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Apr 22, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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In a quiet trading day, due to the extended Easter holiday period, the main indices in the USA closed up on the day in relatively thin trading conditions. The high impact news published in the afternoon session mainly included major mortgage lenders in the...
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Apr 18, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on SPX rises by 0.14% capping an up week for the index. Canadian CPI rises sharply whilst USA unemployment claims rise moderately
The main USA bourses experienced relatively quiet sessions on Thursday as the Good Friday holiday approached. The latest weekly unemployment claimant count from the USA crept up above the critical 300K level to give a reading of 304K, up 2K from the previous...
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Apr 17, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Main USA indices rise as investors translate Janet Yellen’s speech as positive for markets
Euro inflation was reported on Wednesday at 0.5%, as many investors and analysts begin to worry that deflation may in fact begin to become an issue for the euro region and the wider EA region, negative annual rates were observed in Bulgaria (-2.0%), Greece...
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Apr 16, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Yahoo shares rise 8% in late trading to help improve sentiment in USA markets
The main indices in the USA whipsawed violently throughout the day in reaction to the developing news breaking from the Ukraine. Having opened up in positive territory the indices fell back, to then close up as improved and better than expected figures from...
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Apr 15, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Strong retail sales data for the USA causes USA and European bourses to rise
Despite tensions mounting once again in the Ukraine and USA focused investors being concerned that many of the USA indices might be overbought as reporting season begins, the main indices in the USA shot up after retail data in the USA rose sharply at 1.1%,...
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Apr 11, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on USA equity indexes sell off sharply on fears that valuations are too high
As earnings season officially begins in the USA concerns that valuations are sky high, in particular on the heavily tech invested NASDAQ market, caused jitters that reverberated across global markets. The dollar also fell versus the majority of its major...
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Apr 10, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Main bourses in New York rise as some Fed officials doubt the pace of interest rate rises
The main indices in New York rose sharply towards the end of the trading sessions as the FOMC meeting minutes were released, due to passages within the minutes which appeared to contradict many analysts’ thoughts regarding the pace of interest rate rises....
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Apr 9, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on UK growth to exceed other major economies in 2014 – IMF
There was extremely positive news regarding the UK published in the morning, firstly the IMF opined that in their opinion the UK’s growth in terms of GDP will be the highest in Europe and higher than the USA’s at 2.9% in 2014. Secondly and perhaps...
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Apr 8, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Is the USA consumer tapped out and relying more and more on credit?
There were slightly conflicting and concerning reports published on Monday concerning the USA consumer; firstly consumer credit rose by 6.4% in February mainly for college loans, auto purchases and home mortgages, secondly the amount Americans reported...
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Apr 4, 14 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
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USA unemployment numbers came in below expectations, In the week ending March 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 326,000, an increase of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 310,000. With NFP numbers being...