US markets ended with contained variations, managing to recover from early losses justified by the sharp fall in oil and the weakness of the US markets. The Dow Jones was losing 266 points and closed with a rise of 53 points. Oil price suffered a ...

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So far, about 58% of the DJ Stoxx 600 components have reported their quarterly accounts. Although a slight majority have managed to surpass analysts’ forecasts in terms of profits, with respect to revenues only a minority has been able to exceed ...

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Because of fears about the US economy, the S & P should lead the movement of other indexes. Yesterday, the index closed in the early resistance zone (1940-1950). While this index does not overcome this resistance is unlikely that the DAX overcome ...

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The main fear of global investors is that the US economy may come back into recession as a result of the slowdown of the global economy. Thus, besides following the signals given by economic indicators, investors will also monitor the S & P’s ...

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Despite reduced yields, the propensity of institutional investors to purchase bonds increased. Fears of a recession does not extend to Europe, which should continue to grow. If the stock market indices continue to be valued, the mentioned investors ...

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In recent days there has been a stabilization of the factors that had worried investors in recent weeks: the Chinese authorities have shown they don’t want the yuan to depreciate sharply, the Chinese stock markets stabilized and the oil price has ...

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A freeze on production will not generate a profound change in the supply/demand relationship for crude, but is a stabilizing base to its price. However, many investors argue that this agreement was less than expected (it was agreed a freeze in ...

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If several central banks engage in negative interest rates, we will be able to watch a currency war in which each country tries to devalue the most of their currency in order to gain a competitive advantage in terms of exports.

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At a time when many investors fear about the growth of the American economy, because of the weakness of other economies, the signal given by retail sales is comforting for two reasons. The first is that retail sales account for about a third of ...

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At a time when many investors and economists fear a potential recession in the global economy, the publication of the preliminary reading of the Eurozone GDP gains greater relevance. Compared to the previous quarter, the Eurozone economy will have ...

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The banking sector will continue to be the protagonist of the European session. Until last week Italian banks had been chosen as a representative sample of the sector, but at this stage that role was taken over by Deutsche Bank. The bank’s activity ...

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In recent sessions, European equities have been under strong selling pressure and since the beginning of the year have recorded a underperformance compared to their US counterparts. The reasons for this pattern are several. The first is that the ...

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It looks like european stocks are heading for 2013 low.

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With closed Asian markets, oil prices should capture the attention, and the trading volume should be more restrained. In terms of consolidation movements, the French retailer Casino has agreed to sell a majority stake in the Thai operator of ...

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Despite the recent acceleration, wages are not fully mirroring, the improvements in the labor market.

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The Governor of New-York Fed, said that conditions in financial markets and the global economy serve as compelling evidence to the US economy, with the same effects of a rise in interest rates. Investors interpreted the words of William Dudley as a ...

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Perhaps the overperformance of the Chinese market was due to the approach of the New Year festivities and the possibility (purely hypothetical) that the Bank of China to surprise the financial markets during this period with some monetary measure

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It seems that the GBP/USD move to the downside is over for now.

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Regarding the potential of the ongoing recovery, this will depend on the behavior of oil and Chinese financial markets. From a technical point of view, and considering the DAX as a sample of European markets, the first obstacle relevant to the rise ...

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Asian markets closed with sharp gains, due to the somewhat surprising decision by the Bank of Japan. Challenging economists’ forecasts, which point to an extension of the asset purchase program, the Bank of Japan decided to reduce the interest rate ...

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