By Winni Zhou, Tom Westbrook and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Bond markets are putting Chinese and global rates on opposite paths, speculating on cuts in China against hikes in the U.S. and prompting banks and Chinese companies to prepare for a weaker currency as Beijing rolls out more stimulus.…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -One of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s biggest challenges will be to phase out a controversial yield curve control policy, which is criticised for distorting markets by keeping long-term interest rates low despite creeping inflation. While Ueda has stressed the BOJ will be in…

Tom James built Raymond James Financial into a regional brokerage and banking powerhouse, now encompassing $1.25 trillion in assets. After sixty years of successfully navigating bull and bear markets, the octogenarian shares his investment wisdom. Born in Sandusky, Ohio but a Floridian from the age of three, Tom James excelled…

The coming week is post-OPEX week which has a bearish bias as can be seen in the histogram below. The 10-day moving average of breadth is now overbought. The 4320-4350 area is support and is a downside target. The technology leaders are likely to correct before moving higher. Stock leadership…

So, you’ve decided you’re ready to go to college — or go back to college — during the upcoming fall semester. That’s all good news, except that you really need to figure out how you’re going to pay for it all. On this front, there’s both good news and bad…

Two Federal Reserve officials struck a hawkish tone Friday in their first comments since the central bank paused its aggressive interest rate hike campaign earlier this week.  Fed Governor Christopher Waller and Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin both laid groundwork for additional interest rate hikes this year amid signs of…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, as the top U.S. diplomat wraps up his rare two-day visit to Beijing amid simmering U.S.-China tensions.Speaking as he addressed Blinken, Xi said that the two superpowers “have had candid and in-depth discussions” and stressed that…

LONDON — U.K. borrowers are facing a cliff edge that could damage the economy as rising mortgage costs hit deal renewals and the number of products available shrinks, experts warned Monday.New figures from financial information company Moneyfacts showed the average two-year fixed rate mortgage on a residential property in Britain rose…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has given his first lecture as a visiting professor to the University of Tokyo, as the high-profile Chinese entrepreneur retreats further from his business empire following a crackdown by Beijing. Ma, who was formerly an English teacher before he became one of China’s most successful business…

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