Traders take money off the table ahead of July meeting Hong Kong equity benchmark also close to entering correction MSCI Inc.’s key gauge for Chinese stocks has entered into a technical correction as policy measures fail to arrest a slide in earnings, increasing...

US office vacancy rate is forecast to hit a peak of 24% by 2026. Nearly one-quarter of all US office space will be vacant by 2026 as working from home persists, slicing commercial-property values by as much as $250 billion, according to a report from Moody’s....

Net selling of tech in June on track to be worst on record Prime brokerage desk sees growing signs of equity degrossing In a month when Nvidia Corp. briefly became the world’s largest company, hedge funds were “aggressively” selling tech stocks, according to analysis...

Uncertain how Republicans may react to possible second defeat Chinese premier warned of negative consequences of decoupling America’s deep partisan divide threatens to inject uncertainty into markets even if Joe Biden wins a second term, according to economic...

Perusahaan Listrik Negara notes among biggest losers in Asia Next government mulls lifting debt ratio to two-decade high Indonesian state-run power utility’s dollar bonds have suffered the most in Asia over the past two weeks due to rising concerns about the nation’s...

Pensions are now retooling property divisions after losses Funds are dealing with challenges at some office properties Almost no major Canadian pension manager has been spared. The largest fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, lost 5% on its property portfolio...

Copper surged to a record on a wave of hedge fund money. Now the big question for bulls is when China’s buyers will return. As copper surged to record highs last month, several senior Chinese traders started trying to contact western hedge fund managers whose names...

US stocks mostly finished in the red Friday as a tech-led rally showed real signs of fatigue for the first time in over a week. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) both lost about 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)...

Two global credit ratings firms lowered their forecasts for China’s property market, as an accelerating slump in home prices hampers the country’s efforts to rescue the sector. S&P Global Ratings now expects residential sales to drop 15% this year, more than the...

Startup introduced previous version just three months ago Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is releasing a new AI model that it calls its fastest and most capable yet in a rivalry with OpenAI. Anthropic introduced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, an updated version of its...

Home starts slid to 1.28 million, below all but one estimate Decline in building permits point to softer construction ahead New home construction in the US slumped in May to the slowest pace in four years, as higher-for-longer interest rates sap the housing industry’s...

The biggest US restaurant chain is taking on competitors with a new promotion. McDonald’s Corp.’s US chief says the company is ready for a fight. And in order to win, the burger chain is pulling out one of the most potent weapons in its arsenal: The value meal. It’s...

Ties with Brazil are growing with two-way investments Abdulrahman Bakir helped lead tour of 100 delegates to region Before 2020, Saudi Arabian investment in Brazil was so small that it didn’t even appear in the central bank’s database for relevant foreign inflows....

The increase is tied to recent passage of new green standards Half of fund managers surveyed say over 30% of assets stranded Fund managers overseeing commercial real estate say significant chunks of their portfolios hold assets that can now be considered stranded due...