Central Banks

Global equities ended 2018 down by 13 percent and have rebounded around 11 percent, implying that the market environment is different today than it was at the end of last year, BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Tuesday after the...

Gold and the related exchange traded funds were challenged last year by the strong dollar and rising U.S. interest rates, but that did not prevent some buyers from stepping up bullion purchases. New data from the World Gold Council shows global gold demand increased by 4 percent last year. What...

The stock market's bull run is showing no signs of slowing down as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index are on a seven-month winning streak. And there is a valid reason for this rally to continue, according to CNBC's Jim Cramer. Immediately after the 2008 financial crisis, many...

The Chinese central bank said over the weekend that it would be open to changing its monetary policy in the coming months, Bloomberg reported. China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, is unique from its international peers in the sense that it doesn't operate on a fixed schedule for policy...

Sorry investors, but results of a poll of 30 finance professionals across four continents aren't supportive of the continued bull run. According to a Bloomberg survey, the bull stock market run has just more than one year left and will end late next year when U.S. credit will enter its first bear...

Who will take the blame for a global recession? The answer, at least according to famed bond investor Bill Gross is central banks across the world. Gross, head of the $2.1 billion Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, said in a letter to investors that central banks across the world have...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised middle class Canadians and those working hard to move up the economic ladder "sunny ways" during the 2015 election campaign. But a recent move by the Bank of Canada to boost interest rates for the first time in years may serve as a...

David Tice of Tice Capital is one of the stock market's most notable and vocal bears. His own website even highlights the dangers of "investing near the end of a secular bull market" yet at the same time he believes an equally dangerous trade is betting against the bull market and...

Broadly speaking, political donors on Wall Street backed Democrat Hillary Clinton in this year's presidential election. Judging by the reaction to Republican Donald Trump's stunning upset, financial services stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds are comfortable with the idea of...

The surprise election of Donald Trump may have been a game-changer for bank stocks. Morgan Stanley analyst Betsy Grasek has issued a wave of rating and price target changes for bank stocks. Even following significant post-election run-ups, Morgan Stanley has upgraded Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) to...

Mohamed El-Erian, a well-respected economist and chief economic adviser at Allianz, isn't a fan of owning stocks. In an interview with Bloomberg, El-Erian said he isn't avoiding stocks because of the perceived risks. In fact, his portfolio composition contains assets generally considered to be...

BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Richard Turnill has some advice for shareholders. Turnill helps manage and oversee BlackRock's nearly $4.9 trillion in assets under management was a guest on CNBC. He started off by saying there is an ongoing shift in the "economic...

For some investors, negative interest rates have a certain stigma of doom and gloom attached to them — but it shouldn't be, at least according to Denmark. Interest rates have been negative in Denmark for a longer period than any other country on the planet, and the country's head of the...

The Bank of Japan announced a shift in its monetary easing policy whereby it will buy as much or as little Japanese bonds as necessary to maintain a yield on 10-year bonds at zero. At the same time, the Bank of Japan maintained its existing policy of increasing its government-bond holdings by...