March 2, 2020 | Daily JAM |
On Monday the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sliced 0.8 points off its forecast for China’s growth and 0.5 points off its forecast for Australian growth as a result of disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. (Australia looks to...
March 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, GOLD, Perfect Five-ETFs |
Usually gold, a safe haven, time-of-fear asset, rises when stocks stumble and worries climb. Not during last week's big sell off in stocks. Then gold and gold stocks moved down along with stocks. Today, however, as the Standard & Poor's 500 rallied to end the day...
March 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Financial markets moved higher on news that finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven economies will hold a teleconference tomorrow, Tuesday, on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The expectation is that central banks in Japan, England,...
February 29, 2020 | Daily JAM |
China's Purchasing Managers' Index for manufacturing fell to the lowest level on record at 35.7, accord to the National Bureau of Statistics. (The manufacturing index had been at 50 in January.) The PMI for the service sector also fell to the lowest level ever at...