Copyright Reuters. Illustrative photo of China’s RMB banknotes Written by Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters)–The performance gap between emerging market currencies and developed market currencies has been blown to the largest level in more than a decade, as falling interest rates, economic uncertainty and large-scale capital outflows have dampened investors’Read More →
© Reuters. By Peter Nurse Investing.com – The dollar slumped in early European trade Friday, heading for its weakest month in 10 years, as traders fretted about the U.S. economic recovery due to the continued spread of the Covid-19 virus across the Midwest and the failure of U.S. lawmakersRead More →
© Reuters. By Bharath ManjeshR and Fergal Smith BENGALURU/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian companies went on a debt binge as the COVID-19 crisis slammed the economy, with Canada Inc rushing to the bond market at the heaviest pace in at least a decade. Corporate bond issuance in Canada between January andRead More →
LONDON (Reuters) – The last decade was the worst on record for economic losses from natural disasters, amounting to $3 trillion – over a trillion more than the previous decade, insurance broker Aon (N:) said on Wednesday. The Asia-Pacific region was the worst-hit in the 2010-2019 period, accounting for 44%Read More →
The two stocks that contributed the most to 2019’s total stock-market returns also hold that position for the entire decade. While it’s fun to look at how the overall composition of the top 10 contributors has changed — with a noticeable shift from the energy sector to finance, for exampleRead More →
iStockPhoto Financial trading chart at digital display Have we just experienced the decade of the ETF? In 2010, about $1 trillion was invested in exchange-traded funds. As the decade draws to a close, ETFs have more than four times that amount, according to the Investment Company Institute. But what comesRead More →
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© Reuters. Emerging market stocks were laggards in the past decade By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Despite a strong start to this decade in 2010, emerging market stocks underperformed developed market peers and were weighed down by events such as the Chinese market sell-off, debt crises in Turkey and ArgentinaRead More →
Feel like the rent’s gotten too damn high? Then you might just live in Austin, Texas. Residents in the Lone Star State’s capital saw the biggest increase in the total amount they paid in rent between 2010 and 2019, according to a new report from real-estate company Zillow ZG, +1.25%Read More →
As we approach the end of 2019, it’s time not only for year-end lists, but end-of-decade lists. U.S. stocks have had what can only be called an excellent decade. MarketWatch will feature a number of forward-looking articles building on the past decade’s action. Today we’re taking a look back. TheRead More →
Amarin Corp.’s stock moved toward a new decade-high price in the extended session Friday after a Food and Drug Administration marketing approval that gave its drug Vascepa a wider use. U.S. traded shares of Dublin-based Amarin AMRN, +4.92% rose more than 5% Friday after being halted for half the tradingRead More →
By Angelika Gruber and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) – The world’s richest people became a little less well off last year, according to a report by UBS (S:) and PwC, as geopolitical turmoil and volatile equity markets reduced the wealth of billionaires for the first time in a decade.Read More →
(Reuters) – Northern Californians can expect widespread power cuts aimed at preventing wildfires for a decade while Pacific Gas & Electric upgrades wires systems, cuts back trees and takes other safety measures, the utility’s chief executive said on Friday. Bill Johnson, who became CEO of bankrupt PG&E Corp earlier thisRead More →
The United States has been the most generous country in the world over the past decade. That’s the conclusion of the World Giving Index, a ranking that measured how likely residents of 128 countries were to practice acts of generosity. The index, from the U.K.-based nonprofit Charities Aid Foundation, isRead More →
This cautionary tale could get your kids to eat their veggies. A British teenager described as a “fussy eater” went blind and partially deaf after noshing nothing but potato chips, sausages, French fries and white bread for the past decade, according to an alarming case study published in the AnnalsRead More →
The global housing market is showing cracks. Those fissures could spread throughout the world-wide economy, potentially sending world-wide gross domestic product, or GDP, to its lowest annual pace of in 10 years, according to research from Oxford Economics, led by economists Adam Slater, and John Payne in a research reportRead More →
iStockphoto Mortgage rates are freefalling, helping shore up demand. Rates for home loans tumbled, as investors snatched up safe assets in the wake of a Federal Reserve policy announcement that took markets by surprise. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.06% in the March 28 week, mortgage guarantor Freddie Mac saidRead More →
Electronic Arts Inc. stock plunged toward its worst decline since the dot-com bubble in after-hours trading Tuesday, after the videogame maker missed holiday-season sales estimates and lowered its forecast. If EA EA, +4.63% stock’s roughly 18% decline in the extended session Tuesday carries into regular trading Wednesday, it would contendRead More →
