US Stocks ended the week in positive territory, with the S&P500 having its best week of 2015 so far as the threat of a US rate hike this year fizzled out and investors had their eyes on the Q3 2015 reporting season which gets into full swing this week, with major US Investment banks all […]
US stocks ended the session in positive territory, driven by rising oil prices and dampened expectations of 2015 US rate hike rise, with the S&P500 closing at a seven week high, up 17 points at 2013, while the Dow closed 138 points higher at 17050. Asian stocks also ended higher this morning, taking their cues […]
The US markets saw gains yesterday, with a particular surge from biotech stocks. The tech heavy Nasdaq gaining 0.90%, the Dow Jones up 0.73% and the S&P finishing 0.80% higher. Investors are keeping a close eye on the S&P500 in particular, with the index edging closer to that psychologically important 2K level. The S&P spent […]
US stocks experienced choppy waters on Tuesday, with focus shifting towards upcoming quarterly reports in the US, which are expected to reflect a downturn in corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.08% higher at 16 790.19, whereas the SP 500 lost 0.36% to 1979.92 and the tech heavy NASDAQ composite dropped 0.69% to […]
Expectations that the U.S. Central bank will not raise interest rates this year helped lift Asian equity markets to two-week highs on Tuesday. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares bar Japan was up 0.8 percent in afternoon trade, after earlier touching its highest levels since September 18th. The Nikkei225 ended up 1 percent at […]
US stocks finished the session in positive territory after a volatile session which saw worse than expected pay roll data give way to a rally energy a material stocks that helped the Dow to close 1% higher at 16472, the S&P500 rose a point, bouncing 3 % off its intraday lows to close at 1951. […]
Both the Nasdaq (4627) and the S&P500 (1923) closed in positive territory with the Dow (16272) closing slightly negative as investors fears around global growth took effect causing a selloff in emerging market assets. Its nonfarm payroll Friday today and U.S. employers are likely to add jobs at a strong pace in September, a sign […]
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US stocks ended the quarter on a positive note through a combination of investors bargain hunting and a bounce back from the biotech sector. This however was only temporary relief as Wall St had its worst quarter since 2011 and global equities had their weakest quarter in four years. Asian stocks started the first quarter […]
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Both US and Asian stocks ended in positive territory after a volatile session in which a weak outlook for commodities, China’s flagging economy and the health of the global economy gripped markets. The Dow closed at 16049 the S&P500 at 1884. Commodity currencies stalled while the U.S. dollar held firm. The Canadian dollar traded near […]
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US stocks closed slightly in the red on Monday and are set to post the worst quarter in four years after concerns regarding the Chinese economies health and the regions data as well as the impact of interest rates rising in the states. Asian shares collapsed to three and a half year lows. The Dow […]
US Shares ended the week with a mixed session with The S&P 500 erasing an early Fed-driven rally to close down slightly on Friday, as a sell off in biotechs offset gains in banking shares. The Nasdaq fell 1%, while the Nasdaq Biotech Index tumbled 5.1% and retested its low from August, when it entered […]
After a volatile session US markets ended in negative territory due to uncertainty over timing of an interest rate hike and Caterpillar cut its sales forecasts and investors retreated from Healthcare stocks. Asian markets were mixed with the Shanghai composite down 1.6% in the red after Janet Yellen suggested that the Fed is on course […]
Both US and Asian stocks ended in negative territory, after worse than expected Chinese and US factory data and a selloff in automobile shares panicked investors. The Dow fell 50 points to close at 16,279, while the S&P500 dropped 3 points to close at 1,938. The Euro, having recoiled from a three-week low of $1.1105 […]
The United States saw losses on the expectation of weak data coming from the Chinese PMI announcement. On Wall Street stocks fell last night with the tech heavy Nasdaq losing 1.50%, the Dow Jones down 1.09% and the S&P finished 1.23% lower. Dollar YEN is currently around 120.12 and is flat on the day. EUR/USD […]
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After last week’s Federal Reserve decision to keep interest rates unchanged over worries about the global economy, US shares edged higher on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 125.61 points, or 0.77%, to 16,510.19, while the S&P 500 gained 8.94 points, or 0.46%, to 1,966.97 and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.73 points, or 0.04, […]
August 20 was the third consecutive down day for the Dow Industrials as the index tumbled 358 points. The U.S. stock market had managed to hover near record highs, even as other markets (oil, precious metals, housing) had long since fallen from old highs. The 34-year bull market in 30-year U.S. government bonds ended months […]
Before I get into the “why,” know that the residential real estate market never fully recovered. Annualized new home sales this past July stood at 507,000, vs. the July 2005 peak of 1.39 million. The chart and commentary from the August Elliott Wave Theorist offer: The percentage of Americans who own a home is still […]
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US Stocks closed in negative territory on Friday, with the Fed’s decision to not raise interest rates bringing Global growth concerns back into the spotlight, as well as some consideration of the impact that keeping interest rates as they are may have on US corporate earnings. The Dow finished Friday’s session 289 points lower at […]
Asian shares rose on Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held off on raising interest rates, but gains were capped by renewed concerns about the health of the global economy, in particular China. However, Japan’s Nikkei average fell by nearly 2 percent to 18070.21. However, in terms of currencies USD was on the defensive, having […]
Asian stocks edged up to a three-week high on Thursday while the Dollar drifted lower against other currencies as investors consolidated positions ahead of a nail-biting U.S. Federal Reserve policy decision. Japanese shares headed higher on Thursday despite trade data for August coming in below market expectations. Exports rose 3.1% from a year ago, less […]
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US markets saw small gains after the markets prepared for the possibility of an interest hike in the US in tomorrow’s Fed meeting. On Wall Street stocks rose yesterday with the tech heavy Nasdaq gaining 1.14%, the Dow Jones up 1.40% and the S&P up by 1.28%. Dollar/Yen is currently around 120.14, having fallen 0.2%. […]
Asian Stocks continued to lack direction and US stocks closed in negative territory after caution remained high on investors’ minds on whether the US will raise interest rates on Thursday as well as more worse than expected economic data came out of China, adding to the possibility that we may see further stimulus from the […]
US Stocks ended Fridays session in positive territory with the S&P500 posting its biggest weekly gain since July as the debate on whether the US Fed will raise interest rates this week intensified. Asian shares however came under pressure after more muddy economic data came out of China, with worse than expected industrial production raising […]
