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Market Talk- May 9th, 2017

Most of the talk in Asia surrounded the Hang Seng and the new highs seen since last summer. The index rallied over 1% in todays trading led by energy and...

Market Talk- May 8th, 2017

With Japan returning to the market place after the three day Golden Week holidays and the seeming calming settlement for Europe after the Macron win in France the...

Market Talk- May 5th, 2017

The continued decline in Metals, Energy and Commodities hit nerves and confidence today in Asian trading with Japan just finishing Golden Week (today was...

Market Talk- May 4th, 2017

“The mood seemed anxious” – this was one comment we heard today as prices drifted in Asian light volume. The FED had already put a hawkish tone into the...

Market Talk- May 3rd, 2017

Another mixed session for Asia but with so much on the horizon it really should not be such a surprise. The Nikkei is closed and remains so for the balance of the...

Market Talk- May 2nd, 2017

Given the long weekend approaching in Japan, there was no let up for the yen weakness today as we broke into the 112’s finally. The Nikkei closed better bid as...

Market Talk – April 28th, 2017

After the US closed we saw yet more encouraging results from the likes of Alphabet (Google parent) and Amazon (+4% futures) which has boosted confidence into the...

Market Talk- April 27th, 2017

Two central banks were in play today, but neither moved on rates which was very much expected by the markets. The BOJ did however raise its economic forecast...

Market Talk- April 26, 2017

Strong US earnings are matching or indeed breaching expectations and the DOW is reflecting the confidence. Well, that is how the mainstream opinion feels –...

Market Talk- April 25, 2017

Monday’s Asian trading needed to see Europe’s and the US reaction before getting too carried away and that is probably what we saw today. With all core...