Following a positive start, U.S. stocks closed in the red for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, as investors weighed strong U.S. economic data against ongoing uncertainty about Greece’s political situation. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 33 points, 0.3%, finishing at the lowest level since mid-January. The S&P 500 dropped 6 points, or 0.4%, […]
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Markets traded with a negative bias again, with equities falling, the USD rallying, and commodities selling off. Bonds were fairly flat after yesterday’s rally. The Greek political parties have failed to form a coalition government and it seems as though another election may well be in the offing, with June 17th being bandied about as
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Unfavorable tertiary industry activity data from Japan coupled with decline in the country’s machinery orders and failure of talks to form a New Greek government led to rise in risk aversion in the global markets today. This resulted Asian markets to trade on a negative note today. Greece has scheduled to hold its second election in
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The Euro currency is a malady that condemns at least a generation of Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese and Irish to the economic infirmary. In these nations, unemployment rates are now at their highest levels in recent decades, and there are few prospects for recovery in sight. USA Car sales that are running at the fastest
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Global markets were in double jeopardy this week, with continuing weakening of economic fundamentals worldwide along with steadily falling gains from different asset classes. US markets made another toppled closing this week with sharp sell-off in the banking shares due to a huge trading losses posted by JP Morgan, however sell-offs was partly offset by
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The Asian equities are trading mixed while the equities might pair in slightly after better banking and economic outlook. However, the Chinese inflation release early morning came out in line with expectation and may indicate some easing in near term restricting downside of metals pack. From the economic data front, Chinese Industrial production may increase
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Economic Data for today After a mixed day on the eco data front on Thursday, with trade balances from around the globe and unemployment reports, today things quiet back down, the calendar is very thin, except for data from China, which is already coming in with soft results. Today, markets will once again focus of
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Gold fell for a third day, touching a four-month low and virtually wiping out its gains for 2012 as an escalation in the euro zone debt crisis and political turmoil prompted investors to move to dollars and German government bonds as safe havens. Political upheaval in Greece, a change in the French presidency and renewed concerns about the resilience
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Economic Data for May 10 2012 The calendar has been thin all week; today kicks off with Australia Unemployment numbers and Chinese Manufacturing and Trade Balance and continues to Japan for current account data and trade balance. In Europe, we will see a lot of data coming from the UK including the Bank of England
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Economic Events for May 9, 2012 for the European and US Markets Today’s eco calendar is virtually bear, with only some local and regional released, which will not have any market affects. The main events coming up are begin on the 10th, when things begin to get exciting. We will see lots of data from
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