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15th November 17
All of the US indices closed lower yesterday and Asia followed suit with the Nikkei (1.50%) and ASX (0.58%) both trading lower. Markets where dampened by lower commodities prices and less t...
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Morning Shot
14th November 17
In a slow session yesterday the US bourses closed marginally higher, this morning, all of the Asian indices are doing the opposite with the ASX down 0.88%, Shanghai Comp lower 0.52% and the Nikkei on...
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13th November 17
The Nikkei and ASX have opened up the in subdued fashion, while the Shanghai Comp. trades higher by 0.47%. In Europe this morning watch out for political news as GBP fell after reports of a letter of...
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10th November 17
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10th November 17
The start of the week was quiet following the previous week’s excitement. Two things to really talk about one, is the Brexit talks and the other is the Trump tour of Asia. The Brexit talks...
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10th November 17
The weakness in the US bourses yesterday was due to a potential delay to tax plans, the three major indices were down an average of 0.48%. In Asia the Nikkei (-0.87%) and ASX (0.33%) followed suit, a...
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9th November 17
Indices looked in good shape at yesterday's close and overnight with the exception of the Nikkei which is down 0.11%. We did have some data overnight in the form of Chinese CPI, the month on month fi...
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8th November 17
A mixed closed on Wall St. yesterday with the Nasdaq down 0.27% and the S&P and Dow flat. In Asia we are pretty much flat across the board. Of note there could be a developing story of a 1 year d...
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7th November 17
Corporate news can be categorised as being either expected – serious investors will have a diary of corporate events to tell them when companies are due to announce trading updates or formal re...
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7th November 17
The 3 major US bourses all closed higher yesterday as the UK's FTSE also made a record high. This positive sentiment carried through to Asia where the ASX (1.00%), Nikkei (1.80%) and Shanghai Comp. (...
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6th November 17
Asian indices have traded mixed overnight, the ASX is down 0.10% and the Nikkei are up around the same number. The Shanghai comp is the outperformer, trading higher by over 1% and this came dispite&n...
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3rd November 17
Probably the biggest Bank of England meeting in months and it didn't disappoint. The central bank hiked rates by 0.25bps and the FX market took the news in a negative light a sold off. The issue...
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3rd November 17
Not for the first time this week the Nasdaq underperformed in the US while the S&P and Dow inched higher. Over in Asia the ASX and Nikkei traded higher by an average of 0.50% and the Shanghai com...
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2nd November 17
US bourses traded mixed after earnings and the anticipation of the FOMC yesterday, the tech heavy Nasdaq closed lower by 0.17% while the Dow and S&P closed higher. In Asia the Nikkei traded highe...
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1st November 17
The latest Fed rate decision will be announced today so expected things to be tentative ahead of the event. In the US last night all 3 major bourses closed in positive territory and in Asia it w...
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31st October 17
US bourses closed in the red yesterday as political woes dampen risk sentiment. This morning the ASX and Nikkei followed suit but the Shanghai Comp. trades higher. Commodities markets in gen...
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30th October 17
Markets in Asia are mixed this morning with the ASX higher by 0.17%, Nikkei flat and the Shanghai Comp. down 0.77%. This week is big in terms of risk events, so we have BoE, Fed, Trumps political pro...
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27th October 17
This week has been interesting, but the main event for financial markets was the ECB meeting yesterday. Mario Draghi extended QE to September 2019 reducing the purchases to €30bln. The tone of t...
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27th October 17
If stock markets fall, what should we expect? Our individual answers to this will differ, so it is not for me to make a forecast, but what if it is more than the simple ten per cent ‘corr...
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27th October 17
The only US index to close lower was the Nasdaq and that was as some major earnings were on their way and Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet all beat on EPS and revenues. In Asia things were mixed,...
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