by John GaltMarch 2, 2014 14:30 ETTo say the crisis is being played up in Europe is one thing but the reaction of the first stock markets to open since the Russian invasion of the Ukraine was muted at best, irrelevant to even the most seasoned observer. First up for review is the Abu Dhabi General Index moving quietly down […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS. To learn more click hereThe AUD/USD finished February higher, but the week and day lower as investors braced for what should be an active trading week.Shortly after Forex markets closed on Friday, China announced that factory activity slowed to an 8-month low in February. The government survey confirmed signs […]
Stock Market SPX Double Top Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 22, 2014 – 03:21 PM GMTBy: Anthony_Cherniawski
This morning heavy gusts of wind (50-60 mph) came through and knocked out power, phones and internet. We were only restored around 2:30 and there was much to do while getting back online.SPX is set up for a potential gap […]
Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesEMERGING stockmarkets go in and out of fashion. They were battered during the Asian and Russian crises of the late 1990s, but then recovered to offer double-digit annual returns in the first decade of the 21st century. Since 2010, however, they have reverted to underperforming their developed-country rivals.The arguments in favour of investing in emerging markets are the […]
People walk out of a Lenta supermarket in Moscow. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/ReutersThe Russian hypermarket chain Lenta has announced plans to float in London with a valuation of over $5bn (£3bn).The company, in which the US private equity firm TPG and Russia’s VTB Capital have the biggest stakes, has jumped a queue of British retailers that are set to follow suit […]
Gold, Silver and Stock Market 2014 Trend Change DueCommodities / Gold and Silver 2014Jan 07, 2014 – 05:19 AM GMTBy: DeviantInvestor
The year 2013 was a great year for the S&P and a terrible year for silver and gold investors. There are many indications that it is time for […]
Happy New Year! For the first time since 2008, we investors, economists and businesspeople say these words without irony. While last year was statistically disappointing, with global growth slowing slightly from 2012 and apparently belying the optimism expressed here last January, the verdict of financial markets and business sentiment has been much more consistent with my predictions. Despite the apparent […]
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) made a new 52-week high of $101.74 in the last trading session following the news that the company has entered into a mutual venture with Russia’s Rosneft. XOM shares traded in the range of $100.99 to $101.74 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $443.50 billion and P/E ratio of 13.27.Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) jumped […]
Russia’s MICEX jumped almost 1% this morning on news that Vladimir Putin had asked for clemency in the jailing of vocal Kremlin critic, Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky has been jailed since 2003 on a variety of tax-evasion, fraid and embezzlement charges though being among the nation’s wealthiest men, the jailing was seen as politically-motivated (because of his political ambitions). […]
There are now just nine trading days left in 2013, so below is an updated look at the year-to-date performance (local currency) of the stock markets for 76 countries around the world. The average year-to-date change of the 76 countries highlighted is currently just above 12%. Of the 76 countries, 57 are up (75%) in 2013 and 19 […]
