Big Fed cut puts an ECB move next month on traders’ radar
A big interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised bets on further policy easing at the European Central Bank in October but this is still not…
Brent oil traders use little known rule to reroute US cargoes
Big energy merchants trading oil cargoes that form the basis of the Brent benchmark have used an obscure clause to reroute US shipments from Europe, in a practice that raises…
Global stock traders face dip-buying dilemma after crushing selloff
A selloff that rocked equity markets around the world is clouding the outlook for investors looking to buy stocks on the cheap, as worries over the US economy and disappointing…
Feeding Gaza: Traders run gauntlet of bullets, bombs and bribes
Mohammed describes a delivery job from hell. “I get screwed on every shipment,” the Gazan trader told Reuters. He said he has to fork out more than $14,000 for each…
Traders step up ECB rate cut bets, sensing shift on inflation front
Traders on Thursday piled on bets that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates from April as they took the view that policymakers are growing more comfortable with the…
Energy traders, shippers grapple with Red Sea fallout
To avoid the Red Sea, the supertanker Grand Bonanza set out early this month on a roughly 40-day journey carrying 1.8 million barrels of Abu Dhabi crude for TotalEnergies from…
Traders bet ECB will be first big central bank to cut rates
Financial markets are ramping up expectations for interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank, betting it will be the first major central bank to ease policy to buffer a…
Traders relaxed as ECB starts running down massive bond holdings
Strong investor inflows into bond markets this year mean traders and bankers are confident the European Central Bank will have a smooth start to unwinding its huge bond holdings, but…
Taxing traders
Pakistan’s economy has, over the years, transitioned towards a services-oriented economy, with services making up 58 per cent of total GDP, largely due to underinvestment in both the manufacturing and…
US Treasury traders switch strategies as liquidity problems worsen
Investors in the $23 trillion US Treasury market are slicing up orders and switching to more easily traded issues, adapting to navigate periodic illiquidity that looks to get worse as…
