Market News
Irrational investors are panic selling instead of buying cheap
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 14:16
Investors have failed to heed the mantra of Warren Buffett: 'Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful'
Fed's Fischer: 'Good Reason' to Think U.S. Inflation Will Move Higher
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 23:27
The Fed's Stanley Fischer said there is "good reason" to think sluggish U.S. inflation will firm and move back toward the U.S. central bank's 2% annual target, touching on a significant assessment facing the Fed ahead of...
For China, a Plunge and a Reckoning
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 22:58
The stock market fall pierced the party's mystique of omnipotence. In an interwoven world, the crisis should spur Beijing to prefer compromise to bullying.
Funds swoop to buy cheap stocks as global panic slashes values
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 20:30
Some large deals have been made in the wake of China's 'Black Monday' market crash
China's economic judders bring questions - and opportunity
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 14:22
Panic in the country's stock markets generated global uncertainty
The West is paying the price for decades of underinvestment
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 13:52
Like the cricket that sang all summer, the West spent while China built, says Legal & General boss Nigel Wilson
If we have a Lehman moment, the West must share blame with China
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 13:27
Black Monday happened because of drastic and ultimately unsustainable measures taken by both Chinese and Western policymakers
Rajan says prices aren't right in global asset markets
livemint.com - 29 Aug 2015 09:07Forget Black Monday: the real stock market crash of 2015
Telegraph - 29 Aug 2015 09:01
The FTSE 100 had already suffered a 'silent crash' before this week...falling by more than 10pc
Stock Swings Don't Shake Investors
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 05:09
Stock indexes' wildest week in years rattled investors and fueled expectations for further price swings, but it failed to squelch the belief U.S. markets remain the best place to put money.
'Alternative' Mutual Funds Providing Limited Protection
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 04:10
As the U.S. stock market tumbled in the past three months, so-called alternative mutual funds didn't provide a lot of shelter.
Suspended Hanergy Thin Film's First-Half Profit Reverses To Loss
Forbes - 29 Aug 2015 03:50
Hanergy Thin Film Power, the Hong Kong-listed solar energy business whose shares have been suspended since May 20 when a plunge in their price wiped out $19 billion of market capitalization in minutes, yesterday posted a...
China's Big-Dollar Borrowers Hold Off on Hedging Foreign-Currency Debt
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 02:23
Chinese real-estate firms, among the country's heaviest dollar borrowers, aren't rushing to hedge their foreign-currency liabilities even as the surprise devaluation of the yuan adds to their debt load.
A 'Black Swan' Fund Made $1 Billion This Week
Wall Street Journal - 29 Aug 2015 00:49
Universa Hedge Fund, a well-known 'black swan' fund, made more than $1 billion in profits in one week amid volatility.