February 1, 2016
Good morning! Today is the start of another week and the first trading day for February. Following a busy week it will be interesting to see how markets continue to develop, based on the interest rate decision by the US, New Zealand and Bank of Japan. This week, particular importance shall be Friday’s economic news… View Article
January 29, 2016
Morning all.. After a choppy session Wall St managed to carve out a close in the positive with the S&P up 0.55% as oil rallied on rumours of talks on production cuts. But overnight the big news was the cut to negative in Japanese rates which was a shock and sent the Nikkei higher to… View Article
January 29, 2016
Good morning all! This has been a busy week, one which we may call decision week! The FED left the interest rates unchanged as did New Zealand at 0.5% and 2.5% respectively, while the Bank of Japan cut interest rates to -0.1%. In the statement following the US interest rate decision, it was stated that… View Article
January 29, 2016
Bank of Japan surprised the markets overnight by lowering interest rate to negative for the first time in the economic history of japan. This is an unprecedented event which no economist/Analyst saw it coming. Most analysts were expecting an increase in the level of Stimulus. According to Bank of japan, Negative rates are needed in… View Article
January 28, 2016
Just as expected, there was no surprise in the FOMC minutes from last night. The FOMC highlighted some risk from china and possible impact on the US economy and the world at large. They also indicated that low inflation is due to low oil price which will soon move to the 2% target. The Reserve bank… View Article
January 28, 2016
Morning all.. Wall St shifted lower after a brief rally on the release of the FOMC statement closing down 1% at the end of the session.. Asia had a more stable night as they wait for the result of the BoJ meeting with Nikkei closing down 0.7% and China down 22.5% in a choppy session..Last… View Article
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