Markets closed lower as investors reacted to yet another proclamation by North Korea and the uncertain political context in post-secessional Germany. Pyongyang authorities have defined the words of the American President as being “a declaration of ...

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Asian markets closed with contained losses in a session marked by a negative surrounding. The North Korean Foreign Minister warned that his country could test a hydrogen bomb in Pacific waters. This announcement generated a risk aversion but only ...

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The FED meeting caused a sharp rise in US yields, a move that affected its European counterparts early in the session.

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The FED has a balance sheet in the order of 4500 000 M.USD in assets of various kinds, but mostly bonds, as a result of the acquisitions conducted to resolve the 2009 financial crisis. After several years, with the economy in solid expansion and ...

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Statistically speaking, the week following the quadruple witching tends to be negative for stock markets, while increasing volatility and declining stocks.

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Tomorrow prudence should mark the session, with investors waiting for FED (tomorrow) and Bank of Japan (Thursday) meetings.

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The Friday rally is explained, mainly, by the closing of futures and options. In addition to increasing exponentially the volume of the session, the maturity of this type of derivative contract has, in most cases, a positive impact on the stock ...

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Despite the immediate immediacy of the launch of new products, the market reaction to the Apple event turned out to be negative. Apple shares fell 0.80% in the session and later 0.18% in the afterhours session.

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As the next week’s FED meeting approaches, investors’ expectations for the US Central Bank’s position on how it will reduce its balance of 4200 000 M.USD in assets as a result of 8 years of an ultra-accommodating monetary policy. This week’s ...

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The Automobile Fair is still taking place in Frankfurt, the biggest event of this industry in Europe. This type of event is always a good opportunity to gauge not only the opinion of stakeholders but also their feelings about the current situation. ...

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In the last three months, the indices of the Old Continent registered a remarkable underperformance compared with their American counterparts. After the highs reached at the beginning of June, European stocks suffered a correction between 5% and 10% ...

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Asian markets closed higher, essentially for two reasons. The first is the generalized recovery of the Dollar against the region's currencies. The second is that North Korea has not carried out any war test during the weekend. In the last 3 months, ...

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At the last meeting of the ECB, Mario Draghi appears to have fulfilled the twofold objective he had set himself: to prepare the market for a change in the asset purchase program without unduly alarmising investors. The ECB could decide on changes to ...

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Shares of insurers, reinsurers and tour operators have again come under some pressure as analysts update their calculations of Hurricane Harvey’s damage and are trying to anticipate what hurricane Irma will cause in the Caribbean and in the southern ...

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Although investors are focusing this week on the reopening of the Congress, the developments in the Korean situation, the ECB’s tomorrow meeting and the FED are remaing as elements in their decisions. At the sectoral level, the tourism and insurance ...

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In the past, the reaction of financial markets to events related to North Korea was sometimes abrupt but always momentary. The reason for this pattern is that the incidents with this country were isolated and generally followed by some calming or at ...

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Gold appreciated 0.95% while the Swiss Franc rose about 0.70% against the Dollar.

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On the last day of the month, the US market closed higher, this being also the trend of Wall Street in August. The session was marked by the release of some economic indicators, but the expectation was focused on the employment report that will only ...

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In exchange terms, the higher the inflation, the greater the positive impact on the Euro. On the contrary, a lower reading of inflation may lead, with all other factors being equal, to a devaluation of the common currency. However, since August has ...

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In the pre-opening, European markets were trading on positive ground, as investors followed the stance on Wall Street and Asian markets. Attentions seem to be shifting away from the aggravation of geopolitical tensions to other issues, with ...

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