Analysis: False White House tweet exposes instant trading dangers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The upheaval in financial markets caused by a false report of explosions at the White House was brief, but its effect on traders who have come...
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Analysis: Japan shock therapy risks disturbing emerging markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A steady flow of cash into emerging markets could become a flood as the Bank of Japan's huge stimulus program may prompt the nation's investors to...
Hungry for yield, investors turn to pizza, films, vacation homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record low interest rates have helped investors rediscover a taste for bonds backed by everything from pizza to movie royalties, even though strong demand for these...
Dow Jones record may boost spending by wealthy; others still wary
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About an hour after the Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high on Tuesday, Overland Park, Kansas-based financial adviser Brad Stratton got an e-mail from...
As Washington frets, markets take spending cuts in stride
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Broad spending cuts designed to hit most U.S. government programs with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer were set to begin taking effect on Friday, yet...
Foreign demand for US assets rises in December: Treasury
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreigners continued to pour into long-term U.S. assets as 2012 wound down, with demand rising for both government bonds and equities, the U.S. Treasury said on...
Italy finmin says officials committed to market exchange
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italian Finance Minister Vittorio Grilli said on Monday that there is strong support from the Group of Seven for market-determined currency rates, a comment that comes...
Analysis: U.S. data, earnings suggest “fiscal cliff” fears overhyped
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jon Najarian's no wimp. He's taken his shots more than once during three decades playing the U.S. stock and options markets and before that as a...
U.S. service sector grows, Europe more optimistic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The vast U.S. services sector expanded again last month, extending a three-year run of growth, while European business optimism hit an eight-month high, suggesting the euro...
On debt ceiling, markets hopeful Washington has learned a lesson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to bump up against its legal borrowing limit by March, and it would be hard to fault investors for feeling edgy....