Markets am: Hong Kong battles to liven up IPO market, Retailers ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday October 02 2013     Markets   Hong Kong battles to liven up IPO market   New listings rules are designed to tighten up market standards in anticipation of a wave of smaller Chinese companies looking to raise funds       Retailers weigh on European stock indices   European stock markets dip amid concerns about the continuing US government budget crisis and political uncertainty in Italy     Gold steadies after steep sell-off   Recent sell-off comes amid lack of safe haven buying triggered by macro uncertainty over the shutdowm on the US federal government     US defence stocks shake off shutdown   US defence contractors ticked up to recover some recent losses as investors greeted the first day of a government shutdown with a rally         Video   Deflation to drag down S&P 500   Russell Napier, stock market historian, predicted in 2009 that easy monetary policy would drive a long rally in stocks, followed by a crash taking the S&P 500 below its 2009 low. He tells John Authers he sticks by that, but now thinks it will be driven by deflation, not inflation           Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.