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The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting.
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China’s largest state-owned banks are moving big chunks of their European business to Luxembourg as they seek to escape tougher regulation in the City of London. The FT reports.
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Brazil has been pushing to keep its currency in check, but this strategist thinks they may soon take the pressure off.
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Fed up with lagging returns at the hedge fund, investors large and small are opting to either reduce their capital at risk or yank it entirely by year’s end.
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In the midst of the financial crisis, the 92nd Street Y came up with a sweetheart deal for its endowment: investments in funds run by the likes of John Paulson, Marc Lasry, and other hedge-fund luminaries that were fee-free and guaranteed against losses.
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The yen gets a break and oil prices take down the loonie — it's time for your FX Fix.
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If you really want to preserve the euro, this think tank says, look south.
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Investors are eagerly awaiting more easing from the Bank of Japan, but this strategist says the trading opportunity is not so simple.
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Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is a big critic of quantitative easing — and he thinks the U.S.’s current monetary policy should essentially be reversed.
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Confusion reigned on Thursday, a day after Greece’s finance minister told the parliament that Greece had received an extension on its bailout, with the European Central Bank and Germany denying a deal had been done.
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Easing hopes hit the yen and British GDP rebounds — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Apple earnings and a Microsoft product launch keeps technology names at the forefront Thursday in a market that has been mostly punishing the sector for the last month.
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The Fed and the New Zealand central bank could move currencies with their pronouncements.
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The Federal Reserve's latest quantitative easing promise has had little effect on the dollar. Here's what could change that.
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The euro zone is in slowdown and Singapore steps in — it's time for your FX Fix.
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The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average could plummet 20 percent from their recent highs, veteran investor and author of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report, Marc Faber, told CNBC.
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Fed officials, huddling in Washington for a second day Wednesday, are likely to be discussing how to tweak policy later in the year. Those changes could include a new way of communicating their low rate policy, and what they will do when their Operation Twist ends in December.
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Yen selling seems to be slowing down, and this strategist sees a possible turning point.
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Companies are blaming disappointing earnings on a strong dollar. This pro says they can breathe easier in the fourth quarter.
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Alan Greenspan told CNBC he’s “quite concerned” about the looming “fiscal cliff” and the inability of legislators to compromise to reach a solution.
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Rich Ilczyszyn, CEO and founder of iiTrader and a "Futures Now" trader, explains why he recommends getting out of gold on any pop.