October 2018 - Page 83 of 262 -

US REITs Rebounded Sharply Last Week

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US posted the biggest gain by far for the major asset classes last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products. By contrast, last week’s biggest loser: equities in emerging markets. Vanguard Real Estate (VNQ) topped the winner’s list over the five trading days through Friday, Oct. 19, with a […]

E Markets: Returns

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The return on capital matters more than return of capital today. Celebrations around Italian debt downgrades being less painful (in other words not junk status) that is the first driver, joy over China re-leveraging the other as shares there jump the most in 3-years up over 4%. The news isn’t all easy, however, as AUD […]

EUR/USD: Euro Bulls Trying To Recover The Losses Incurred Over The Unresolved Italian Budget

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Previous: Last week, nearly all the majors lost ground against the US dollar. Only commodity currencies made gains; namely the Aussie and Kiwi dollars. The biggest loser against the greenback was the pound (-0.64%). The loonie shed 0.62%, the Swiss franc 0.48%, the euro 0.39%, and the yen lost 0.27%. The Kiwi dollar gained 1.30%, […]

More Fluctuations – Bottom Or Just Pause Before Another Sell-Off?

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The U.S. stock market indexes were mixed between -0.5% and +0.3% on Friday, extending their short-term fluctuations, as investors continued to hesitate ahead of the quarterly corporate earnings releases, among other factors. The S&P 500 index is currently 5.9% below its September the 21st record high of 2,940.91. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite […]

Morning Call For Monday, Oct. 22

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Overnight Markets And News Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ18 +0.40%) this morning are up +0.31% on support from a surge in Chinese stocks along with a decline in Italian government bond yields. European stocks are up +0.33% and moved higher after the 10-year Italian government bond yield fell to a 2-week low of 3.30% when Italian Finance […]

Indian Indices End Volatile Day In Red; Energy Stocks Drag

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

After opening the day in green, share markets in India witnessed volatile trading activity throughout the day and ended the day in red. Sectoral indices ended the day in red, with stocks in the energy sector and stocks in the consumer durables sector losing the most. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 181 points (down 0.5%) and the NSE Nifty closed […]

US Futures Rise After Chinese Stocks Soar; Italian Bonds Boosted By Moody’s

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

After some initial weakness early in the Monday session which pushed S&P futures as low as 2,750 on Sunday night, below their Thursday lows, animal spirits were rekindled and S&P futures rebounded by almost 30 points from session lows… … with global stocks and futures generally a sea of green… … after Chinese […]

Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Monday, Oct. 22

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Bitcoin markets continue to do nothing during the trading session on Friday, gaining roughly $30 as I record this. The market continues to dance around the $6500 level, and volume continues to be very anemic. With that being the case, I think at this point a lot of the retail traders are starting to get […]

E Trump’s Tariff War With China May Have Some Unexpected Consequences

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

“The contours of US President Donald Trump’s trade strategy are becoming clearer by the day. America’s trading partners face dramatic threats. But, as the revamp of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the “reform” and renaming of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) demonstrate, most countries need to offer only minor concessions to […]

Collective Sigh Of Relief?

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Overview: Chinese stocks extended the pre-weekend recovery, with the major indices up 4%+, the biggest advance in three years. Most markets in the region rose, and the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index has a good start to snap the four-week drop. European shares are also higher, and the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is 0.5% higher through late morning, […]