European equities have risen during the first trading day of the year, following the Stoxx Europe 600 Index’s first annual loss since 2008, as gauges of carmakers and chemical producers advanced. Asian shares in the markets that were open overnight/early morning had mixed fortunes. The Stoxx 600 rose 0.2 percent to 245.11 by 9:00 a.m. […]
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The “currency war” appears to be experiencing a truce for now, the USA admin. is using a far more conciliatory tone and employing improved diplomatic language when describing the value of the Yuan and the supposed harm it’s inflicting on the USA economy. The U.S. Treasury avoided labelling China a currency manipulator on Tuesday, but
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Assumption, can make an ASS out of U and ME… It would appear that the solution for the Eurozone crisis, released to the markets which the mainstream media lapped up like a child whose Christmas list had been ticked to the letter, has been juiced. Underpinning the detail and process was an assumption and expectation
The European Rag and Bone SPIVS do the Asian Tour whilst collecting Air Miles Read More »
Market commentators and analysts writing for the likes of the FT, Bloomberg and Reuters may want to try writing an economic news story with regards to weak data without ‘blaming’ Europe..”Oh, I see China’s economy has expanded at it’s slowest rate for two years, that’ll be those pesky Europeans and their banking crisis again..” is
When the Finger Points Read More »
As the USA gets prepared to bite the hand that feeds you have to wonder if they’ve really thought this through, or is this latest invented enemy simply a xenophobic ill timed swipe at anything ‘anti American’? When your country’s economy is 70% reliant on consumerism and only twelve percent manufacturing perhaps you should tread
The Great Wall of China is a Match for the Wails of the USA Read More »
Chinese proverbs, you could spend an age reading the short stanzas whilst contemplating the meaning and being humbled by the wisdom of an ancient culture that has fashioned, reduced and compartmentalised certain life events into short dynamic phrases. Visions of Yoda like Chinese overlords, reverently musing their economic pearls of wisdom, in quiet whispers to
When the Tree Falls, the Monkeys Scatter – 树倒猢狲散 Read More »
