgent needs and solve their most pressing issues, state broadcaster China Central Television reported Friday, citing a Politburo…