New York Times (January 9)
“Saudi Arabia is throwing open its doors to global investors.” From February, all overseas investors “will be allowed to buy and sell shares directly in 262 listed companies.” The question is whether they will want to. “The Tadawul All Share Index is down over the past year, vastly underperforming both the S&P 500 and major global stock indexes.” It is “the Gulf region’s biggest and worst-performing stock exchange,”
Tags: Buy, Global investors, Gulf region, Index, Overseas investors, S&P 500, Saudi Arabia, Sell, Shares, Stock exchange, Tadawul, Underperforming, Worst-performing
Reuters (May 15)
“Fears policy makers are out of ammunition has led a growing number of overseas investors to speculate the BOJ might resort to helicopter money,” but this remains unlikely. “Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda likes to keep markets guessing by saying one thing and doing another, but… officials and close associates say he almost certainly means it” when he rules out using helicopter money to reinvigorate the economy.
Tags: Ammunition, BOJ, Economy, Fears, Guessing, Helicopter money, Kuroda, Markets, Overseas investors, Policy makers
