Blog/Market Talk
Market Talk – September 12, 2016
Asia started off where we left the US on Friday with the selling pressure still dominant. The Nikkei cash opened down over 1% lower and did not look likely to break [...]
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Market Talk – September 9th, 2016
Asia was a mixed with a strong Hang Seng (+0.75%) an unchanged Nikkei and a slightly weaker Shanghai (-0.55%), which after yesterdays ECB Q+A session was actually [...]
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Market Talk September 8th, 2016
Secondary economic data in Japan coupled with slight dovish comments BOJ comments and the Nikkei started to drift lower. At worse the index was down around 1% but a [...]
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Market Talk – September 7, 2016
The Nikkei and Shanghai both took very different directions to reach virtually the same conclusion in todays trading. The Nikkei started in negative territory [...]
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Market Talk – September 6th, 2016
We could be about to enter some interesting times as we settle back post holiday season. We are looking at a possible return to volatility especially after a clear [...]
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Market Talk – September 5th, 2016
After Fridays Payrolls release we saw Asian futures reflect a solid performance which was carried into the cash indices this morning. The Nikkei lost a little of [...]
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Market Talk – September 2, 2016
The Nikkei and Hang Seng closed virtually unchanged in anticipation of the US lunchtime numbers. The Hang Seng was the best performing Asian index closing up 0.45%. [...]
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Market Talk – September 1, 2016
Asian equity trading was purely a follow-on from the US session retracing much the same issues and momentum. The Nikkei closed positive whilst attempting the [...]
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Market Talk – August 31, 2016
The Nikkei saw another impressive day today with the index closing up +0.97% but at the same time the Yen continues to lose ground. In late US trading we have [...]
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Market Talk – August 30, 2016
The Nikkei was not the main topic of conversation today in Asia as the Shanghai and Hang Seng both outperformed the Tokyo exchange. The HSI closing up 0.85% and was [...]
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