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Taking Advantage Of China's New Stimulus Measures
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 9:40am | 1039China Panics, Moves To Prop Up Stocks As ZeroHedge reported yesterday, the People’s Bank of China announced a number of extraordinary measures designed to both stimulate the Chinese economy and prop up Chinese stocks: PBoC Governor Pan Gongsheng unleashed what Bloomberg...
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Bank Of China's Investment Subsidiary Issues Ethereum-Based Tokenized Securities In Hong Kong
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 2:44pm | 446BOCI, the investment banking subsidiary of the Bank of China, has broken new ground by launching tokenized structured notes worth 200 million offshore renminbi (equivalent to $28 million) on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain. The move marks BOCI as the pioneer among Chinese financial entities...
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Brent Supported By Positive Demand Outlook
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 9:05am | 404Brent crude oil rose to a near two month high on Monday on hopes that the global appetite for oil is growing. The optimism is being fueled by promising economic data from both the US and China. The commodity held on to some of that strength on Tuesday morning and traded at $109.99 at 8:20 GMT...
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Barron's Recap: Top 10 Takeover Targets
Monday, May 26, 2014 - 12:43pm | 849This weekend in Barron's online: how to play the merger boom, as well as the prospects for Time Inc., Global Brass & Copper, Barnes & Noble and more. Cover Story "Top 10 Ways to Play M&A" by Jack Hough. Mergers are at near-record levels, says this week's cover story in Barron's, and...
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Bank Of China Asset Management CEO Dr. Au King Lun On Global Investment
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 5:24pm | 352With Chinese leaders meeting to discuss economic reform over the weekend, the nation's banking system has been a topic of interest. CEO of Bank Of China Asset Management Dr. Au King Lun helped bring their global strategies into better focus during an appearance on CNBC Monday. Dr. Au King Lun...
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How to Trade End of France and Belgium Short Selling Bans
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 4:42pm | 781France and Belgium have both lifted restrictions on the short selling of financial stocks that were put in place last year after several major European financial institutions saw their stock prices fall dramatically. Stock prices for French banking giants BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Societe...
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How to Profit From China's Decision to Limit FOREX Swaps with Top European Banks
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:37am | 644It was reported on Tuesday morning that the state-run Bank of China has halted FOREX swaps with several top European banks. The banks included Societe Generale and Credit Agricole, which were downgraded by Moody's Investors Service last week, and BNP Paribas, which Moody's said it will need more...
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Why the World's Biggest Retailer is Doomed
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 4:08pm | 446The history of retailers in the United States has been a history of cycles. Retailers have come and gone: Hudson's (NYSE: M), Service Merchandise, and Montgomery Ward to name but a few. All these companies were economically dominant at one point in time, but have now gone the way of the dinosaurs....
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Dividend Paying Companies Offer Investors Port in a Storm
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 8:28am | 872The roller-coaster stock-market ride continued this past week amid worries over Europe and the euro early in the week which followed renewed concern over the state of the economy as revised gross domestic product (GDP) and weekly jobless-claims data became available. Concerns over the ability of...