Blog/Market Talk
Market Talk – May 24, 2016
It was debated at length today whether the Nikkei leads JPY or the yen leads the stock market! Either way we saw cash equities lose 0.9% today whilst the Yen [...]
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Market Talk – May 23, 2016
You could say that Japan has had more than fair share of poor data lately but sadly it continued today after a larger than expected trade data and a further [...]
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Market Talk — May 20, 2016
The market seems happy that the JPY trades comfortable north of 110 as we saw a small 0.5% gain in the Nikkei today. Hang Seng performed better closing up over 1%. [...]
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Market Talk — May 19, 2016
Interesting that both the Nikkei and Shanghai closed almost unchanged following a similar trading pattern today but the Hang Seng really could not even attempt [...]
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Market Talk — May 18, 2016
Japan’s GDP showing today finally provided signs of life when the expected number of 0.1% was put to shame with a 0.4% print. However, it was only enough to [...]
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Market Talk — May 17, 2016
Things all looked good in Asia with the Nikkei closing up a little over 1%, Hang Seng following its lead gaining 1.2% and so it was only Shanghai that returned a [...]
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Market Talk – Close of Week May 13, 2016
A disappointing end of the week for core Asian equity markets. The Nikkei opened firmer but by mid-morning had started to crumble as profit-taking and a firmer JPY [...]
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Market Talk — May 12, 2016
With the US markets having provided the momentum for the opening it was not surprising that Asian equity markets opened with a reluctant bid. Earlier in the day [...]
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Market Talk – May 11th, 2016
A positive opening for the Nikkei, trading up +1% at the opening bell but sadly could not hold onto the gains and we eventually closed little changed on the day. [...]
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Market Talk — May 10, 2016
It was a solid day all around the globe which was a little surprising given most markets backed away from yesterday’s gains late in the day. China’s [...]
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