© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Global shares and oil prices extended their rebound on Tuesday on mounting speculation policymakers around the world would move to ease the economic fallout fromRead More →
Calm down. That was the message from the World Health Organization’s director general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday to global financial markets. Equity markets world-wide have lost $7 trillion since Feb. 19, as investors and analysts have grown increasingly alarmed over potential economic damage from the fast-growing coronavirus. “WeRead More →
By Stephanie Nebehay and Ryan Woo GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Hopes the coronavirus would be contained to China vanished on Friday as infections spread rapidly around the world, countries started stockpiling medical equipment and investors took flight in expectation of a global recession. Share prices were on track for the worstRead More →
© Reuters. Treasuries Lead Global Bond Rally With Rate-Cut Bets Mounting (Bloomberg) — Treasuries gained for a sixth day, leading a bond rally from Australia to Japan as investors increasingly bet on central banks easing to cope with the global impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Yields on Treasuries sank fourRead More →
Asian markets declined in early trading Wednesday following another sharp selloff on Wall Street as the global spread of the coronavirus outbreak continued to rattle traders. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -0.79% sank 0.7%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.82% dipped 0.5%. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.82% Read More →
By Jan Strupczewski RIYADH (Reuters) – Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants like Google (O:), Amazon (O:) or Facebook (O:) would result in many digital tax regimes emerging all over the world, France’s Finance Minister said on Sunday. Speaking to ReutersRead More →
U.S. stocks were mostly down, but off session lows, late Tuesday after Apple Inc. said that the viral outbreak in China would hurt its second-quarter results, reigniting fears that the disease may disrupt manufacturing supply chains and have broad implications for the global economy and financial markets. How are theRead More →
© Reuters. European Commissioner for the Internal Market Breton gestures as he communicates on the EU’s 5G plan in Brussels By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Europe may have lost the battle to create digital champions capable of taking on U.S. and Chinese companies harvesting personal data, but it canRead More →
© Reuters. An airport worker guides a Delta Air Lines Airus A319 plane on the tarmac at LAX in Los Angeles By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:) said on Friday it will invest $1 billion over the next decade in initiatives that would limit theRead More →
© Reuters. Worker is seen inside a convenience store following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan By David Kirton and Stephanie Nebehay GUANGZHOU, China/GENEVA (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in China may be over by April, its senior medical adviser said on Tuesday, but the death toll passed 1,000Read More →
Climate change is making extreme weather worse and, right now, Americans are paying the price. Over the past two years, wildfires in California, floods along the Mississippi River and hurricanes in the Southeastern United States have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage. In 2018, weather-related catastrophes prompted $215Read More →
‘Probably, the cat’s already out of the bag.’ Eric Toner, M.D. Scientist and scholar Eric Toner, quoted above in an excerpt from a Friday interview with the business-news channel CNBC, explained that China’s efforts to contain the current outbreak of a fast-moving upper-respiratory illness are “unlikely to be effective.” TheRead More →
By Tomo Uetake TOKYO (Reuters) – Stocks made a barely positive start in early Asian trade on Friday after the world’s health body called it a little too early to declare a coronavirus outbreak a global emergency. But worries over rapid spread of the deadly virus kept investors on guardRead More →
This article was originally published on December 17th, 2019. Most U.S. investors don’t hold nearly enough exposure to international securities. This is where a fund like Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund (IGA) can come in to increase such exposure. Even better, the fund is trading at a steepRead More →
Asian markets gained in early trading Tuesday as Middle East tensions remained high, but at least didn’t rise any higher. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday said U.S. troops are not planning on pulling out of Iraq, despite the release of a draft letter than suggested as much, andRead More →
When we last covered Seritage Growth Properties (SRG) we were firmly bearish about the prospects of the REIT. Specifically, we thought that debt holders would be the only winners here. We expect more stringent measures to go into place for SRG soon, and even with new leases coming on, interestRead More →
Introduction Back in May 2016 I wrote a first piece about Global Partners LP, and looking back at it now it feels rather amateurish. But much about the business has changed since I wrote that article (Intriguing 13%-Yielding Gasoline Distribution LP), so I think an update is in order. IRead More →
Meat has earned a bad reputation as an environmentally damaging food, in part because beef production is known to emit 20 times more greenhouse gases than bean production for the same protein benefit. But is meat getting too much of the blame? A Japan-based study, widely regarded as reflective ofRead More →
Co-produced with Beyond Saving We are pleased to provide coverage on the Global Net Lease (GNL) preferred stocks. GNL has two preferred which are GNL-A (GNL.PA) and GNL-B (GNL.PB). Note that GNL-B is still not listed on Seeking Alpha because it is a new preferred. Both GNL-A and GNL-B areRead More →
It is so disappointing that we look to well-known and trusted organizations like the IMF and OECD to make economic forecasts to guide us when investing when they are invariably wrong most of the time. Same goes for trusting the Fed economic forecasts. One year ago, the consensus forecast byRead More →
At the beginning of the year, I covered Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) for the first time. It was part of my “Preparing for the end of the cycle” series, although I hesitated for quite some time if I should include the company in this series covering mostly high-quality companies dueRead More →
© Reuters. Head of global markets resigns at First Abu Dhabi Bank – sources DUBAI (Reuters) – The head of global markets at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has resigned, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Mahmood Al Aradi is leaving the United Arab Emirates’ largestRead More →
Some readers have wanted to know what healthcare REITs remain attractive investments at this time. Stalwarts like Ventas (VTR) have gotten crushed by their Senior Housing Operating segments and are guiding for near-zero growth in 2020. Medical Office Building-focused REITs like Healthcare Trust of America (HTA) or Healthcare Realty TrustRead More →
Facebook Inc. FB, +0.12% and Twitter Inc. TWTR, +0.31% have taken down a global network of fake accounts used in a coordinated campaign to push pro-Trump political messages, including some that used artificial intelligence tools to try to mask the behavior, the companies and outside research firms they worked withRead More →
By Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the IMF; Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director in the Research Department of the IMF; and Malhar Nabar, Division Chief of the World Economic Studies Division in the IMF’s Research Department Global growth this year recorded its weakest paceRead More →