| Is HK still a winner? | | While i admit my teenage fascination for Hong Kong was due to watching Bruce Lee and Jimmy Wang kung fu movies, I have tracked the Hang Seng Index since the 1990s. | | Yen now teetering at 100 mark vs dollar | | NEW YORK — The yen stopped just short of ¥100 to the dollar, a level it hasn’t reached in four years, as it slid after the Bank of Japan announced unprecedented stimulus measures on April 4 to end 15 years of deflation. | | Stop, look and listen well | | NEW YORK — The S&P 500 stock index’s stunning run since the start of the year has made many bullish analysts look conservative. | | Goldman in value zone? | | Goldman sachs had a huge run from 127 to 159, before its recent correction to 142— still up 10 per cent for 2013! Goldman shares were hit by the Federal Reserve’s order for management to submit a revised capital plan for its stress-test scenarios. | | The next twist in Japanese shares? | | Even though he was elected prime minister only four months ago, Shinzo Abe has joined Yasuhiro Nakasone and Junichiro Koizumi as the most significant Japanese politicians since the 1970s. | | The rouble, rupee, real and peso! | | There are clear winners (Mexican peso, Thai baht) and losers (Hungarian forint, South Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, South African rand) in emerging-market currencies in 2013. | | Commodities rocked by growing US gloom | | LONDON — Most commodity prices fell last week after a surprisingly bad labour report in the United States, which is a top consumer of many raw materials, while Brent oil also struck a five-month low on fears of a supply glut. | | Earnings next hurdle for bulls as rally slows | | NEW YORK — The stock market’s robust rally was slowing even before Friday’s jobs report, but the red flag sent up by the weak payrolls data makes the path to more gains less secure. | |
