In the pre-opening, European shares traded with modest losses. Questions regarding the monetary policy of the Fed and the global economic situation will shape investor sentiment in the near future. In the medium term, the outlook for equity markets ...

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In the pre-opening, European markets traded lower, albeit with very small volumes, a day after it was known the decision of the US Federal Reserve. In Asia, the market response was not uniform, having initially been observed a moderately positive ...

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Boosting US markets was the appreciation of oil (+ 5.70%) and possibly some expectation that the Fed will keep rates unchanged today. The commodities also rose in general, with an highlight to the appreciation of oil. This oil boost is explained by ...

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US markets closed with gains of more than 1% but the volume was much lower than in recent weeks. The increase was led by sectors that have been most penalized in previous sessions such as oil and other more cyclical sectors. The day was also marked ...

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Most investors should maintain a prudent and expectant posture with the approach of the Fed meeting. This behavior should induce volatility to levels closer to their historical average after the high peaks observed in August. The weakness of Asian ...

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In the pre-opening, European shares traded with modest variations. The first hours of trading should be dominated by the alarming signs from China. Investors from the old continent shall observe its impact on the sectors most exposed to the Chinese ...

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Yesterday the already fragile emerging markets suffered a small storm with the reduction of Brazil’s rating by Standard & Poor’s. Moody’s, which reduced the rating of Brazil a month ago, assigns a rating to Brazil to a junk level, while Fitch put ...

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European equities opened lower, penalized by the reversal of Wall Street after the European close and the weakness of Asian markets in today’s session. The disappointing data in China and Japan should penalize mining, industrial and automotive ...

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Asian markets closed with strong valuations, especially the Nikkei, which reached the highest daily value since 2008. This record increase is primarily explained by three reasons, the first is due to the stability that the Chinese stock markets ...

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In the pre-opening, European equities were negotiating with some valuations, which could be an important clue in face of the disappointing indicators of the Chinese economy. These negative data did not cause a significant shock to Asian stocks, ...

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In the pre-opening, European equities were negotiating with some valuations. The volume should be lower because of the US stock market holiday. Even considering this factor and given the relative stability of Asian markets, it is not excluded that ...

Market View; World Stock Indexes; Trading Journal

In the pre-opening, European shares traded lower, as a result of the fall of Asian stocks and the publication of the employment report in the US could instill some caution in European investors. The impetus given yesterday by the words of Mario ...

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In the pre-opening, European equities were trading higher, favored by the strong appreciation of Wall Street and the relative stability of the Asian session. It is not excluded that the standard of yesterday’s session to be repeated today. ...

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Despite the heavy losses suffered by Wall Street and the uncertainty in Asia, European markets are expected to remain resilient, at least at an early stage. In any case, investors are still nervous and sentiment is still particularly fragile. ...

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Asian shares closed with losses, which were quite pronounced in Tokyo. Dictating this trend were the economic data on China. In August, the PMI index on manufacturing activity, elaborated by the Chinese Government, fell from 50.0 to 49.7. This is ...

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Asian shares closed lower, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange accumulating losses of 2.50%, at 7:00 am. During the weekend, the Financial Times reported that the Chinese government would abandon its strategy to stabilize the stock market by buying ...

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The Fed’s monetary policy is again the center of the debate on Wall Street after the economic data releases have suggested an increased strength of the economy, raising renewed expectations that the Fed start the interest rate hike cycle already in ...

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In the beginning of the session, European equities negotiated slightly higher, after the US stock market have reversed their downward trend and Asian stocks have also ended in positive range. The European markets consolidate after strong selling ...

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After the close of yesterday’s session, Google surprised the market by announcing that it will be replaced by a new parent company called “Alphabet”. The company explained in a statement that the universe of products and companies is already too big ...

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Today’s session starts without relevant business news and with an economic agenda also quite meager. In this way, there can be expected more expressive movements by producers of raw materials, after being revealed economic indicators in China.

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