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(Bloomberg) — Global stocks retreated Thursday amid fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in the U.S. and overnight caution from the Federal Reserve.Japanese shares led Asian equities lower, while U.S. and European futures slid. Losses accelerated after data showed coronavirus cases surpassing 2 million in the U.S., with hospitalizations jumping in Texas. Treasuries consolidated gains made in the wake of the Fed decision, which featured fresh projections including an outlook for no interest-rate hikes through 2022. The dollar rebounded and the yen pushed higher.Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank had a briefing on yield-curve control, amid …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — The Hong Kong arm of China’s biggest asset manager is amassing cash and building up short positions in a bet that the U.S.-China power games will escalate ahead of the American election later this year.The market hasn’t fully accounted for the “extreme steps” that President Donald Trump might take in an attempt to shore up flagging poll numbers, said Gan Tian, chief investment officer of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd., who oversees almost $400 million in hedge fund assets.“It could be to challenge China in South China Sea, it could be a military or diplomatic alliance with …read more […]

Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, the activists said on Thursday. Humanitarian China said the event they held on May 31 was hosted by a paid account and was joined by over 250 people worldwide via video-conferencing platform Zoom, while more than 4,000 streamed it on social media, many of whom were from China. Zoom confirmed the U.S.-based account had been suspended but had now been reactivated. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — China’s No. 2 online retailer JD.com Inc. is poised to raise HK$30.1 billion ($3.9 billion) in its Hong Kong share sale, people familiar with the matter said, putting it on track to complete the world’s second-biggest listing this year.The company is telling prospective investors that it plans to price 133 million new shares at around HK$226 each, according to the people, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The indicative price represents a 3.9% discount to the Nasdaq-listed JD’s closing price of $60.70 per share on Wednesday, JD trades in the U.S. via American depositary …read more […]

Electric car giant Tesla (TSLA) is at the top of its game, hitting another all-time high on Wednesday, and reaching the long-ballyhooed $1,000 mark. The latest surge ensued when a memo from CEO Elon Musk telling employees it was “time to go all out” on the production of the Tesla Semi, began making the rounds.But Tesla’s latest rally picked up steam earlier this week, when reports came out that demand for Model 3s in China has accelerated. News outlets focused on the 11,095 Model 3s that zoomed out of Tesla’s Shanghai Giga 3 factory last month and are now sitting …read more […]

Oil prices fell in early trade on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising, U.S. crude stockpiles hitting an all-time high and the U.S. Federal Reserve projecting recovery from the pandemic would take years. Brent crude futures fell 2.0%, or 85 cents, to $40.88 a barrel, also giving up gains from Wednesday. “The recent rally in crude oil prices stalled as rising inventories showed the path to a recovery will be a rocky one,” ANZ analysts said in a note. …read more […]