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  • Sep 04, 2024

Wall Street T+1 Switch Causing More Pain Than Thought, Citi Says

(Bloomberg) -- This year’s seemingly smooth transition to a faster settlement regime for US stocks turns out to have been far from plain sailing for many industry players, according to Citigroup Inc.Most Read from BloombergHow Air Conditioning Took Over the American OfficeHong Kong’s Arts Hub Turns to Selling Land to Stay AfloatFrom overhauling arcane funding processes to relocating traders across oceans, the late-May switch to the system known as T+1 proved tougher than expected, the bank found

  • Sep 04, 2024

Risks Too Big for Insurers Just Fed a $200 Billion Market Boom

(Bloomberg) -- As the market for in-house insurance surpasses a record $200 billion, the underlying reasons for that boom show how a hotter, less stable planet is redrawing the risk map for corporations.Most Read from BloombergHow Air Conditioning Took Over the American OfficeHong Kong’s Arts Hub Turns to Selling Land to Stay AfloatCaptive insurance, where companies create their own coverage vehicles, is on the rise, according to insurance broker Aon Plc. Companies are using it to work around re

  • Sep 04, 2024

Stocks tumble as market leaders turn losers

Chip shares dragged Asian indexes lower on Wednesday and European futures fell after growth concerns drove the steepest selloff in a month on Wall Street and investors wiped $279 billion from the value of market darling chipmaker Nvidia. Oil hit year-to-date lows in Asia trade, the safe-haven yen rose, Japanese stocks fell more than 3% and the regional shares ex-Japan dropped nearly 2%.

  • Sep 04, 2024

Traders Weigh ‘Buy the Dip’ Opportunities Amid Stocks Selloff

(Bloomberg) -- Investors and analysts are lining up bets on battered Asian technology stocks, after a $279 billion rout in Nvidia Corp. fueled a wave of selling in chip stocks.Most Read from BloombergHow Air Conditioning Took Over the American OfficeHong Kong’s Arts Hub Turns to Selling Land to Stay AfloatShares of Asian semiconductor and equipment makers including SK Hynix Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Advantest Corp. fell amid a widespread market rout, creating a crunch mome

  • Sep 04, 2024

Morning Bid: Markets reckon with familiar September pain

Markets in Europe are set for a rocky start on Wednesday after Asia stocks were left in a sea of red, as worries over the global growth outlook resurfaced and as the blistering AI rally hit yet another speed bump. U.S. and European stock futures sank, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan and Japan's Nikkei were headed for their worst sessions since Aug. 5, when worries about a slowing U.S. economy and an unwinding of Japanese yen carry trades pummelled global stock markets.

  • Sep 04, 2024

Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy

Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so fantastic that it's not worth worrying about budget deficits. In short, he's hoping that most economic analyses of his ideas are dead wrong. Vice President Kamala Harris believes that big corporations and the ultra-wealthy should pay more in taxes — and wants to use those revenues to help spur the construction of 3 million homes and offer tax breaks for parents.

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