An electronic display in Shanghai’s business district shows the performance of China’a two main stock market indices. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Chinese stock markets plunged on Friday as investors rushed to sell over fears that frenzied buying in recent months had sent share prices to unsustainable levels.The Shanghai composite index, which reached a post-crash record of 5,166 earlier this month, has since […]
An electronic display in Shanghai’s business district shows the performance of China’a two main stock market indices. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Chinese stock markets plunged on Friday as investors rushed to sell over fears that frenzied buying in recent months had sent share prices to unsustainable levels.The Shanghai composite index, which reached a post-crash record of 5,166 earlier this month, has since […]
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FILE – Ultra orthodox Jews of the “Toldot Aharon” community attend and learn at a computer and Internet lecture in Ramat Gan. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90Ramat Gan, Israel – Every afternoon, after Aharon Rayner completes his daily Torah studies, he gets in his car, drives to Ramat Gan, logs onto a computer and starts […]
“We’re in a binary situation where either the U.S. has slowed unexpectedly, where it is more than the weather, or we’re going to see a number that says, ‘We’re all back in business and we’re fine,’” said Paul Richards, UBS’ head of foreign exchange distribution, Americas. Richards expects the former.”The data we’ve seen (Friday) has affirmed my view. Next week, […]
“Margin loans at high levels, client cash at low levels and account holders at the firm logging in frequently.”
If you didn’t know any better, you might think the above is yet another example of someone describing one of the dynamics driving China’s self-feeding equity mania. After all, the country’s “world-beating” rally has everyone from housewives to banana vendors opening stock […]
VIDEO UPDATE: 30m session looking at the long term market charts, top 5 movers on the day, three minutes speed run through Bespoke 50 list, viewer charts, and some ticker education.Thursday was much the opposite of Wednesday; yesterday the market was up thru mid afternoon then suffered significant selling late. Today indexes were down thru mid afternoon and then buyers […]
Kenya: NIC Bank rolls out mobile stock trading appAugust 5, 2014 • East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top StoriesFacebook1LinkedIn0Google+0Pinterest0The NIC mobile application will be available for download to registered customers. (Image Source: executive-magazine.com)NIC Bank, located in Kenya, has launched a mobile app that is intended to enable customers to trade in share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).Designed for use […]
Will Crashing Commodities Crash the Stock Market?Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014Jul 29, 2014 – 10:47 AM GMTBy: Clif_Droke There are some analysts out there who maintain that the precipitous decline in commodity prices this year bodes ill for the stock market.Witness for example the dramatic drop in the price of corn. Below is a chart of the Teucrium Corn Fund […]
by Charles Hugh-Smith The trade only works if everyone is lulled into staying on the long side until it’s too late.Let’s try a thought experiment: suppose we’re players in the stock market, Wall Street insiders with real leverage and connections to the Fed. You know, the kind of player who can reverse a decline in the S&P 500 with an order […]
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,The trade only works if everyone is lulled into staying on the long side until it’s too late.Let’s try a thought experiment: suppose we’re players in the stock market, Wall Street insiders with real leverage and connections to the Fed. You know, the kind of player who can reverse a decline in the S&P […]
