commodities
China’s Factory Inflation Eases as Commodities Rebound Weakens
published Apr 11th 2017, 8:49 pm, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s producer price gains slowed last month from a peak in February, decelerating for the first time since September 2015 and tempering the global inflation outlook. Key Points The producer price index rose 7.6 percent last month from a
S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Hit Records Together First Time Since 1999
published Aug 11th 2016, 4:49 pm, by Rita Nazareth, Joseph Ciolli and Lu Wang (Bloomberg) — All three U.S. stock benchmarks rose together to record highs for the first time in 16 years amid surprising earnings. European shares erased the slump that followed Britain’s secession vote. Oil climbed, while Treasuries
Emerging-Market Assets Rally as Traders Scale Back Fed Rate Bets
published Jun 6th 2016, 3:43 pm, by Maria Levitov and Elena Popina (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market currencies and stocks rallied for a third day as the weakest U.S. jobs data since 2010 and comments by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that provided less specificity as to the potential timing of interest-rate
Most Asia Stocks Pace U.S. Rebound Before Payrolls as Gold Drops
published Jun 2nd 2016, 8:07 pm, by Emma O’Brien (Bloomberg) — Asian equities tracked the U.S. rebound, rallying as the S&P 500 Index’s climb to a seven-month high bolstered optimism ahead of jobs data that’s likely to color speculation around Federal Reserve policy. Gold extended its slump. Japanese shares drove
U.S. Stocks Rise as Dollar Weakens With Emerging Market Assets
published May 2nd 2016, 3:00 pm, by Jeremy Herron and Joseph Ciolli (Bloomberg) — U.S. shares rose the most in two weeks and the dollar weakened to the lowest in almost a year as traders lowered expectations for higher interest rates as manufacturing slowed last month. Emerging-market assets retreated with
Most Asian Stock Futures Signal Losses While Oil, Copper Retreat
published Apr 11th 2016, 5:59 pm, by Emma O’Brien (Bloomberg) — Most Asian index futures tracked a late-in-the-day retreat in U.S. stocks as Alcoa Inc. kicked off what is forecast to be the worst American earnings season since the financial crisis. Oil and copper pulled back, even as the dollar
Dollar Halts Rally With U.S. Stocks Little Changed; Bonds Climb
©2016 Bloomberg News O4RP956KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — The dollar weakened for the first time in seven days, while Treasuries rose after a report showed the Federal Reserve’s preferred prices measure slowed in February, damping inflation expectations. U.S. stocks meandered amid the slowest trading day of the year. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot
Most U.S. Stocks Slip After Brussels Attack as Gold, Dollar Rise
©2016 Bloomberg News O4GLNN6JIJUZ (Bloomberg) — Most U.S. stocks retreated as investors dived into haven assets including gold and the dollar after deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels killed at least 31 people. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged higher as drugmakers climbed. While transport-related shares led the Standard & Poor’s 500
Taste for Bacon Spurs Investor Feast as U.S. Hog Prices Advance
©2016 Bloomberg News O4CCWZ6KLVR4 (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds are loading up with pork. With Americans expected to eat the most pork since 2007, money managers are now the most-bullish since 2014 on hog futures, which already are at a nine-month high. Fast-food restaurant owners like McDonald’s Corp. are selling more
2015’s Best Commodity Could Turn Into This Year’s Nightmare
©2016 Bloomberg News Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — Last year’s best-performing commodity is poised to become the market’s worst nightmare. After the longest rally in London cocoa futures since at least 1989, farmers from Ivory Coast to Peru are preparing to revive supplies in the 2016-17 season that starts in October,