British industrial trends survey
Investors Seeking a Floor
June 21, 2022
Bottom-fishing lifted share prices by 1.8% in Japan, Pakistan and India, 1.9% in Hong Kong, 2.4% in Taiwan, and 1.4% in Australia this Tuesday. Equities currently are up 1.2% in France and show a 0.7% rise in Italy, Germany, and Great Britain. U.S. stock futures have climbed around 1.7%. Mixed movement in the dollar saw […] More
Another Fairly Uneventful Day in the Market
November 19, 2019
The dollar and 10-year sovereign debt yields hardly changed overnight. Prices for WTI oil and Comex gold fell 1.0% and 0.3%. The main action of the day has involved equities. Stock markets in the Pacific Rim advanced 1.6% in Hong Kong, 0.9% in China, 0.7% in Australia, and 0.5% in Taiwan, India and Indonesia but […] More
Intensifying Global Move Out of Riskier Assets
October 23, 2018
Investors are getting squeamish for political and economic reasons. Turkish President Erdogan again asserted that the Saudi killing of Khashoggi was premeditated. U.S. opinion polls suggest that with just 2 weeks left before the mid-term election, the pendulum is swinging back toward the Republicans, suggesting Trump may continue to control all branches of government. The […] More
A Collapse in Chinese Equities
July 27, 2015
An 8.5% drop in the Chinese Shanghai Composite Index was the biggest daily decline since February 2007 and depressed investor sentiment in other markets, where stocks fell 4.0% in Hong Kong, 2.4% in Taiwan, 2.0% in India, 1.8% in Indonesia 1.2% in Singapore and 1.0% in Japan. In European trading, equities are down already by […] More
Spreading Hope over Greece Lifts Equities
June 23, 2015
Negotiators claim to have reached an agreement on the main principles regarding a Greek debt accord and express hope that a full deal can be worked out this week. Share prices are up 3.9% in Greece, 1.0% in Germany, 1.2% in France, 0.9% in Spain and Italy, 1.1% in Switzerland but just 0.1% in Britain. […] More
