After the reaction of financial markets to the meetings of central banks, European investors will focus again on the referendum on the permanence of the UK in the EU. Regarding this subject there is a slight discrepancy between the polls and the ...

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Today the "Brexit" (the possibility of the UK leave the EU) may be overshadowed by the meeting of the Fed. In this context, it is expected that many investors to position their portfolios for this event. Some of these investors are hedge funds which ...

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The uncertainty that characterizes the outlook of the stock markets will continue to generate a risk aversion among global investors. While there is almost a consensus view that the Fed will not change interest rates in its decision tomorrow, the ...

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Since Thursday there has been a devaluation of the Euro, which possibly indicates that non-European investors (mostly American) are selling European assets. For its part, the European managers take refuge in assets with a lower risk associated as ...

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The US stock market yesterday made a pause after the recent valuations. The selling pressure was mainly driven by the drop in oil prices. An indicator of the labor market was published, but it did not have a very significant effect on the stock ...

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In the pre-opening, European indexes traded with slight losses. Despite the rise of Wall Street, European equities should be conditioned by the weakness of the Asian session and the fact that the Euro is being traded near 14.01 against the dollar. ...

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Chinese economic indicators support the decision of the IMF, the OECD and more recently the World Bank to reduce estimates for global growth. Yesterday, the World Bank said it expects the world economy to grow only 2.40% in 2016 compared to the ...

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Beyond the issue associated with the future of interest rates in the US (and its impact on the Euro), European investors will begin to give increasing weight to the referendum on the United Kingdom staying in the European Union, to be held on 23 ...

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Although the unemployment rate is very sensitive to statistical adjustments, a decline as steep unemployment in weak job creation scenario is a rather contradictory combination. The only certainty that stemmed from this report is that wages continue ...

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On one hand, rising wages increases consumption and reflexively boosts GDP. On the other hand, the increase in wages generates inflation (increasing production costs and intensifying the demand for goods and services), helping the Fed to achieve the ...

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During the press conference, Mario Draghi should reiterate that monetary policy remains accommodative. It will be interesting to see if Mario Draghi will mention some risks approaching on the horizon, as the referendum in England (June 23) and the ...

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After trading above 50 USD / barrel on both sides of the Atlantic, crude has in recent hours a sharp devaluation. This downward movement is explained by the approach of the OPEC meeting tomorrow (which led some investors to profit taking), the ...

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After a few weeks of under-performance, Chinese stocks were boosted by a Goldman Sachs study that assigns a probability between 50% and 70% of some types of Chinese shares to be included in the MSCI indices. These indices serve as a benchmark for ...

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Today, US markets will be closed, celebrating the Memorial Day. On this day are reminded Americans who have died in all military conflicts since the Civil War. This date marks the beginning of the period in which Americans begin to enjoy the summer ...

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The Chairman of the Fed has been, within the executive committee, the more conciliatory with the financial markets, and the one whom have shown more prudent in relation to a change in monetary policy.

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The stock market is extending the gains made in the previous sessions, supported by the statements of a member of the Fed, the positive indications of the real estate market, and the buying that have flocked to the technology sector.

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The rise in European markets during yesterday’s session was due in part to the recent decline of the euro. Despite the depreciation of the European currency has started two weeks ago, only recently (when finally broke the 12.01 against the dollar) ...

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What an expressive rising effect on European Shares as Euro Falls!

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Today begins one week quite intense in terms of interventions of members of the Fed. After the publication of the minutes of the last meeting of the Fed, investors will find out whether the position of the various members of the Fed remain. In fact, ...

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The first consequence of the prospect of an increase in interest rates was a generalized rise in US interest rates in the bond and money markets. With this increase becomes more attractive hold dollars because they are remunerated at a higher ...

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