April 22, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – McDonalds Stocks in Europe are currently trading slightly higher during the first session back after the holidays. Trading is still quite thin as investors assess the markets before fully re-opening their books. However, as worries regarding the situation in the Ukraine soften, riskier assets […]
April 22, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: USD, Oil Asian stocks declined following an investigation that showed corruption in one of the largest Chinese conglomerates. The chairman of CRC was sacked due to violations of law and party regulations, including money laundering. CRC makes up 3 components of the Hang Seng and […]
April 22, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD EUR/USD Activity in the pairing was significantly reduced namely due to the fact there were no financial news events of major importance because of the Easter weekend and yesterday, most of Europe were enjoying bank holiday Monday. Yesterday the euro fell slightly in favor the […]
April 22, 2014 – Weekly News WEEKLY REPORT 21/04-25/04 EUR/USD Last week the EUR/USD pair was moving sideways between its support and resistance with lack of volatility. The market calmed down before the Easter holidays and on Friday we barely had some opportunity to trade. However new week comes with new data. On Monday due […]
Equities in Europe up a touch, spurred on by deal activity in the pharma sector together with a respectable performance on Wall Street overnight after US markets reopened following the Easter break – the S&P500 rose 0.4%. Earnings helped US stocks– Netflix and Halliburton both reported better than expected quarterly reports. Leading indicators data hit […]
European markets have opened in the green today, resuming trade after an extended holiday period and taking positive cues from Wall Street. Pharmaceutical sector stocks will remain in focus today amid M&A activity news. With no domestic macro releases today, investors will eye Eurozone consumer confidence data which is expected to show that the index […]
April 21, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Netflix Stocks in Asia traded mixed during a relatively quite start to the week. Many markets were still closed due to the holidays and this was cause of the slow start. Stocks in Japan’s technology sector did particularly well, with Toshiba gaining 0.71%. Trading […]
April 21, 2014 – Indices News Note: European markets are mostly closed today, as Easter Monday is a holiday for most western nations Asian markets fell today as health care and information technology stocks performed poorly. Further adding to investor pessimism in the far east is anxiety about a possible slowdown in China, and the […]
April 18, 2014 – Indices News Today is Good Friday and so many markets all over the world are closed. Consequently, US and European indices have not moved at all. Last night, US Indices did climb a little on better than expected US unemployment and Manufacturing data – with the Dow closing 0.10% lower, the […]
April 18, 2014 – Daily Market News Talks between the U.S., Uk, Ukraine and Russia over Ukraine concluded yesterday. Putin stated that he hopes that he won’t have to send in troops. The tension appeared to ease and this was bullish for stocks. U.S. stocks gained as sentiment was lifted and companies released quarterly results. […]
April 18, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Goldman Sachs Stocks in Asia traded mixed during the final session of the week. Trading volume remained low throughout the session due to the holidays. This meant the majority of markets were closed today. Stocks in Europe ended the day up but trading slightly […]
April 18, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD The EUR/USD has been ranging today due to the closure of many European and US markets for Good Friday. Yesterday, the pair climbed earlier as Asian and European Markets digested Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s statements. Later, the pair had dropped again as initial jobless claims […]
You know the value of seeing both sides of the big picture. And maybe you are already wondering how much higher this rally can climb. Today we have an eye-opening report for you from Elliott Wave International. U.S. stocks have been bouncing off of their mid-April fall into negative territory for the year. No major […]
April 17, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have climbed for a second day on the back of better than expected US industrial production data and reassuring comments from Federal reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. Specifically, Yellen noted that the Fed was committed to “supporting the economic recovery.” These statements were taken as dovish by many […]
Weather has the power to affects our mood – this is a commonly known psychological fact. We are more likely to smile in the sunshine and frown in the rain, no big news so far. But did you know that the weather can also significantly affect your investment behavior? Now that springtime is upon us […]
April 17, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: CAD, USD Markets were boosted yesterday following better than expected GDP data from China. U.S. stocks rallied after an upbeat industrial production report and as companies such as Yahoo reported better than expected earnings. Sentiment was boosted further after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, spoke […]
April 17, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD The EUR/USD dropped yesterday as the dollar strengthened due to better than expected data. Today, the pair is retracing some of these losses despite worse than expected German PPI data. Some of this movement may be anticipatory, as there will be some data […]
Equity markets trading on the soft side Thursday, pausing for breath following the previous session’s sharp gains with investors gearing up for another raft of high profile US earnings later from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo and GE. Poor numbers out of Bank of America and Credit Suisse on Wednesday reaffirmed the […]
April 17, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Google Stocks in Asia traded mixed throughout the early trading session today. Stocks in Japan did start to recover towards the end of the session for the day but it wasn’t enough to take them out of negative figures. However, stocks in China and […]
European markets have opened mostly flat today, following the previous session’s sharp gains. Investors are set to pay a close attention to the meeting of senior diplomats from the European Union (EU), the US, Ukraine and Russia in Geneva due later today. With no release of major domestic economic data during the day, market participants […]
April 16, 2014 – Indices News Asian indices have climbed after Chinese GDP data showed the lowest increase in nearly 18 months. However, the number itself was not that bad: China’s GDP grew 7.4% in the first quarter, slightly better than economists had expected. Thus, investors were not as worried about a possible slowdown in […]
April 16, 2014 – Stock Market News Asian Stocks Throughout the mornings trading session Asian Markets were on the rise. Japan’s Nikkei shares climbed on Wednesday by 3% to 14,417.68 after a more positive direction on Wall Street the day before and comments from the Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso that suggested more stock buying […]
April 16, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: EUR, GBP, USD, CAD The conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate. Ukraine launched a military operation against activists in an attempt to regain control of Ukrainian cities. The news heightened market fears that tensions could get worse. US stocks traded choppy throughout the session pulled by […]
April 16, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset for Today: GBP/USD EUR/USD The pairing remained largely flat moving in a sideways direction throughout the course of both American and Asian sessions. Data regarding inflation in the U.S came out better than expected. This in turn continued a downtrend for the euro against the dollar for […]
Growth figures out of China a little better than expected, in at 7.4% for the Q1 versus expectations of around 7.3% – that’s still below 7.5% target set by policymakers in the country and down from 7.7% in Q4 – on the whole, a mixed number; sure, it suggests the economy there hasn’t slowed down […]
European markets have opened higher today, tracking gains in Asian markets, after data showed that China’s economy expanded slightly more than expected in the first quarter of 2014. Meanwhile, traders continue to track developments in Ukraine. Closer home, market participants will keep an eye on the nation’s labour market data which is expected to show […]
April 15, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have tumbled after Chinese money supply data came out worse than expected – showing an expansion of only 12.1% despite expectations of 13% growth. This has ignited fears of a slow down in the world’s second largest economy and has made investors pessimistic with regards to the […]
April 15, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: EUR, USD Citigroup, the third biggest US bank, released its earnings yesterday for their first quarter and showed unexpected profit. Retail Sales also came out higher than expected rising 1.1%. Stocks rebounded from their worst selloff in two years led by losses in technology stocks. […]
April 15, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: GBP/USD EUR/USD The euro declined yesterday namely after the results that came from the U.S relating to retail sales showing an increase. However immediately after such positive results from the U.S the pairing showed very little activity and has continued to be flat for the […]
Equities in Europe erase opening gains to trade firmly in the red, shaking off the rebound on Wall Street and Asian markets overnight. Better earnings out Citigroup and healthy US retail sales data helped to distract investors from persistent worries over bloated tech valuations over in the states. Here in Europe, markets are showing apprehension […]
