Archive for January, 2011

  • Global equities are weaker as the negative carryover from Friday continued to hurt sentiment today as demonstrations in Egypt continued and earning reports disappointed.  Asian stocks fell, dragging regional benchmarks...

    Daily Market Review 01/31/11

    Global equities are weaker as the negative carryover from Friday continued to hurt sentiment today as demonstrations in Egypt continued and earning reports disappointed.  Asian stocks fell, dragging regional benchmarks...

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  • Monday January 31, 2011 – Canada GDP  (1200 GMT) The gross domestic product by industry is the value added by labor and capital in transforming inputs purchased from other producers...

    Weekly Trading Opportunities 01/27/11

    Monday January 31, 2011 – Canada GDP  (1200 GMT) The gross domestic product by industry is the value added by labor and capital in transforming inputs purchased from other producers...

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  • Global equities are weaker after the negative lead from Wall Street, which failed to hold significant levels on Thursday.  Asian stocks fell, dragging regional benchmarks down for the first time...

    Daily Market Review 01/28/11

    Global equities are weaker after the negative lead from Wall Street, which failed to hold significant levels on Thursday.  Asian stocks fell, dragging regional benchmarks down for the first time...

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  • Global equities are mostly higher in the wake of the steady FOMC bond purchases, which helped boost sentiment for stocks.  Asian stocks were flat, but positive for the fourth straight...

    Daily Market Review 01/27/11

    Global equities are mostly higher in the wake of the steady FOMC bond purchases, which helped boost sentiment for stocks.  Asian stocks were flat, but positive for the fourth straight...

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  • Global equities are higher, having recovered their poise, after Wall Street recovered all its initial losses on Tuesday.  Asian stocks rose, buoyed by well received corporate earnings, with the MSCI...

    Daily Market Review 01/26/11

    Global equities are higher, having recovered their poise, after Wall Street recovered all its initial losses on Tuesday.  Asian stocks rose, buoyed by well received corporate earnings, with the MSCI...

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  • Global equities are mixed, but mostly down, with European bourses being bogged down by banking shares.  Asian stocks, on the other hand, rose for a second day, with the MSCI...

    Daily Market Review 01/25/11

    Global equities are mixed, but mostly down, with European bourses being bogged down by banking shares.  Asian stocks, on the other hand, rose for a second day, with the MSCI...

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  • Global equities are mixed, but mostly up with European bourses moving higher despite worse-than-estimated earning for Royal Philips Electronics.  Asian stocks rose, with the MSCI Asia Pacific index up 0.2%,...

    Daily Market Review 01/24/11

    Global equities are mixed, but mostly up with European bourses moving higher despite worse-than-estimated earning for Royal Philips Electronics.  Asian stocks rose, with the MSCI Asia Pacific index up 0.2%,...

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  • Monday – January 24, 2011 – EMU Industrial Orders (1000 GMT) The Industrial new orders released by the Eurostat captures the value of new contracts for goods in the manufacturing...

    Weekly Trading Opportunities 01/20/11

    Monday – January 24, 2011 – EMU Industrial Orders (1000 GMT) The Industrial new orders released by the Eurostat captures the value of new contracts for goods in the manufacturing...

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  • Global equities are mixed as Asian stocks picked up the negative theme that spilled over from Wall St, while European equities advanced on the back of strong economic data.  Asian...

    Daily Market Review 01/21/11

    Global equities are mixed as Asian stocks picked up the negative theme that spilled over from Wall St, while European equities advanced on the back of strong economic data.  Asian...

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  • Global equities headed lower as China tightening fears pick up, as policy makers may be forced to take more aggressive action to curb growth and price pressures.  Asian stocks fell,...

    Daily Market Review 01/20/11

    Global equities headed lower as China tightening fears pick up, as policy makers may be forced to take more aggressive action to curb growth and price pressures.  Asian stocks fell,...

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  • Global equities are broadly higher, despite the mixed tone in European trading, as Asian equities outperform.  Asian stocks rose, led by technology companies as Apple and IBM reported earnings that...

    Daily Market Review 01/19/11

    Global equities are broadly higher, despite the mixed tone in European trading, as Asian equities outperform.  Asian stocks rose, led by technology companies as Apple and IBM reported earnings that...

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  • Global equities are mostly higher, despite the mixed tone in Asian trading, as European equities outperform.  Asian stocks rose, led by technology companies, sending the MSCI Asia Pacific index up...

    Daily Market Review 01/18/11

    Global equities are mostly higher, despite the mixed tone in Asian trading, as European equities outperform.  Asian stocks rose, led by technology companies, sending the MSCI Asia Pacific index up...

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  • Global equity markets are heavy.  The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index was off 0.3%, after reaching  2 1/2 year highs last week. China’s Shanghai dropped 3%, its biggest loss in a couple...

    Daily Market Review 01/17/11

    Global equity markets are heavy.  The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index was off 0.3%, after reaching  2 1/2 year highs last week. China’s Shanghai dropped 3%, its biggest loss in a couple...

