Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is poised to report a loss of over HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) for March this week, its worst monthly loss in dollar terms since its inception 25 years ago. The sharp fall in global stock markets last month hit the MPF hard, while the uncertainties ahead stemming from the…
(Bloomberg) — Chinese investors hunting for the next artificial intelligence winners are looking beyond high-flying chipmakers to the utilities and metal producers that form the industry’s physical backbone. The shift toward the sector’s supply chain — from power generators to materials used in data centers — reflects growing concern over lofty valuations in pure-play AI…
(Bloomberg) — The stock market isn’t particularly volatile. Still, it’s fragile. A spike and quick reversal in volatility gauges on fairly benign S&P 500 Index moves over the past two weeks has renewed discussion about market fragility, with long periods of calm being broken up by sudden oversized swings. Most Read from Bloomberg The latest…
Options markets are pricing in a 0.78% move for the US nonfarm payrolls report Oct. 3 and 0.72% for Wednesday’s Fed rate decision, according to Citigroup Inc. (Bloomberg) — Even as the Federal Reserve meeting and $5 trillion quarterly triple-witching options expiry loom over the equity market, volatility traders are also circling the upcoming jobs…
(Bloomberg) — Asian equities came under pressure after a tech selloff hit Wall Street Friday, with chip shares among the losers. Hong Kong was an outlier as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. surged. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.2% with chipmakers pushing the Nikkei-225 index down by 1.8%. Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc….
The Russian stock market is rallying on peace hopes, even as the country’s wartime economy shows cracks. Russian stocks climbed sharply after news broke that President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, are set to meet in Alaska on Friday. The Moscow Exchange Index — which tracks the stocks of Russia’s 40 largest…
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It’s been a volatile year for stock traders, but there are a handful of new winners in the S&P 500 that could be poised for big gains over the next 12 months, according to Goldman Sachs. In a note to clients on Friday, the bank said it updated its Sharpe Ratio basket, a list of…
The recent property downturn has paradoxically increased the market dominance of Hong Kong’s three biggest developers. An estimated 60 per cent of new residential units this year and next will be delivered by Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), CK Asset Holdings and Henderson Land, up from 40 per cent in the past two years. Meanwhile,…
(Bloomberg) — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is planning to seek at least $4 billion from its Hong Kong stock offering, people familiar with the matter said, which would make it the world’s biggest listing this year. The eventual proceeds could rise to $5.3 billion if the deal is upsized and the greenshoe exercised, according…