Marketmind: Who’s rocking the boat now?
From Fed boss Jerome Powell on Friday to the Cleveland Fed’s Loretta Mester on Monday, the doves have been out in force, sending the dollar to two-week lows, Treasury yields below 1.3% and putting the S&P 500 (.SPX) on track for its longest monthly winning streak since 2018.
China Huarong in talks with investors after $16 bln loss
Chinese state-owned asset manager China Huarong Asset Management (2799.HK) sought on Monday to turn the page on a deep annual loss, as its chairman said it was in talks with potential new strategic investors alongside a CITIC-led consortium.
China tightens scrutiny on $9.3 trillion fund industry
China’s top securities regulator pledged on Monday to crack down on mismanaged private funds and weed out fake ones, as the government becomes more assertive in dealing with an industry worth 60 trillion yuan ($9.28 trillion).
Analysis: Powell’s wait-and-see speech reassures some investors
U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s wait-and-see approach in a much-anticipated address on Friday gave investors and market participants some reassurance that the central bank’s extraordinary efforts to prop up the economy were likely to support riskier assets a while longer.
Marketmind: Just a little bit longer
A consensual takeaway from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium is that investors will be able to dirty dance to the beat of the Fed’s $120 billion monthly asset purchases for just a little bit longer.
Asian shares rise on dovish Fed prospects but China caps gains
Asian shares perked up and the dollar fell to two-week lows on Monday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck a dovish tone at the central bank’s long-awaited symposium, although investors remained cautious about prospects in China.
EXCLUSIVE Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources
Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is in talks with at least four global private equity firms including KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) and Blackstone Inc (BX.N) to seek their ideas for its new strategy, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Wall St extends rally, pushing S&P 500 to 50th all-time high close this year
Wall Street ended higher in a late-summer, light volume rally on Tuesday as the FDA’s full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and the absence of negative catalysts kept risk appetite alive ahead of the much-anticipated Jackson Hole Symposium.
Oil jumps 3% on weaker dollar after seven days of losses
Oil prices jumped 3% on Monday, recovering from a seven-day losing streak, with gains driven by a weaker dollar despite demand concerns stoked by rising cases of the Delta coronavirus variant.
Marketmind: A delta-driven drop
After an August in which stock markets have repeatedly hit record highs, the mood music turned decisively more sombre on Thursday, led by a late slump in U.S. stocks which cascaded into already jittery Asian markets.
