Today at the end of the session is not excluded that European investors reduce their exposure to equity markets to the fact that the European markets only reopen on Tuesday and so are exposed to hypothetical adverse events during the four days they ...

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US markets were also affected by the Attacks in Brussels, and the stock market indices reflected all the concerns surrounding this issue of geopolitical nature. Thus, initially the market was penalized by these events, with a clear preference for ...

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The view of the members of the Fed in face of external economic and financial environment is now seen as less optimistic.

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The rally performed by the price of oil in recent days continued to support the stock market. In fact, this upward trend of oil not only boosted the energy sector as well as the financial sector since eased some fears that have been hovering in the ...

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Today, as in Europe, will expire futures contracts and options called quadruple witching. Quadruple witching days are usually accompanied by considerable volatility in stock and derivative prices, as well as increased trading volume, with the ...

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Among the many positive consequences of the meeting of the Fed stood a particularly negative for European markets: the appreciation of the Euro. This effect should penalize, in time, the European export sector. Among the most correlated with the ...

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The expectation of today’s meeting of the Fed dominated the Asian session. In fact, there has been a decrease in the volume and volatility, and most investors adopted a defensive stance, which explains the decrease of some stock exchanges such as ...

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Investors began to position themselves for the meeting of the Fed, which starts today and ends tomorrow.

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US markets closed with fairly sharp gains, thus achieving the 4th positive consecutive week. The reasons for the positive trend are several. The main reason for this last rally will be due to the perception that the risks of the US economy into ...

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In the pre-opening, European shares showed some gains. The reason for this initial rise is justified by a technical reaction to yesterday's falls and rising oil in the Asian session. The last session was particularly volatile, with the major indexes ...

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US markets closed with modest gains, which were mainly due to the rise in the oil sector, resulting from the sharp increase in crude price. The Department of Energy revealed that US oil reserves rose by 3.88 million barrels, a variation above 3.17 ...

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Investors are positioning themselves for the realization of the ECB meeting tomorrow. This position will be seen in the stock market as well as in the currency and bond markets.

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The most recent economic data in the US exclude the scenario of a recession in the country, so there is no risk of an abrupt descent. On the other hand, despite a flexure in the first months of the year, the European economy continues to grow, ...

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American indices closed higher, as investors reacted positively to the employment report, which described a very dynamic labor market but that implies an increased risk of a rise in interest rates. The employment report allayed, at least ...

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At this stage, the money markets allocate a modest probability (63%) to a rise in interest rates in 2016, which has given some encouragement to equity indices. In conclusion, the ideal for the equity markets would be that the indicators describe an ...

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In recent weeks, the position of hedge funds has been changing. Until mid-February, these funds mainly held selling positions on oil, but in the last two weeks not only the pace of closure of these positions increased as some hedge funds began to ...

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Main European indices such as the DAX and the CAC, broke their resistance zones, even before the S & P. With this move strengthened the probability of these indices to test new resistance (9900 in the DAX and the CAC in 4423/4466) in the coming ...

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Stimulus boosted stock markets, emerging currencies and metals.

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At the macroeconomic level, household consumption increased to 0.50% in January, exceeding the forecast of 0.30%, supported by rising wages which boost household spending. The increase in house prices also contributed to an improvement in consumer ...

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An excellent trading week. The forum is a great help. Which you all a nice weekend.

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