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Time to buy: Retail investors swoop in when stocks falter
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail investors have been dip-buyers so far in 2022, snapping up equities that funds have shed from their portfolios in light of a more hawkish Federal Reser...
Jan 12, 2022
Hong Kong warns COVID-19 curbs on air cargo to hit goods supply
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will soon feel the negative effects of tougher COVID-19 quarantine curbs on air crew, with cargo traffic and the supply of goods into the city set to drop, Chief Execut...
Jan 12, 2022
Analysis-Buy the bounce? Investors watch valuations, technical levels to decide
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - As stocks attempt to climb back from a brutal sell-off, investors are watching a variety of metrics to decide whether to buy the rally or brace for more declines....
Jan 12, 2022
Money smarts arouse passion in millennials
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sexy sheets copywriter Jess Morgan enjoys with her husband Grant are not just in their bedroom. His financial spreadsheets turn her on to his seriousness about...
Jan 11, 2022
Japan service sector sentiment slightly improves in Dec as COVID-19 cases kept low
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's service sector sentiment index rose 0.1 point to 56.4 in December, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Wednesday, as domestic COVID-19 cases remained low through the month desp...
Jan 11, 2022
BOJ may raise price outlook but keep ultra-loose policy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to upgrade its price forecast next week as the impact of higher raw material costs trickles down to consumers, but stress its resolve to...
Jan 11, 2022
Omicron surge threatens to slow down Australia’s economic recovery
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Wednesday, with surging Omicron infections leading to staff shortages t...
Jan 11, 2022
China commercial paper delinquencies surge as property developers struggle
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of Chinese companies "consistently overdue" on commercial paper payments jumped 26% in December from a month earlier as a liquidity crunch hitting Chinese property deve...
Jan 11, 2022
Oil tests pre-Omicron highs on economic growth hopes
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed on Wednesday, extending big gains in the previous session after the U.S. Federal Reserve chief signalled the central bank may raise rates more s...
Jan 11, 2022
Tech leads equities’ rebound as Powell sticks to script
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stocks and commodities rose in relief and the dollar hit a six-week low on Wednesday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sounded less hawkish than expected i...
Jan 11, 2022
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