The European indexes closed slightly higher and were in consolidation throughout the day. At this stage, European investors are more focused on the ECB’s Thursday decision than in the cooling signs of the global economy. Today in Beijing, the IMF ...

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The European indexes started the week trading high with the positive expectations for the ECB meeting next Thursday (22 Jan). These expectations should overlap to some risks hanging over the European markets since increase the odds of the adoption ...

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The European Indexes consolidate after yesterday’s strong recovery . The Central Bank of Switzerland (SNB) used to prevent the CHF to appreciate in order to protect the competitiveness of Swiss exports . To achieve this objective, the SNB sold CHF ...

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The abandonment of the connection to the Euro by the Bank of Switzerland certainly was the event of the day. Volatility continue to be a hallmark on the European sessions. The oil sector can recover some of the recent losses but remain a major ...

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In addition to the Wall Street retreat, the European session was also conditioned by the projections of the World Bank. This institution reduced its growth forecast for the world economy in 2015 from 3.40% to 3%. The weakness of the European and ...

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This beginning of the year has been marked by strong volatility, which should increase with the approach of the ECB meeting and the parliamentary elections in Greece.

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European stock markets traded without a clear trend and nervousness dominated investor sentiment. With the approach of the meeting of the ECB (22) begin to emerge news and rumors about what will be the decision of the ECB. A few weeks ago, investors ...

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Stock markets retract today after the opening of the US market. After the strong valuations achieved in the last two sessions (for example the DAX appreciated by 4.90% since the minimum of Tuesday) it is expected that some investors realize capital ...

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Stock markets advanced negociating with sharp gains. The good performance of Asian and American markets as well as the rise of oil in the Asian session mitigated the negative feelings that have dominated among European investors.

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In Europe, equity markets traded with some gains. The publication of the Eurozone inflation, measured by the consumer price index, will be one of the last relevant data that the ECB will consider before the day of the meeting, 22 Jan. For the first ...

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S&P 500 closed with sharp devaluations, for the fifth consecutive day. The strong rises that Americans indexes reached in the second half of December led to a certain complacency among investors before the threats that had been forming on the ...

Market View; World Stock Indexes; Trading Journal

European stock markets traded without a clear trend and nervousness dominated investor sentiment. Yesterday, European shares suffered heavy losses, explained by the confluence of several factors: the fall of the oil, the depreciation of the Euro and ...

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Equity markets start the year falling. The new year is already showing many challenges and uncertainties. In the European case, the biggest challenge and risk is represented by the political situation in Greece. This issue is aggregate two fronts. ...

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American indices closed lower on the last day of the year, breaking the upward trend started in mid-December and that allowed the S&P to appreciate 8% in 6 sessions. Falling US stocks may be explained by a number of factors. The first is that many ...

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Take a break, enjoy the winter holidays and spend some quality time with families and friends. Happy trading and a Happy 2015! :-)

Market View; World Stock Indexes; Trading Journal

The beginning of 2015 should be marked by political uncertainty in Greece, the economic and financial situation in Russia and the continuous oil price weakness.

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Today the stock markets traded with minor variations. The week will be shorter than usual, due to the closure of markets worldwide on 1 January 2015. Many investors are taking advantage by using vacation time and equity trading volumes are more ...

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Better risk management and opportunity management: It helps to look at the tails of your P/L distribution. Please Size positions appropriately, utilize reasonable stops, ensure that multiple positions are sufficiently uncorrelated, etc. Cutting ...

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Take a break, enjoy the winter holidays and spend some quality time with families and friends. Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015!

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Tomorrow starts the period that corresponds to the so-called “Santa Claus Rally”. This period includes the last five sessions of the year and the first two of the new year. Over the past 28 years, the S & P had a positive performance 25 times with ...

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