Asian Stocks Head for Best Week in Over a Year: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose as traders reinvested into riskier assets on rising hopes that the U.S. economy can avoid recession, while U.S. Treasuries extended losses and the yen is on track for its worst week since May. Most read articles on Bloomberg Nearly every major stock index rose in Asia, sending the region’s stock […]
Asian Shares Drop as Markets Await Major Events: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian shares fell on speculation that investors were trimming some of their holdings ahead of a string of events scheduled over the next few days, including key central bank decisions, key economic data and earnings reports from large U.S. companies. Most read articles on Bloomberg The MSCI Asia Pacific index extended its decline […]
Most Asian Stocks Fall After Big Tech Disappoints: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Most Asian stocks fell, following a sell-off on Wall Street after the “Magnificent Seven” giants got off to a weak start with earnings reports. Most read articles on Bloomberg Stock indexes in Japan, Hong Kong and mainland China all fell, while South Korea’s index alternated between rises and falls. U.S. stocks fell on […]
Asian stocks sink on political uncertainty; China rate cut offers little cheer – Investing.com
Investing.com — Most Asian stocks fell on Monday amid uncertainty about how the change in U.S. leadership will affect the region. Even a surprise interest rate cut in China wasn’t enough to lift market morale. Regional markets are still digesting US President Joe Biden’s sudden decision to forgo reelection and instead endorse Vice President Kamala […]
Defiant Harvard Stubbornly Demands To Keep Shunning Asian Students
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Ivy League President Digs in Against Supreme Court Examining Race-Based Preferences Remember how last summer’s horrifying Atlanta spa shooting deaths of eight people, including six Asian women, spurred a season of #StopAsianHate sentiment to empower and protect Asian Americans? Harvard forgot all that very quickly. You see, Harvard doesn’t like […]
Asian Stocks Decline as Chip Selloff Gains Steam: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian shares fell on Thursday as worries over tightening U.S. restrictions on semiconductor sales to China deepened a global sell-off in technology shares. Most read articles on Bloomberg Stocks in Japan and South Korea fell, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange down 1.5%, weighed down by a stronger yen and heavy selling by chipmakers […]
I’m Trying to Be More Asian and Less White
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes That’s what Coca-Cola wants me to do. A diversity training program at Coca-Cola gives pointers on how to be less white. I’m going to take it to heart and try to be more Asian, in ways that I’ll describe momentarily. First, as background, the program said that the way to be […]
Asian shares fall as China drags, dollar in demand By Reuters – Investing.com
Stella Chiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors pondered a possible Donald Trump victory and its impact on China, while the dollar rose for a second straight day despite dovish comments from the Federal Reserve that raised expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut this year. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific […]
Reflections on Asian and Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How the pendulum of race has swung from one extreme to another. The month of May was “Asian and Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” Although that jumble of words was repeated for thirty-one days, l still don’t know what the words mean. I could ask an in-law who was born […]
Asian stocks sink as tech profit-taking overshadows rate cut cheer – Investing.com
Investing.com — Most Asian stocks fell on Friday, with tech-heavy indexes dropping sharply as profit-taking hurt technology shares despite a weak U.S. inflation reading that boosted optimism for interest rate cuts. Regional stocks largely tracked Wall Street’s overnight decline, falling nearly 2 percent as profit-taking hit big technology stocks, especially chipmakers and artificial intelligence stocks. […]