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  • Monday – January 17, 2011 – Japan Consumer Confidence (500 GMT) Consumer confidence is a measure of popular sentiment concerning the Japanese economy. The figure is derived from a survey...

    Weekly Trading Opportunities 01/13/11

    Monday – January 17, 2011 – Japan Consumer Confidence (500 GMT) Consumer confidence is a measure of popular sentiment concerning the Japanese economy. The figure is derived from a survey...

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  • The US equity markets grinded higher with the S&P 500 inching out almost a 3 point gain to 1148.  The market where pushed higher by Intel and JP Morgan prior...

    Daily Market Review 01/14/11

    The US equity markets grinded higher with the S&P 500 inching out almost a 3 point gain to 1148.  The market where pushed higher by Intel and JP Morgan prior...

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  • Global equities remained firm after US stocks rallied on solid earnings and a slight easing in euro zone tensions improved risk appetite. In Asia, MSCI Asia Pacific was up 0.8%...

    Daily Market Review 01/13/11

    Global equities remained firm after US stocks rallied on solid earnings and a slight easing in euro zone tensions improved risk appetite. In Asia, MSCI Asia Pacific was up 0.8%...

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  • Global equities remained firm after US stocks rallied on solid earnings and a slight easing in euro zone tensions. In Asia, stocks rose sending the MSCI Asia Pacific up 0.9%,...

    Daily Market Review 01/12/11

    Global equities remained firm after US stocks rallied on solid earnings and a slight easing in euro zone tensions. In Asia, stocks rose sending the MSCI Asia Pacific up 0.9%,...

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  • The equity market in the US continued to move upward with the S&P 500 Index notching a 5 straight up day settling up 2 points to 1147.  The market has...

    Daily Market Review 01/11/11

    The equity market in the US continued to move upward with the S&P 500 Index notching a 5 straight up day settling up 2 points to 1147.  The market has...

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  • Global equity markets decline on lower volumes.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan index declined 1.0%, its lowest level in almost two weeks.  Chinese shares also declined, with...

    Daily Market Review 01/10/11

    Global equity markets decline on lower volumes.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan index declined 1.0%, its lowest level in almost two weeks.  Chinese shares also declined, with...

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  • Monday – January 10, 2011 – Australian Retail Sales – (00:30 GMT) Australia Retail Sales is a measure of the total sales of goods and services by retail stores in...

    Weekly Trading Opportunities 01/07/11

    Monday – January 10, 2011 – Australian Retail Sales – (00:30 GMT) Australia Retail Sales is a measure of the total sales of goods and services by retail stores in...

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  • Global equity markets consolidated recent gains as investors were sidelined ahead of today’s key US jobs report.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia index declined 0.5%, correcting from the two-and-a-half year...

    Daily Market Review 01/07/11

    Global equity markets consolidated recent gains as investors were sidelined ahead of today’s key US jobs report.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia index declined 0.5%, correcting from the two-and-a-half year...

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  • Global equity markets were higher after broad gains on Wall Street.  In Asia, with the regional benchmark index advancing for the eighth day in nine, the MSCI Asia index rose...

    Daily Market Review 01/06/11

    Global equity markets were higher after broad gains on Wall Street.  In Asia, with the regional benchmark index advancing for the eighth day in nine, the MSCI Asia index rose...

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  • Global equity markets were broadly lower after consolidation set in across US equities.  In Asia, where strong gains were noted over the turn of the year, decent profit taking was...

    Daily Market Review 01/05/11

    Global equity markets were broadly lower after consolidation set in across US equities.  In Asia, where strong gains were noted over the turn of the year, decent profit taking was...

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  • Global equity markets were broadly higher after a positive lead from Wall Street yesterday amid upbeat US economic data.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia rose 0.4%.  Japan’s equity market reopened...

    Daily Market Review 01/04/11

    Global equity markets were broadly higher after a positive lead from Wall Street yesterday amid upbeat US economic data.  In Asia, the MSCI Asia rose 0.4%.  Japan’s equity market reopened...

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  • The European debt crisis remains an important market issue and should continue to shape the course of the Euro into 2011.  It is more important currently than particular economic data,...

    Daily Market Review 01/03/11

    The European debt crisis remains an important market issue and should continue to shape the course of the Euro into 2011.  It is more important currently than particular economic data,...

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  • Global equity markets were mixed on the last trading day of 2010.  Asian markets were strong, while European and US markets were mostly lower.  Commodity prices were very strong on...

    Daily Market Review 12/31/10

    Global equity markets were mixed on the last trading day of 2010.  Asian markets were strong, while European and US markets were mostly lower.  Commodity prices were very strong on...

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  • Monday – January 3, 2011 – US ISM Manufacturing (1500 GMT) The ISM Manufacturing Survey is valued for its timeliness, and indeed, during waning boom cycles analyst point out that...

    Weekly Trading Opportunities 12/30/10

    Monday – January 3, 2011 – US ISM Manufacturing (1500 GMT) The ISM Manufacturing Survey is valued for its timeliness, and indeed, during waning boom cycles analyst point out that...

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