With regard to the real estate market, sales of new homes increased from 6.10% in February to 592,000, the highest of the last 7 Months. Estimates pointed to the 564,000 houses sold.

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In March, the main US indices did not show any progress but also did not suffer any correction. After the sharp fall on the 21st March, some doubts seem to be emerging.

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In the pre-opening, the European markets negotiated slightly higher, despite the uncertainty that stems from the terrorist attack in London. The Pound depreciated to the lowest of the last six days against the US Dollar. Investors, however, should ...

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In the currency market, the Dollar depreciated against some currencies, after reinforced the perception that the Fed will not accelerate the pace of normalization of interest rates.

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As far as the banking sector is concerned, Deutsche Bank informed yesterday that it will start a capital increase of 8 000 M.€ after two consecutive years of losses. According to a press release issued by the institution, 687.5 million new shares ...

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Construction permits declined 6.20% in February to 1.21 million, which may be a sign that higher interest rates are actually driving Americans to rethink their plans for housing.

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In the foreign exchange market, the Euro is still appreciating agains the dollar after the impulse candle from Tuesday of more than 1%.

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Financial markets will now be faced with two important events: the Dutch elections and the Fed meeting in the US. As a matter of curiosity, the longest record to form a government (208 days) was in Holland and dates from 1977.

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Many traders are already thinking about fresh strategies and the market forces which will shape the 2nd quarter of 2017. With that in mind, now is a good time to revisit and reconsider our individual trading styles and faults, and to see what we can ...

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This week, in addition to the Fed meeting, the focus will be on the political front as in a few months begins important electoral events in the Eurozone and whose results may aggravate the uncertainty and fears to the current European project: ...

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For the asset purchase program launched in 2015, the ECB indicated that it will continue to make acquisitions at a monthly pace of 80 000 M.€ until the end of March and from April onwards the purchases will be at a rate of 60 000 M.€ until the end ...

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Yesterday the price of crude fell by more than 5 percent after the Energy Department revealed last week that oil inventories increased by 8.2 million barrels, compared to an expected increase of just 1.2 million barrels.

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This week, another risk factor that may weigh on the global economic growth: the downward revision of Chinese growth estimated by the prime minister. Briefly, a more optimistic speech may be adopted, supported by the release of economic information ...

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In terms of economic indicators in the United States, new orders to industry increased in January for the second consecutive month, suggesting that the recovery of the sector is gaining momentum, as the rise in commodity prices increases demand for ...

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Components of the Europe Stoxx 600 index showed an average increase of 11% in profits compared to the previous year, the highest growth of the last two years, compared to 4.90% observed in the constituents of the S & P500 index . Among the various ...

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The fall of the market on Wall Street ended up impacting Asian markets that ended today’s session in negative territory. Investors’ attentions focused primarily on the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. In South Korea, the market was under ...

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The US market was trading at a slight low. In terms of economic indicators, the number of weekly claims for unemployment benefits has fallen to the low of the last 44 years last week, continuing to point to a strong labor market. This indicator fell ...

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As in the US, the reaction of stock markets in Europe to Donald Trump’s speech last night in Congress was positive, especially in the construction and commodity-producing sectors.

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Although Donald Trump did not give much detail about the fiscal reform announced during his election campaign, the market was trading higher, with Dow Jones having already surpassed the psychological barrier of 21,000 points. The probability of the ...

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One of the main news of the day was related to the merger between the two European stock exchanges London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Boërse, which could be fought by the European Commission. Consequently, the shares of the two exchanges fell ...

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