IT WOULD BE wrong to say that the only people who attended English county cricket in the 1980s were scoreboard enthusiasts, old men with flasks of cold tea and red-faced types there for the all-day bar. A few oddballs went to watch the cricket. A big draw was Graeme Hick, a Zimbabwe-born batsman and a […]
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Stocks Fall Sharply as Investors Fret Over Growth Outlook
U.S. stocks slumped with the Dow industrials falling more than 500 points as investors looked ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve meeting amid mounting signs of slowing economic growth around the world.
Why investors in emerging-market bonds are so attuned to political risk
They must divine not only ability to repay, but willingness
Why investors in emerging-market bonds are so attuned to political risk
PAULO GUEDES might not be your first-choice brother-in-law. He is a close adviser to Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s populist president-elect, who is wistful for military rule. But if you invest in emerging-market government bonds, Mr Guedes is the sort of person you might want as economy minister, the post he will take up on January 1st. […]
Investors on Edge After Rocky Month for Markets
Stocks pushed higher this month, but shaky trading in everything from equities to bonds to oil to bitcoin has tempered expectations for gains in the months to come.
Should investors diversify away from America?
Even global indices are still heavily exposed to the country
Should investors diversify away from America?
IN THE MID-1980S Carol Goland spent two years in the Andes. The subsistence farmers she studied in Cuyo Cuyo, in Peru, planted as many as 20 fields scattered around the mountain. They used up precious calories going back and forth between each field. Yet on closer inspection, this pattern had a logic to it. Crop […]
Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast
Activision Blizzard reported results for Q3 that exceeded expectations, but the stock fell 8 percent because of Q4 concerns.Read More
Global Stocks Get a Lift After Bruising Month for Investors
A spate of corporate earnings lifted U.S. stocks, helping major indexes trim some of their October declines following a bruising period for global investors.
Investors betting against JD.com made $153 million after the company’s CEO was accused of sexual misconduct (JD)
REUTERS/Aly Song JD.com plunged after its CEO was detained in the US over a sexual-misconduct allegation. Short sellers made $ 153 million in profits from the stock decline, which saw shares fall 14% last week. Watch JD.com trade in real-time here. JD.com short sellers — or investors betting on the company’s stock to fall — made millions […]