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  • Dec 18, 2024

S&P 500 buyers step in ahead of Fed meet despite narrow breadth

(Bloomberg) -- While concern has grown in the past week that narrowing market breadth has tapped the brakes on the S&P 500 Index’s blistering rally, it turns out that stock bulls are still stepping in to snap up shares ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision.Most Read from BloombergHow California Sees the World, and ItselfThe index’s DVAN trend line — a proprietary divergence analysis that measures buying or selling pressure — has been on a buying streak since Election Day, with in

  • Dec 18, 2024

Analysis: Macro a must-have for hedge fund investors betting on 2025 market swings

Next year's top pick for hedge fund strategies is so-called macro, with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump centre-stage as investors bet on how global policy decisions will impact economic conditions and play out in financial markets. Hedge fund returns benefited this year from wild market swings sparked by politics such as November's U.S. election, and twists in monetary policy such as Bank of Japan rate hikes. And investors are readying for more volatility in the year ahead, seven hedge fund investors and portfolio managers told Reuters and a recent survey showed.

  • Dec 17, 2024

Brazil Traders ‘Sell First, Ask Later’ as Panic Hits Markets

(Bloomberg) -- First it was a collapse in the currency. Now the rest of Brazil’s financial markets are in the cross-hairs as investors lose faith in the government’s ability to contain a deepening fiscal crisis.Most Read from BloombergHow California Sees the World, and ItselfThe selloff that sent the real plunging to a record low is engulfing everything from stocks to local-currency debt to dollar bonds, with traders even piling into hedges against a sovereign default. Market watchers say extrao

  • Dec 17, 2024

European Car Stocks Entice Bargain Hunters With 50% Discount

(Bloomberg) -- After a dismal year, shares of Europe’s automakers are finally finding some positive momentum as signs of additional Chinese stimulus draw investors to the sector’s lowly valuations.Most Read from BloombergHow California Sees the World, and ItselfThe Stoxx 600 Autos and Parts Index is up more than 4% in December, set for its best month since February, though is still down the most of any sector in the broader benchmark year-to-date. Even after the recent gains, carmakers trade at

  • Dec 17, 2024

Italy's BPM asks market watchdog to protect stakeholders after UniCredit bid

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Banco BPM said it has asked market watchdog Consob to adopt measures to protect the bank's stakeholders and its bid for Anima, after rival UniCredit launched its own bid for BPM. Banco BPM had complained before that UniCredit's 10 billion euro all-share bid jeopardised its buyout proposal for fund manager Anima.

  • Dec 17, 2024

BOK’s Rhee Expects Martial Law Turmoil to Hurt Economic Growth

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong said Wednesday that the ongoing political turmoil in South Korea weighs on the economy, suggesting authorities may downgrade growth forecasts and take stabilizing actions in response.Most Read from BloombergHow California Sees the World, and ItselfThere’s a high chance South Korea’s gross domestic product will grow 2.1% this year rather than 2.2% as projected earlier, Rhee said as he assessed the economic impact of the turbulence that began w

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