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Less Risk Aversion than Yesterday
June 12, 2020
Friday has seen another wide reversal in share price direction. The stock markets in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Britain so far show daily advances of 2.0%, 1.6%, 1.5%, 1.4% and 1.3%. The shift following Thursday’s big declines occurred after overnight trading in the Pacific Rim where equities fell by 2.2% in New Zealand, 1.9% […] More
Active Day for Markets In Spite of Holidays
November 11, 2019
Equity markets are open despite today’s observance of Veterans Day in the United States, Remembrance Day in Canada and Armistice Day in France, which observes the 101st anniversary of the end of World War I. Investors are reacting to some meaningful data and other developments. Street protests in Hong Kong turned more violent, sending the […] More
Focus on Both Data and Central Banks
December 10, 2015
The dollar showed a mixed performance overnight, falling by 1.0% and 0.6% against the Australian and New Zealand dollars, holding steady versus the yen and sterling, and rising 0.7% relative to the euro, 0.4% vis-a-vis the Swiss franc, 0.3% against the yuan and 0.1% versus the loonie. Japan’s Nikkei lost 1.3%. Elsewhere in the Pacific Rim, […] More
