Turmoil on the Russia-Ukraine border has investors and traders running various scenarios, including worst-case scenarios.Not that anyone is saying this is likely today, but a shutdown of the Russian stock market isn’t unprecedented.”Russia’s first recorded stock market came into existence in 1810 but shut down in July 1914 at the start of World War I,” noted Morgan Stanley’s Jonathan Garner. […]
Benchmarks ended in the red zone on Friday dragged by a fall in the bio-tech stocks and futures and options expiration. Investors also had to focus on the latest developments in the Crimea region. However, the indices ended the week with modest gains.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall […]
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the financial markets, the world economy, the eurozone and business.Markets took the news that US interest rates could rises sooner than expected in their stride yesterday. New Fed chief Janet Yellen caught markets on the hop when she indicated that the first hike could come as early as March 2015. But […]
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the financial markets, the world economy, the eurozone and business.Markets took the news that US interest rates could rises sooner than expected in their stride yesterday. New Fed chief Janet Yellen caught markets on the hop when she indicated that the first hike could come as early as March 2015. But […]
The Stock Market and Pessimistic Press HeadlinesStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Mar 20, 2014 – 08:52 AM GMTBy: Doug_Wakefield
Do you remember the following headline from the fall of 2011?”In the Absence of a Credible Plan We Will Have A Global Financial Meltdown in Two or Three Weeks” [states] Dr. Robert Shapiro, Advisor to the IMF, Zero Hedge, […]
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Well that didn’t take long! The stock market goes down for a week and the bears are coming out of hibernation. We are starting to see more posts like Hale Stewart’s More signs of a US equity market top. For bulls and bears alike, it was time to take the weekend, relax, and review the upside and downside risks in […]
SummaryDeterioration of the Crimea crisis after referendum results likely to bring sanctions and Russian counter actions, placing new obstacles before the global economy.
Controlled situation could deteriorate further if Ukraine defends its territory via military intervention.
Largely unaffected stock market must quickly incorporate a suddenly severely […]
Fears of Russia’s possible economic isolation amid the political crisis in Ukraine have been causing investors to pull out their funds from the domestic stock exchange market, while international markets have been shaky as well.By midday on Friday the ruble-denominated MICEX fell 5 percent and the dollar-denominated RTS was down 5.5 percent, a low since August 2009. Both, however, later […]
Moscow ExchangeAll eyes continue to be on Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea.
The world awaits Sunday’s referendum in Crimea where voters will be asked whether they want to join with Russia.Meanwhile, Russia’s MICEX index continues its slide, falling 1% today. At it’s lowest point today, it was down 5.2%. Year-to-date, it’s down 20.4%.Most experts seem to agree that the referendum is illegal […]
