Nasdaq in correction territory; Berkshire’s cash holdings reach record high

Nasdaq in correction territory; Berkshire’s cash holdings reach record high

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 02, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Markets fall with Japan stocks in bear territory; Berkshire’s cash hoard at record high

Markets fall with Japan stocks in bear territory; Berkshire’s cash hoard at record high

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 02, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Why strategists believe a major unwind is far from over

Why strategists believe a major unwind is far from over

A man walks in front of an electronic quotation boards displaying the share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (L) and the foreign exchange rate for the Japanese yen against the US dollar (R) in Tokyo on August 6, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images It’s too early to give the all-clear to … Read more

Oil soars amid Middle-East tensions

Oil soars amid Middle-East tensions

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more

Carry trade unwind is healthy for Japan, Monex Group’s Koll says

Carry trade unwind is healthy for Japan, Monex Group’s Koll says

Corrections in the yen and the unwinding of the carry trade are positive developments for Japan, said Jesper Koll, a veteran investor who remains bullish on the Japanese market.   “It forces investors to focus on the real Japan strategy … not just a quick carry trade, borrowing at close to zero interest rates in Japan … Read more

Market correction may not be over yet

Market correction may not be over yet

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 06, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Wall Street rebounds, earnings and inflation data on deck

Wall Street rebounds, earnings and inflation data on deck

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Prequels, sequels and pixie dust

Prequels, sequels and pixie dust

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Oct. 4, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more

Japan’s yen hits 34-year-low, heating talk of intervention

Japan’s yen hits 34-year-low, heating talk of intervention

Japanese 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes arranged in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The contradictions in Japan’s efforts to protect the yen while slowing the pace of rising bond yields are becoming increasingly clear in currency and debt markets. Photographer: Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kentaro Takahashi| Bloomberg | Getty … Read more

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years in a historic shift, abolishes yield curve control

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years in a historic shift, abolishes yield curve control

Japan flag and Japanese Yen cash banknotes (money, economy, business, finance, inflation, crisis) Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007, ending the world’s last negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains this year. The BOJ raised its short-term … Read more