EXCLUSIVE Some on Wall Street try options trade to bet against AMC without getting burned
Some Wall Street traders are betting against another massive rally in AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) and other “meme” stocks this week through a type of wager in the options market that would limit their losses should retail investors behind the run-up prove them wrong.
Asia shares hesitate, China imports underpin resources
Asian shares turned sluggish on Monday as relief over a benign U.S. jobs report was chilled by caution ahead of key inflation data, while a coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan took an increasing toll on hard-pressed chip makers.
UBS ramps up ‘Netflix’ of banking to tap into stream of millionaires
UBS’s (UBSG.S) new hybrid digital wealth management platform has attracted $3.7 billion in its first year, boosting chief executive Ralph Hamers’ strategy of winning more business from the lower echelons of the global rich.
China’s imports grow at fastest pace in decade as materials prices surge
China’s imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fuelled by surging demand for raw materials, although export growth slowed more than expected amid disruptions caused by COVID-19 cases at the country’s major southern ports.
U.S. tech giant shares barely react to G7 tax deal
Shares in U.S. technology giants barely reacted on Monday to a landmark global minimum corporate tax deal agreed between the world’s richest nations, with analysts saying it will take the backing of low-tax nations to have any meaningful impact on the companies’ bottomlines.
Daimler’s China venture aims to raise capacity 45% at Mercedes-Benz plants -document
Daimler AG’s (DAIGn.DE) main China joint venture with BAIC Motor (1958.HK) plans to add a shift and working days at two Beijing plants that will boost nominal capacity to make Mercedes-Benz cars by 45%, a document on the venture’s Chinese website showed.
Take Five: U.S. inflation, China trade and the ECB
A critical view into inflation comes with Thursday’s May U.S. consumer price index.
Asia shares turn cautious ahead of U.S. inflation
Asian shares turned lower on Monday as relief over the benign U.S. jobs report was chilled by caution ahead of key inflation data later this week, while a coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan took a toll on chip manufacturers.
Asia breathes sigh of relief as U.S. jobs fail to shock
Asian shares firmed on Monday while the dollar wavered after the anxiously awaited May U.S. payrolls report showed the recovery on track but not so hot that it might bring forward a policy tapering from the Federal Reserve.
China blocks several cryptocurrency-related social media accounts amid crackdown
A slew of crypto-related accounts in China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform were blocked over the weekend, as Beijing stepped up a crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining.
