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Sentiment Rises, Stocks Fall | timiacono.com

Right up until the chart below was prepared, it seemed the key point of this post was going to be that consumer sentiment is holding steady near some its best post-recession levels, but, in looking at the curve below it seems more important to ask what all the hubbub is about in the stock market that, according to some, is […]

Conspicuous Example Of Improving Sentiment In Euro – Business …

Greece has been the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis. And its ongoing economic depression is highlighted by the fact that a quarter of its workforce still lines up at the unemployment office.However, there are more and more signs that things are turning around in Greece. “Greece has been the most conspicuous example of the dramatic improvement in sentiment […]

Stock market traders being replaced by computers, according to …

Some asset managers have decided to increase electronic trade and subsequently reduce the number of brokers they use. Photograph: Alex Domanski/ReutersEuropean equity investors placed more orders via computers than through flesh-and-blood traders for the first time last year, as new market rules drive more money managers to go high-tech and low-cost. Widespread regulatory changes designed to make trading safer, more […]

Micex Falls After Ukraine – Business Insider

REUTERS/Alexander DemianchukRussia is already paying an economic price for its actions in Ukraine.The Russian Central Bank was forced to hike interest rates over night from 5.5% to 7% in order to stem the plunging Russian ruble.And the stock market crashed.The MICEX index, the country’s benchmark index, fell 12%.The market has already been quite bearish on Russian assets this year, particularly […]

George Soros Doubled His Bet That The Stock Market Is Going Down

REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboGeorge SorosOne day every quarter, the world’s big fund managers reveal some of what they’re buying and selling in their 13-F regulatory filings.
Generally speaking, these revelations aren’t taken too seriously as they are 45-day-old snapshots. But over the weekend, one gigantic $1.3 billion position raised some eyebrows.Soros Fund Management disclosed that it held put options on 7,090,000 million shares […]

Social media matters says Thomson Reuters data chief » Banking …

Lojko: social media mattersHelping traders to understand input from social media can be a key differentiating factor, according to Albert Lojko, head of content strategy, data management and delivery at Thomson Reuters.Lojko previously worked at online trading company Tradeweb, where he was involved in building the site’s trading platform. He joined Thomson Reuters and began work on its Eikon trading […]

Stock Markets Around The World Are Heading … – Business Insider

REUTERS/Christinne MuschiBank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz.Stock markets around the world are heading higher again.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei and the Hong Kong Hang Seng both closed up 0.2%, while the Shanghai Composite advanced 2.2%.In Europe, markets are rising across the board, led by Italy’s FTSE MIB, up 0.7%.In the United States, futures point to an unchanged open.Today is another […]

Why The Stock Market Won't Crash – Business Insider

REUTERS/BeawihartaThe bull sarcophagus containing the body of Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, a member of Ubud’s royal family, burns during the Pelebon procession, or The Royal Cremation Ceremony, in Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali, July 15, 2008.Everyone’s talking about the risk of an impending stock market crash.
Even the bulls are warning that stocks might fall before rising again.While it’s […]