Recent Fed base rate rise hits USA trade gap as dollar rises. It’s less than a month since the USA Fed raised the base interest rate by 0.25% and so far the USA equity markets and the dollar have responded positively. Equities have consistently printed record highs, whilst the dollar has gained in strength, rewarding […]
“Things that make you go hmmm”, analysts doubt OPEC’s cut will last… The ink wasn’t even dry on the agreement that OPEC (apparently) signed on November 30th and analysts scratched their heads, stroked their beards, narrowed their eyes, sharpened their pencils and began to cast their collective cynical gaze over the numbers. Quite simply; the
Renzi’s Italian job, he might “just blow the bloody doors off!” In the 1969 British film the Italian Job, a film depicting a gold theft in Turin, the actor Michael Caine delivered what’s now regarded as a legendary line; “you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” The bank robbers had used too
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 the last recorded high by the S&P index; rising by 14 percent since August 15th. For the first
As global markets closed for the year the DJIA finally broke through the critical psyche level of 16,500 to close at 16576. For ‘indices traders’ 2013 has provided spectacular results and very smooth swing-trends throughout the year, due in no small part to the continued QE programme that the Fed only began to taper from
JP Morgan have offered their opinions to be positioning selectively for further deleveraging of short-term speculative positions and longer-term bond positions following the biggest rise in interest rate volatility in 2-1/2 years and spillover to more unstable equity/FX conditions, but say to avoid big positions due to payrolls coming up at the end of the
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2013-05-24 17:49 GMT The Australian dollar came under renewed pressure during the American afternoon after failing to regain the 0.9700 mark, and fell to fresh daily lows in recent dealings. AUD/USD extended losses to the 0.9630 area before finding support and it is currently trading around 0.9645, still down 1.0% on the day. In terms
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Moody’s rating agency announced today that it maintains a negative outlook on Spain’s Baa3 credit rating. One of the main reasons for this decision was the agency’s conviction that the country will fail to reach the 4.5% deficit target fixed by the EU. In Moody’s opinion, Spain will only manage to bring down its deficit
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The shared currency is closing the week with strong gains, currently hovering over 1.3015/20 after hitting weekly highs in the boundaries of 1.3040. Recall that the euro found increasing buying interest on Thursday soon after hitting 2013 lows around 1.2740, and then initiating a sharp ascent reinforced today by the horrible data from March US
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No problem readers, I’ll cover the $1.09, so it’s not all bad. Although using the USA methods of compound interest if I don’t pay it soon they might stiff me with a bill for a million or two, so perhaps a ‘whip round’ is in order. The USA officially closed the books on 2011 with
$15,222,940,045,451.09, The USA Finally Breaches 100 Percent Debt Versus GDP Level Read More »
