Bonds

Cash sidelined but sector funds test for bottom-EPFR 1:40pm EST

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Investors poured more cash into safe haven assets in the week ended Nov. 19 but they continued to test for a market bottom in sector funds, the Boston-based fund tracker EPFR Global said on Friday.  Full Article

 
Fed's Evans says deflation risks still small 1:40pm EST 

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov 21 (Reuters) - The risk of deflation in the U.S. economy is still small, even with the economy in a "dramatic downturn," Charles Evans, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said on Friday.  Full Article 

Brazil's real slumps to weakest level in 3 years 1:28pm EST 

SAO PAULO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's currency slumped more than 2 percent on Friday to its weakest close in more than three years as crisis-wary investors flocked to safe-haven U.S. dollars amid a backdrop of global financial uncertainty.  Full Article 

Asia rallies on bargain-hunting

Nov 21 - Asian shares shook off a host of economic and company woes, rallying on mild bargain-hunting and a slightly weaker yen.  Play Video