Reflect and Prepare
16th March 18
This week has been all about politics in the US, with the trade tariffs still hogging the headlines as the Trump administration (what is left of it) continues to pursue aggressive policy to try and t...
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This week has been all about politics in the US, with the trade tariffs still hogging the headlines as the Trump administration (what is left of it) continues to pursue aggressive policy to try and t...
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Mixed close on Wall St. yesterday as the Dow (0.47%) closed higher and the S&P and Nasdaq both closed in the red. Similar story over in the Asia Pac area as the ASX closed 0.48% higher but the Ni...
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Another negative session on Wall St. did not deter the Nikkei 225 (0.15%) and the Shanghai Comp (0.01%) which both traded in resilient fashion overnight, but the ASX could not hang on and f...
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Subdued day in Wall St. with the three major indices down an average of 0.75%. The Asia Pac markets followed suit, ASX -0.66%, Nikkei 225 -0.85% and the Shanghai Comp. -0.57%. There were reports yest...
Read More13th March 18
US closed mixed yesterday with the tech heavy Nasdaq closing higher 0.36% and the S&P and the Dow down 0.13% and -0.62% respectively. Over in the Asia Pac area the Nikkei 225 closed higher 2.30%,...
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It’s official - advertising is dead. Other than the chocolate teapot industry I can’t think of any industry that I would like to invest in less. Think about it for a second. Back in the d...
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Equities started the week on the front foot with the Nikkei 225 trades 1.77% higher, ASX 0.55% and the Shanghai Comp. 0.58%. The markets are still clearly feeling the effects of a good NFP numbe...
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Brexit and data have shared the limelight this week, with Monday's services PMI coming in stronger than expected, but on to Friday, we saw production levels down, alongside a large miss in constructi...
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The three major US bourses closed 0.40% higher on average and the Asia Pac region followed suit with the ASX, Nikkei and Shanghai comp. trading higher roughly the same amounts. In an inter...
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Once again the ECB is challenged with managing market expectations, while at the same time assuaging concerns within the governing council that the prospective tightening profile (if we can call it ...
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As most people around the world I have been quietly increasing my stock of food and water supplies whilst digging a bunker at the bottom of my garden, just in case Donald Trump decides to set the wor...
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Mixed close on Wall St. as the Nasdaq closed higher but the S&P and Dow failed to turn positive. No such problem in the Asia Pac area where the ASX led the way closing higher by 0.69%, Nikkei 0.5...
Read More7th March 18
The US bourses closed in the green but the real drama happened later in the session when Donald Trump's economic advisor Gary Cohn resigned. Major markets in the Asia Pac region are all in the red, t...
Read More6th March 18
All the major US bourses were up an average of 1.15% yesterday and in the Asia Pac area it was much of the same as the markets seem to be shrugging of the start of international trade wars. ...
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Negative start to the week in the Asia Pac region as the Nikkei 225 trades lower by 0.67% and the ASX is also down 0.57%. The Shanghai Comp. bucks the trend and is just above flat. This weekend also ...
Read More2nd March 18
The US economy is clearly showing good signs through the data readings we have seen this week, and on inflation alone we note a clear pick up, with the latest core PCE numbers rising and the manufact...
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Once again US bourses closed lower after the US president announces tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. There was also a sea of red in the Asia Pac region in reaction, the Nikkei 225 closed lower...
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It’s been a while since I posted my last blog so before I tell you why I think that Italy might go bust (yes, it’s a serious as that) let me explain my absence. During the past year or so...
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Another negative close on Wall St. yesterday with the Dow worst hit down 1.50%, Asia Pac equity market followed suit with the Nikkei down 1.56% after gapping down at the open and the ASX closed lower...
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