| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XIV - Issue #239 | Feb. 16, 2015 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Utilities Hint to Higher Rates
Developing new trends in the utilities’ sector infer market concern over the Fed activity and the threat of higher rates in future months. ... Read more
The Swiss Franc Dance
The Swiss Franc dance on the CHF1.20/EUR1 ceiling enjoyed a short-lived success ...from Sep. 2011 through Jan. 2015. The move of Jan. 15, 2015 by the Swiss National Bank shocked markets ...reported all news media across the globe. ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: CANADA, EUROZONE, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, NORWAY, SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, INDIA
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Dividends have been overlooked in the return to the 1999 peak
By James Mackintosh, Investment Editor
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
Equity funds take $4bn in a week as investors prepare for ECB measure
By Elaine Moore
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
Jihadis opt for fines over punishments as oil drop cuts finances
By Erika Solomon in Beirut
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
U.S. stocks fell Friday, but still ended February with their biggest monthly percentage gains in more than two years.
By Corrie Driebusch
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2015
Turkey’s lira slumped to a fresh record against the dollar, with losses outpacing most emerging-markets peers amid a broader selloff on mounting political pressure on the country’s central bank.
By Yeliz Candemir
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 28, 2015
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Demand for dollars from Chinese companies grows
By Patrick McGee in Hong Kong and Michael Hunter in London
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
Prices lifted by upbeat demand and supply disruptions
By Anjli Raval, Oil and Gas Correspondent
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
Putin critic reported hit four times in central Moscow
By Kathrin Hille in Moscow and Geoff Dyer in Washington
Financial Times, Feb. 28, 2015
U.S. government bonds are poised for the biggest monthly price loss since the summer of 2013 after a steep rally, as debate is heating up on whether the Fed may raise official interest rates in June, or wait longer to act.
By Min Zeng
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2015
Japan’s $1.2 trillion public-pension fund generated its second-highest return ever last quarter, benefiting from moves into foreign assets and domestic stocks while helping support a rally in the Tokyo stock market.
By Kosaku Narioka
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2015
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ECB’s policy expected to shake up FX markets
By Michael Hunter
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
Euro near recent lows ahead of ECB QE
By Dave Shellock
Financial Times, Feb. 27, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is examining the role played by a number of large banks in controversial trades that are designed to minimize or avoid taxes.
By Jenny Strasburg
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 28, 2015
China’s coal consumption and production fell last year for the first time in 14 years, confirming a trend that has become one of the heaviest weights sinking the global coal market.
By Timothy Puko And Chuin-Wei Yap
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2015
European stocks inched lower Friday, after running up a succession of multiyear highs this week.
By Tommy Stubbington
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2015
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