Silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have demonstrated significant growth, surpassing gold ETFs in the past year. According to the latest report by ICRA Analytics, silver ETFs have generated returns of 32.49% over the previous year, outperforming gold ETFs which only yielded 28.07%. Historically overshadowed by gold, silver has outperformed the yellow metal with a 30% return … Read more
The Japanese sold bonds while purchasing stocks.ap | Photo Credit: AP Japanese investors net sold foreign bonds for the second consecutive month in July, deterred by declining bond yields in the United States amid heightening expectations of an imminent rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve to support the faltering American economy. Net sellers According … Read more
Oil prices were in a holding pattern in early Asian trading on Monday as markets awaited an OPEC+ meeting on June 2 where producers are expected to discuss maintaining voluntary output cuts for the rest of the year. The Brent crude July contract inched up 11 cents to $82.23 a barrel by 0036 GMT. The … Read more
Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Monday, erasing gains from Friday as Israel-Hamas peace talks in Cairo eased fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East and U.S. inflation data further dimmed the prospects of interest rate cuts anytime soon. Brent crude futures fell by as much as $1, or 1.1% to … Read more
NEW YORK: US Treasury yields were higher on Monday, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield building on three straight weeks of gains on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at higher levels for longer than initially anticipated. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said on Monday that inflation remaining entrenched above the central … Read more
BofA Global Research said it now expected two more quarter percentage point interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve this year, taking its terminal rate forecast to 5.5% to 5.75%. BofA earlier expected the terminal rate to be held at the current 5%-5.25% range, but the change in forecast comes after the Fed kept … Read more
The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates later Thursday to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. Financial markets expect the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee to lift its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5%, its … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks on Friday after the rupee slid below 82 to a record low against the dollar on concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve rate outlook, traders told Reuters. The rupee was last trading at 82.2675, down from 81.88 in the previous session, but off the … Read more
Credit Suisse and Citigroup became the latest brokerages to bring down their 2022 year-end targets for the S&P 500 index, as U.S. equity markets bear the heat of aggressive central bank actions to tamp down inflation. Credit Suisse cut its target for the benchmark index by about 10% to 3,850 points on Monday, citing the … Read more
The head of the European Central Bank warned that high oil and gas prices are hitting consumers in the 19 countries that use the euro harder than in other major economies and underlined that the bank won’t add to the squeeze by raising interest rates anytime soon. Christine Lagarde‘s message that it’s “highly unlikely” the … Read more