Market Reviews

Much of the risk tone facing world markets will be set by the US economy.  For the most part this will only happen toward the end of the week not only because US markets are closed for Memorial Day on Monday but also because a series of key reports will be released on Friday that

Equity markets were mixed today, with Asian indices trading lower following the release of a weak Chinese PMI, European markets bouncing back from yesterday’s swoon (despite weak PMI data that showed manufacturing contraction throughout the continent – including Germany), and North American markets essentially flat. Today’s action was focused on currency markets, with the euro

US markets displayed a notable move to the downside in morning trading on Wednesday due to continued worries about the financial situation in Europe, which came as European leaders held a closely watched summit in Brussels. However, stocks staged a significant recovery over the latter part of the trading day which was attributed to reports

Concerns over Greece’s exit from the Euro Zone have come to the surface again and this has deteriorated risk appetite among investors. Although the Group of Eight (G8) leaders affirmed Greece’s status in the Euro Zone, former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos id that the country is preparing to leave the 17-nation Euro Zone. Even

In the last session all leading American indices like Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ index and the S&P 500 (SPX) ended in green. Dow was up by 1.09% and closed at 12504; S&P 500 was gained by 1.60% at 1316. European indices ended mixed. FTSE was down by 0.64%, DAX was gained by 0.95% &

While there are significant forms of data risk in European economies this week, the prime market risk will continue to be represented by Greek worries.  To that effect, following this weekend’s G8 meeting at Camp David, expect the risk of more detailed thoughts on how Germany and might stimulate growth agendas in Greece and perhaps

Asian markets are down on mounting uncertainty among Spanish banks and political havoc in Greece. Additionally, unfavorable economic data from the US also led to rise in risk aversion in the global markets. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded debt ratings of 16 Spanish banks mentioning a recession and increasing loan losses. Fitch Ratings cut Greece’s credit