Oil Prices Show How Numb Traders Have Become to US Sanctions
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessA week ago, the US government imposed yet more sanctions on Iran’s oil trade. Crude prices have sagged more than $5 a…
Five Themes for Traders to Watch as Earnings Season Kicks Off
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessEarnings season is here, and the US stock market’s furious $9 trillion 2024 rally is facing perhaps its biggest test of the…
Asian Equities to Gain as Traders Firm on Fed Cut: Markets Wrap
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessStocks in Asia were headed for early gains after a tech rally lifted Wall Street as traders looked beyond elevated core US…
Traders Bet on Wild Swings With CPI Print Set to Test the Market
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessWall Street’s summer to forget is approaching its climax, with all eyes on this week’s consumer prices report, which traders hope will…
Bond Traders Bet Big on the Fed Launching Into Rescue Mode
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessBond traders are piling into bets that the US economy is on the verge of slowing so quickly that the Federal Reserve…
US Futures Waver as Traders Juggle Trump-Win Bets: Markets Wrap
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessUS stock futures fluctuated after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump reinforced speculation that his chances of winning the November presidential election…
Cash-Rich Energy Traders Are Snapping Up Refineries From Big Oil
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessCommodities traders flush with cash are buying oil refineries that energy majors are increasingly turning their back on.Author of the article:Bloomberg News…
A Stock Trader’s Guide to Navigating the French Election Turmoil
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe prospect of a change in the balance of power in France has investors on edge, with banks, highway operators and utilities…
A Stock Trader’s Guide to Xi’s Europe Visit Amid Trade Tensions
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessChinese businesses from electric vehicles to infrastructure have much at stake from President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe this week as trade…
Asian Traders Await Key Data; US Futures Climb: Markets Wrap
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAsian markets were set for a muted open Monday as focus shifts to a slew of company earnings and economic data this…
Battered Bond Traders Adopt Show-Me Mode to Avoid More Losses
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessBond investors who were torched yet again by robust economic data now want clear and conclusive proof that Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts…
Oil Traders Weigh Risks of Iran-Israel Conflict in Tight Market
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe escalating conflict between Iran and Israel will force oil traders to reevaluate the geopolitical risk premium they need to apply to…
Top Oil Traders Are Getting More Bullish by the Day
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe world’s biggest commodity traders are increasingly confident of a bullish oil market into the second half of the year after prices…
Bond Traders See 4.5% Yields as Next Test as Focus Shifts to CPI
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThere’s one hope left for bond traders burned by this year’s selloff: a sign that the Federal Reserve is gaining the upper…
Crash or Soar? Traders Are Preparing for Stock Market Extremes
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessInvestors who just booked profits from one of the strongest first quarters for the S&P 500 Index in decades are preparing for…
Traders Scour Fuel Markets for Profits as Crude Prices Drift Sideways
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessTrading activity in fuels is surging the most in years as a listless crude market pushes investors to seek money-making opportunities in…
Trader’s Guide to Pakistan Elections Ahead of Crucial IMF Deal
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessPakistan is gearing up for two key events in quick succession: a general election and the expiry of an International Monetary Fund…
‘Diamonds are in my blood’: The Jain jewellery traders of Antwerp | Business and Economy
Antwerp, Belgium — The streets of Antwerp’s Diamond Quarter are lined with jewellers, pawn shops and restaurants. Balls of gefilte fish glisten invitingly in the window…
Pakistan traders hold nationwide shutdown over electricity bills, inflation | Inflation News
Market closures in major cities, with shops displaying placards decrying ‘the unreasonable increase in electricity bills and taxes’. Thousands of Pakistan traders have shuttered their…
In Malawi, female fish traders mobilise against transactional sex | Climate Crisis
Rumphi, Malawi: For three consecutive days in October 2018, Catherine (real name withheld) went to a fishing camp in Luwuchi community on the shores of…