I have to confess to something. I grew up completely vegetarian in India. When I came to the US at the age of 18, I was a good tennis player, but had almost no strength, the kind required for the power tennis played in college here. After getting demolished in a division 3 tennis match
Michael Hirtzer | Bloomberg Deere & Co. shares slid in pre-market trading as the world leader in farm machinery anticipates another challenging year. The maker of the iconic green and yellow machines used to plant and harvest crops kept its 2025 net income estimate between $5 billion to $5.5 billion, while sales in the key
The green bond market is poised to break new records in 2025 as net zero investment requirements remain massive, according to a report by AXA IM. The green bond market outperformed the conventional bond market by close to 2 per cent in 2024 and broke new records of issuance, with $447bn in 2024. This dynamic,
With 2024 being an exceptional year for gold, Daniel Ghali, director of commodities strategy at TD Securities, explains whether 2025 will see similar results as (Bloomberg) — As Canada’s currency weakens, fund managers are leaning into sectors that pay expenses in the local currency while collecting revenue in US dollars. That has made buying stocks
(Bloomberg) — The Philippines on Thursday sold a two-part dollar bond and a euro tranche, capitalizing on a recent drop in borrowing costs abroad. The Southeast Asian nation, which has investment-grade credit ratings, raised $2.25 billion (2.4 billion euros) in dollar-denominated bonds due in 10 and 25 years, along with a €1 billion ($1.04 billion)
Bond market turmoil earlier this month drove the UK 10-year gilt yield up to 4.9%, the highest figure recorded since 2008. The gilt yield has since dipped slightly to 4.6% as the government has sought to reassure a jittery market, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced pressure to announce tax and spending changes in response
A Yield to Maturity (YTM) of 4.32% on the May 2027 tranche and 4.43% on the September 2029 tranche, representing a spread of 7 and 10 bps above US Treasuries with similar maturities. Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) as the issuer, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) as the
Anjana Anil | Reuters S&P 500 posts best week since Trump’s election U.S. stocks rallied on Friday with the S&P 500 and Dow notching their biggest weekly percentage gains since early November… and the Nasdaq registering its best week since early December. Gold prices jumped to a over two-month peak on Tuesday, supported by a
The stock markets in the United States are closed on Monday, January 20, on account of Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the US government is closed and people across the nation take part in a day of service. The US government shuts down on the third
The U.S. 10-year Treasury dipped on Wednesday as investors awaited a key U.S. inflation report due later in the week. At 5:00 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped under a basis point to 3.8273%, while the yield on the 2-year Treasury was flat at 3.865%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions.