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Natasha Doff

ARTICLES BY NATASHA DOFF

Shares in tech firms have slumped this week after a disclosure that Facebook released data of 50 million users to Cambridge Analytica, an analytics firm. Photo: AFP

It’s not just Facebook, Big Tech revolt has begun: Nomura

1 min read . 21 Mar 2018

Bitcoin rose 4.5% to $8,045.45 as of 11.34am in London after climbing as much as 5.2% during Asian hours. It’s up more than 700% this year after shrugging off a tumble of as much as 29% earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Bitcoin’s white-knuckle ride continues as it hurtles past $8,000

1 min read . 20 Nov 2017

File photo. Stock traders during the morning session at the Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFP

Carry trades collapse as emerging market yield advantage shrinks

3 min read . 11 Nov 2016

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa. Turmoil among South Africa’s political leadership prompted such a drop in the rand against the dollar this week that it cut the return on this quarter’s best carry trade in half from 10%. Photo: Bloomberg

Top currency strategy of 2016 turns perilous as risks rise

3 min read . 25 Aug 2016

Economists from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Bank for International Settlements have been warning Fed monetary tightening may set off an increase in corporate failures in emerging markets. Photo: Bloomberg

Brexit offers lifeline on $800 billion emerging company debt

3 min read . 06 Jul 2016

Buying UK government debt due in 10 years offered a yield of 0.98% versus between 8.5% and 12% for the same notes in Russia, Brazil and South Africa. Photo: Bloomberg

Unlikely havens seen from Moscow to Rio as Brexit hits markets

4 min read . 28 Jun 2016

For much of the time since the financial meltdown eight years ago, investors have been in the mindset that bad economic data is good news for markets. Photo: AFP

Everything’s a buy as central banks keep on greasing markets

4 min read . 09 Jun 2016

With the dollar losing ground, the average yield of 6.5% on emerging-market local-currency debt started attracting bids in a world where about $8 trillion of global government debt offer rates below zero. Photo: Reuters

‘Trade of a decade’? It doesn’t bode well for emerging markets

3 min read . 01 Apr 2016

Petroleo Brasileiro headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras is preparing to deepen spending cuts and concentrate on its best fields to confront the collapse of crude prices. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging market turmoil enters new phase as Fed takes back seat

4 min read . 15 Dec 2015

The Fed’s decision to keep US borrowing costs on hold last week failed to calm emerging markets rattled by concern that China’s economy is faltering and signs of a global slowdown. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging markets currencies fall on US Federal Reserve confusion

3 min read . 23 Sept 2015

As oil resumed its decline in the US to a near six-year low, Russia’s ruble—also listed among the so-called Troubled Ten—retreated 0.6% to 65.38 against the greenback. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging currencies extend longest selloff since 2000

3 min read . 17 Aug 2015

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 0.2% to 1,058.78 in London, after closing on Wednesday at its highest since 9 May 2013. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging stocks drop from 14-month high on US payrolls report

2 min read . 03 Jul 2014

A police officer (right) looks on at a fallen tree across a street in Egham, west of London, after high winds brought by a winter storm battered southern England. Photo: AFP

London commuter towns face more flooding as storm dumps rain

3 min read . 16 Feb 2014

In the past month, the number of businesses on CoinMap, a website showing physical companies and vendors accepting Bitcoin, has tripled to more than 2,000. Photo: AFP

Bitcoin buys burgers to beers as stores embrace currency

4 min read . 30 Dec 2013