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Nov 28, 16 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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OPEC are desperately trying to create a Goldilocks price, but there’s three bears who might not eat the porridge on offer. With the four main USA equity indices breaching record highs (day after trading day) last week, it will be a temporary relief not...
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Nov 25, 16 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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Black Friday And Its Forgotten Dark Origins It’ll be fascinating to witness at what price USA markets finally open on Friday and how they perform. The futures market for the DJIA roared ahead on Thursday, despite the thanksgiving holiday in the USA,...
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Nov 24, 16 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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There’s a saying; “records are made to be broken” and USA indices appear to agree. “Another day another dollar” is also an expression often used by Americans, meaning that everything is ordinary, the same. Day after day, just...
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Nov 23, 16 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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On Tuesday, for the second day in succession, all four major USA indices reached and closed at record highs. The DJIA stole the headlines, as the index finally breached the psychological barrier of 19,000, having first rejected the level earlier in the...
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Nov 22, 16 •
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Morning Roll Call, Uncategorized •
Maria Iacob
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Monday’s trading sessions, across Europe and in the USA, saw equities move ahead, with the DJIA and S&P printing record highs, primarily driven by energy, financial and commodity stocks, financial shares have enjoyed spectacular gains since...
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Apr 30, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Home prices in the USA are still rising albeit at a slower rate as a consumer confidence index falls slightly
From the USA we received mixed data on Tuesday; firstly the CB consumer confidence index fell slightly in April, with a reading of 82.3 the index fell from 83.9 in March. House prices in many USA states have continued to rise albeit at a slower pace. This...
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Apr 29, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Pending home sales rise in the USA more than expected whilst the USA applies more targeted sanctions for Russians
In a relatively quiet day for policy decisions and high impact news events the main USA markets opened up sharply then sold off just as sharply, to then recover much of the early gains in tandem with the news from the Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on...
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Apr 25, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Weekly unemployment claims in the USA spiked by over 24,000 as core durable orders rise more than predicted
After the UK’s CBI business survey report of yesterday suggested that certain optimism data amongst many executives in the UK had risen to a forty year high, all eyes were on the retail sales figures from the CBI which shot up for the fifth successive...
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Apr 24, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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Wednesday was a busy day for high impact news events most notably the bullish European Markit Economics PMI surveys published in the morning session. This sense of optimism was continued with the news that the UK’s public sector finances had improved....
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Apr 23, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Indices in Europe rose strongly on Tuesday as the Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for EU and Euro Area came in above the previous readings
In a busy day for high impact news events on Tuesday the Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for EU and Euro Area came in above the previous readings. In April 2014, the DG ECFIN flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator increased in both the EU (by...