Today, Asian markets had a relatively quiet session, achieving modest gains. In Japan, valuations were more significant due to various business news and the interruption of the last two days recovery of the Yen against the Dollar.

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Oil (quoted in New-York) continues to trade in a very volatile way but not descending significantly below 50 USD / barrel has been enough to give some support to its sector and more indirectly to the market as a whole. These good results ...

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The appreciation of oil in the Asian session were due to the decline in the dollar and a study by Bernstein which indicated that the accumulation of world oil reserves decreased in the 3rd quarter of this year, reaching the lowest value since the ...

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The results of the banking sector, published on Friday, were entirely good and managed to alienate some fears caused by Alcoa and Ericsson. The President of the Fed argued that the central bank can tolerate a higher than desired inflation to ensure ...

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The increase in inflation may be signaling some recovery in economic activity, particularly consumption. This fact mitigates the fears aroused by last fall in imports and exports.

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The fact that the Shanghai Stock Exchange have valued can be explained by the fact that these signs of weakness can influence the Beijing authorities to adopt new measures to stimulate the economy.

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The volatility of European and American markets remain close to the minimum of the year. However, it is unlikely that this exception will endure especially considering that October is statistically one of the volatile months.

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Today officially begins the Earnings Season with the presentation of Alcoa's quarterly accounts. The earnings season starts today, but only in the next week is to gain greater intensity. In addition to Alcoa's results will be published on Friday ...

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The figures indicate that the expansion of the labor market remains intact although at a slower pace. Data confirm the improvements in the labor market indicated by the Fed at the last meeting and shall not constitute an obstacle to a rise in ...

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The main even yesterday was the abrupt fall of the pound against the dollar (6%). A drop of 6% in the forex market is, in general terms, a drop of about 20% in a stock index. The reasons for this move are unclear but apparently are not of a ...

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To frame the session today (and perhaps also the near ones) is necessary to go back yesterday, when Bloomberg published an article on the ECB’s monetary policy. According to this article, the Central Bank was considering reducing its financial asset ...

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Yesterday, the British stock market led the gains on a day the British Pound has considerably devaluated, reaching the minimum of the last 31 years.

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Today, attention will be focused on the behavior of the shares of Deutsche Bank and the intervention of two members of the Fed, the Governors of the Federal Reserve of Richmond and Chicago.

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The improved perception of global investors in relation to Deutsche Bank boosted Asian markets. In Japan, the Tankan report showed that the feeling of Nipponese industrial large remained unchanged in the 3rd quarter of this year.

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Yesterday, although oil has managed to keep up the levels it had after the cartel’s decision announcement, American equities were shaken by the weakness of the financial sector.

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Before the financial committee of this institution, the Chairman of the Fed has taken a balanced and prudent approach. Janet Yellen said that there is no timetable for increases in interest rates despite several members of the Fed believe are ...

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In a context of increased risk aversion, the yen is a refuge, so the Japanese currency has appreciated in the last two sessions, thereby penalizing the Nikkei and especially the export sector.

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Subsequent to this reaction to the presidential debate European investors will focus on the banking situation.

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After a week marked by meetings of central banks, global stock markets seem to have entered a new phase. In this new chapter, the central banks will continue to play an important role, but will have to share it with oil and with the intensification ...

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After the strong rise of the last two days, there is the question whether the “benevolent” decisions from the Fed and Japan’s central bank are sufficient to restore positive sentiment of European investors or whether these valuations require new ...

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