Morning MarketBeat: Bank Earnings, Retail Sales In Focus
Major indexes have risen every day this week. Whether the rally will finish the week the way it started will likely depend on how bank earnings season kicks off and the outcome of a slew of economic...
View ArticleEnergy Journal: Trouble in Non-Gulf OPEC Countries
Think of 'an OPEC nation' and more likely than not this will conjure images of a Gulf state, swimming in petrodollars that it uses to cushion their people against such preoccupations as tax and work....
View ArticleDollar/Yen Displays Incurable Case of âRounditisâ
It's just a number but the currency market has got itself into a frenzy about the dollar trading at Y100 against the yen.
View ArticleEuro-Zone to Benefit From Japanese Policy
The European Central Bank has made it clear that it doesn't want to cut interest rates. But, the way things are going, Japan could well force the issue.
View ArticleLoan Growth Slows for Wells, J.P. Morgan
Wells Fargo, which has become the nation's dominant provider of mortgage loans, saw mortgage activity slow in the first-quarter.
View ArticleMorning Links: J.P. Morgan Beats, Dimonâs Future In Focus
A roundup of blog posts and articles from around the web.
View ArticleGold VIX: Bugs Turn Fearful
The CBOE Gold VIX is up 57% on Monday. It is on pace to blow past Friday's 39% surge, which at the time was the biggest-ever increase in percentage terms, according to the exchange.
View ArticleGoldâs Two-Day Plunge One for the Record Books
Gold's massive selloff has turned into a plunge of historic proportions. The precious metal is on pace for its biggest two-day decline since 1980.
View ArticleGold Selloff Hits Australian Currency
While gold prices are sinking to their lowest levels since 2011, another asset is selling off due to its heavy reliance on China and metals prices: the Australian dollar.
View ArticleGoldman Sachs No Longer Betting Higher Brent Oil Prices
Brent crude oil is poised to fall below $100 a barrel for the first time in more than two years, and thatâs flushing some bulls out of the market. Including Goldman Sachs.
View ArticleWhy Goldâs Tumble Wonât Save You Any Money at the Jewelry Store
Gold futures have plunged 13% since Thursday, but don't expect that gold necklace you've been eyeing to go on sale.
View ArticleFX FRENZY: Global Championship Is on the Line
It is all on the line for the two finalists in the DJ FX Frenzy championship: the pride and glory of being named the first global winner of this bracket-style foreign-exchange competition.
View ArticleDespite Gold Selloff, Options Traders Bank on Rebound
So gold notched its biggest one-day drop in 30 years. Whatâs next? Despite the heavy losses, broken technical levels and waves of margin calls, the options market for the yellow metal is beaming with...
View ArticleUgly Day Gets Even Worse Ahead of the Close
On the heels of a huge tumble in gold and silver prices, the stock market's slide is steepening in the final trading hour.
View ArticleOutflows in Gold ETFs Surge as Traders Bolt
Investors in gold exchange-traded funds have been rushing to the exits as gold prices plunge.
View ArticleEnergy Journal: European Refineries Squeezed from West and East
The parlous state of Europe's refining business is no secret.
View ArticleEnergy Journal: EU-China Solar Battle Escalates
By James Herron Hereâs your morning jolt of news, insight and analysis on the global energy business. Send us tips, suggestions and complaints: ben.winkley@wsj.com and james.herron@wsj.com Click here...
View ArticleEnergy Journal: Investors to Big Oil: We Need to Talk
Now the Big Oil earnings season has been and gone, serious questions are being asked about whether the future of exploration and production will involve the super majors in their current form.
View ArticleBlue Hill the Mystery Restaurant in Third Pointâs Sothebyâs Letter
By Sara Germano and David Benoit The restaurant that Dan Loeb said Sothebyâs management wined and dined at to a bill that was in the âmultiple hundreds of thousands of dollars,â was the famed...
View ArticlePrivate Gas Imports Wonât Resolve Egyptâs Energy Woes, Analysts Say
Egyptâs move to allow private-sector firms to import natural gas using the governmentâs network is unlikely to help bridge the country's energy shortfall, analysts and industry sources say.
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