China’s Evergrande is starting to pay its overdue debt and restart some of its stalled real estate projects, but it is signaling that it wants to move away from housing and focus on building electric vehicles.According to Chinese state media, Chairman Xu Jiayin announced that the firm wants to make …

Gold prices rose about 1% on Monday, as a retreat in U.S. bond yields and persisting worries about inflation lifted the safe-haven asset ahead of major central bank meetings this week.The U. S. dollar rebounded and closed up on the day, but that failed to impact the rally in the …

The EUR/USD has been trading on a bullish trend throughout the last two weeks, with an increase from 1.1520s to 1.1660s, although this climb was more of a reaction of the larger downtrend, and it seems to have ended now.The US economy is speeding up again, as it enters another …

The IFO Institute’s Business Climate index for Germany declined to 97.7 in September, which is significantly below expectations of a 98.2 result. The unexpected drop in business sentiment was the fact that the August reading for the index released in September was revised slightly upward to 98.9 from 98.8.This forex …

U.S. stocks rose as traders watch earnings reports from technology heavyweights including Facebook, while keeping in mind inflation-related concerns and rising Covid-19 risks. Energy and materials sectors are on the lead of the S&P 500 higher after the index whipsawed traders at the start of Monday’s U. S. session. PayPal …

Shares of South Korean semiconductor manufacturer MagnaChip Semiconductor jumped out of the gate Monday and are up 4.3% after the company crushed its Q3 earnings report versus $0.22 per share on $126.9 million in sales.As financial statements were announced, the company reached that sales target, booking $127 million in revenue. …

Regulation and low profits pose threats to the U. S. community banking sector according to Michelle Bowman; member of the Federal Reserve Board.Speaking to a community bankers’ symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Bowman noted that only 44 new banks had been chartered in the last decade.Bowman said …

Tesla shares surged Monday, briefly lifting the electric carmaker’s market value above $1 trillion, as investors shrugged off criticism from a U. S. safety official of the fast growing organization.Near 1700 GMT, shares of Tesla were up almost nine percent at $990.95, giving it a market capitalization of just under …

Canada’s hot wave of inflation and the recovering labour market are accelerating pressure on the Bank of Canada to hike interest rates ahead of schedule. Investors are eyeing a fiscal policy announcement this week for clues that the central bank is turning more hawkish. Led by Governor Tiff Macklem, the …

Coinciding with Bitcoin’s surge to an all time high of $66,974, investors pumped a record $1.47 billion of new money into digital asset investment products, pushed by bloom of cryptocurrencies and the launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund, according to report issued Monday by CoinShares.Bitcoin-focused funds dominated last …