Month: October 2019

Oct.21 — James McGregor, greater China chairman at APCO Worldwide, discusses the U.S.-China trade negotiations and his outlook for the Talks. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.” …read more […]

Oct.21 — Phillip Zhong, senior equity analyst at Morningstar Investment Management Asia, talks about China’s real estate market, the outlook for the developers and landlords. China’s home-price growth slowed for a fourth month in September, as cash-strapped developers cut prices to speed up sales. Zhong also discusses how the protests are affecting Hong Kong’s property market. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” …read more […]

Oct.20 — Masanari Takada, cross-asset quantitative strategist at Nomura Securities, discusses how the political turmoil in the U.K. are affecting financial assets such as the British pound. He also discusses hedge funds’ exposure in global stock markets. He speaks with Yvonne Man and David Ingles on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. warned it may lose customers in overseas markets because of its U.S. blacklisting, underscoring the extent to which curbs on the sale of American technology may hurt the world’s largest video surveillance business.Executives at the Chinese camera provider, which reported profit in line with estimates, said clients may hold off on purchases while they gauge the impact of those restrictions. But the company is large enough to withstand U.S. sanctions and develop its own technology in the longer term, they said. Its own home market remains a rich vein of revenue as the …read more […]

Q3 2019 Alcoa Corp Earnings Call …read more […]

Oct.20 — Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Westpac, discusses how he’s trading sterling and his outlook for the Australian dollar. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.” …read more […]

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously… …read more […]

U.S. gold futures were little changed at $1,494.20. British Lawmakers on Saturday voted to withhold a decision on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s deal, a move that forced him to seek from the EU a third postponement of Britain’s departure from the bloc. The EU will play for time rather than rush to decide on Johnson’s reluctant request to delay Brexit again, diplomats with the bloc said after a 15-minute meeting on Sunday. …read more […]

Oct.20 — Ben Wellings, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Monash University, discusses Brexit negotiations, his expectations from the DUP and what Boris Johnson has really accomplished with his deal. Wellings speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — China’s base rate for new corporate loans stayed unchanged in October, defying expectations of a reduction as the economy sees its slowest pace of growth since the early 1990s.The one-year loan prime rate was kept at 4.2%, according to a statement from the central bank on Monday. That compares to the 4.15% median estimate compiled by Bloomberg. The five-year tenor was also kept unchanged at 4.85%.The LPR is a revamped market indicator of the price that lenders charge clients for new loans, and is linked to the rate at which the central bank will lend financial institutions cash …read more […]

Oil prices eased on Monday amid persistent concerns about the global economic outlook and the impact on oil demand, while Russia again missed its target to cut oil output last month. Global benchmark Brent crude oil futures fell by 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $59.32 a barrel by 0108 GMT. U.S. crude oil futures were down by 9 cents, or 0.2%, to $53.69. …read more […]