The risks of a hard landing in China remain, and the euro will break up
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China’s regulators try to engineer a stockmarket rally
The Shanghai share-price index has slumped this year
America’s stockmarket gains evaporate
Share prices fall back to where they were at the turn of the year
Japan’s stockmarket is poised for a comeback
After three decades out of fashion, the country’s companies are ready for a revival
Japan’s stockmarket is poised for a comeback
THE BIG hair, shoulder pads, splashy videos and tinny recordings were hard to escape at the time. But where are the pop stars of the 1980s now? At an arena near you, most probably. Though the waists are thicker and the hair is thinner, the singers and their songs are recognisably the same. In their own […]
China’s regulators try to engineer a stockmarket rally
The Shanghai share-price index has slumped this year
China’s regulators try to engineer a stockmarket rally
CALLING THE bottom after share prices plunge is a crapshoot. Though investors parse trading charts, bond yields and commodity prices for clues, timing the market remains more a matter of luck than skill. But in China the signal is, at least in the short term, a lot clearer: just wait for the government to barge […]
American startups have less need to list on the stockmarket
Elon Musk revives a familiar critique of public markets
American startups have less need to list on the stockmarket
WHATEVER your view of the recent antics of Elon Musk, one thing seems clear. He rather regrets that Tesla, the electric-car maker of which he is boss, ever became a public company. To recap: in August Mr Musk announced that he had secured the funding to take Tesla private. The gyrating stock price is a […]
America’s stockmarket passes a milestone
ON AUGUST 22nd America’s bull market in equities turned 3,453 days old. Since hitting a low of 666 in March 2009, the S&P 500 index has increased more than fourfold, driven by strong corporate profits, low inflation, stable economic growth and a boatload of central-bank stimulus. Despite five corrections of at least 10%, the index […]
