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Treasury Yields Climb Anew With Focus on Inflation Under Trump

(Bloomberg) -- US Treasuries slumped as investors looked to rekindle a selloff spurred by Donald Trump’s presidential victory last week.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationYields on the 10-year benchmark bond rose as much as 5 basis points to 4.36% as of 8:13 a.m. in

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, shrugging off Wall Street's rally

Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday, despite a rally on Wall Street in stocks seen as benefiting the most from Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 reversed early gains to decline 0.6% in afternoon trading to 39,289.14, weighed down by uncertainty about how Trump's policies, including tariffs, may affect local industries. Chinese tech stocks have been declining lately, while investors also have their eyes on upcoming earnings reports out of China.

SoftBank Swings to Profit on Help From Hot Indian IPO Market

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. swung to its biggest quarterly profit in two years on a series of successful Indian listings, giving its founder Masayoshi Son more ammunition for his next bet.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThe Tokyo-based company earned a ne

Stocks Fall on Concern Over Trump Tariffs, Cabinet: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- Asian shares dropped with European and US equity futures as traders weighed the impact of president-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda and the make-up of his cabinet. Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThe MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped for a third d

Weak Government in Japan May Help Retail Stocks, Utilities, Tech

(Bloomberg) -- The newfound influence of opposition lawmakers in Japan has investors looking for gains in the shares of retailers and electricity generators.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThat’s due to expectations that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may cut taxe

Asia stocks slip, bitcoin at record high as Trump trade whipsaws markets

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks tumbled on Tuesday dragged by Chinese markets and chip shares as investors worried about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies, while bitcoin hit a record peak on bets on assets that are set to benefit from the new administration. Investors anticipate Trump's second four-year term in office will bring equities-boosting tax cuts and looser regulations, lifting the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, to an all-time high of $89,637. But the threat of possible tariffs from the new White House administration has put the euro and China's yuan under pressure.