US stock markets

Clean technology equity firm cuts funding target

7 Jan 2013

Clean technology private equity firm Nature Elements Capital has raised US$40 million for a fund but has almost halved its fundraising goal amid tough market conditions.

2012: How Wall Street got it wrong

5 Jan 2013

From hedge fund manager John Paulson's call for a collapse in Europe to Morgan Stanley's warning that US stocks would decline, Wall Street got little right in its prognosis for the year just ended...

US fiscal cliff deal sets off bull charge in Hong Kong, US stock markets

3 Jan 2013

Hong Kong stocks kicked off the new year with a 19-month high in heavy trading and could open even higher today if they track the overnight US market that rallied after the Congress approved a...

BRICs is now an investment theme well past its expiry date

12 Dec 2012

Some 10 years after analysts at Goldman Sachs coined the acronym BRICs, tying Brazil, Russia, India and China into a single investment theme, the concept is beginning to look distinctly flakey.

US regulators move in on Chinese audit laws

6 Dec 2012

Regulators in the United States have potentially jeopardised the listing of more than 100 stocks from the world's most populous nation, in a move to sanction auditors for blocking investigations...

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Over the US fiscal cliff and out of the financial woods

When Hongkongers moan about the lousy performance of their Mandatory Provident Fund schemes, they usually focus on the ruinous fees they get charged.

But while high fees have certainly...

Short-selling eases as Block loses interest

Carson Block says it's become too difficult to short Chinese equities in the US as bets on stock declines drop by 50 per cent from a year ago.

Wall Street stocks snap six-week slide

US stocks solidly snapped a six-week slide on Friday with gains topping three per cent, the best rise in five months.

In the holiday-shortened week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped...

UNITED STATES

US stock losses hit 2% after Obama win

US stock markets dived two per cent Wednesday after President Barack Obama’s re-election victory set up a tough battle with Republicans over the looming “fiscal cliff”.

After opening...

US stocks markets reopen after two-day shutdown

US stock markets reopened Wednesday after a historic two-day closure forced by superstorm Sandy, which completely shut down the global financial centre of New York.