Certainly at least in theory, one of the best things about being a “chartist”, is that as far as the state of a company’s shares is concerned, you should, in theory, be more objective than most in “the market”. Indeed, the only real bias you may have is that after making a certain call on…
In the not-too-distant future, it is quite possible that the combination of the letters AA will not refer to Alcoa Aluminium, or indeed “Alcoholics Anonymous”, but quite possibly the bold monetary experiment that has been undertaken by Shinzo Abe – the “Abenomics Adventure”! Since being newly re-elected at the end of 2012, Japanese PM Shinzo…
Japanese equities were dragged lower overnight following yesterday’s steep declines. Health-care and technology stocks remained under pressure in Japan whilst Chinese stocks climbed to a six-week high on speculation the government will take steps to bolster economic growth. With speculation the government will introduce measures to stabilize growth; investors will be keeping a very close…
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European markets are signalling a lower open after a late reaction to worse than expected US job data on Friday. Shares in Asia drifted lower overnight, snapping a nine day winning streak, pulled down by technology stocks. Tencent Holdings led shares lower in the Hong Kong, dropping over 4%. Early data from Germany showed that…
One of the better so called “rules” as far as the financial markets is concerned, over and above such classics as “Sell in May” and “The January Effect”, is one of my own of which many will no doubt be familiar. That being – “Once you have spotted a pattern, it will be gone!” Such…
While economic policy is largely used to address short-term imbalances (it is a rare “forward thinking” Central Banker, particularly a politically influenced one…), the side effects of such a policy approach is that it can upset the long term equilibrium of an economy, basically kicking the problems of today into tomorrow and the next generation…
Australian trade balance significantly beat expectations when it was released last night with the figure coming in at $1.2billion – the 2nd month in a row that the balance has been above £1bn. Australian retail sales were also released alongside the trade balance, coming in slightly lower than expected at 0.2%. The S&P closed at a…
