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Market Talk – March 1st, 2016
There were some big smiles across the faces of many equity traders today as we have seen some of the strongest markets gains in a while. The Nikkei closed +0.4% but [...]
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Market Talk – February 26th, 2016
We saw healthy performances across all Asian Indices amongst the G20 headlines. There is much talk about additional fiscal stimulus coming from China whilst Germany [...]
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Market Talk February 25th, 2016
Shanghai was the talk between many dealers again this morning after we saw heavy morning selling accompanied by afternoon selling, which resulted in a 6.4% decline [...]
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Market Talk February 24th, 2015
When we left the Asian and European session you could not give equities away, and this evening everything has seen an about change! No, for us this is confidence [...]
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Market Talk — February 17, 2016
This time is was Shanghai that bucked the trend after ending the day up +1.1% whilst the Nikkei and Hang Seng closed 1% lower. All core indices moved in a 3%+ [...]
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Market Talk – February 11, 2016
It must feel like there is no end in sight for the Japanese stock decline as futures continued their decline despite the cash being closed for a public holiday. We [...]
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Market Talk — February 10, 2016
The Nikkei was again under pressure with the Index closing down 2.4% with financial leading the pack. Shares in Mitsui, SMFG and Mitsubishi UFJ were all down [...]
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Market Talk – February 9, 2016
Overnight, we saw one of the largest declines in a long time when the Nikkei closed down 5.4%. Exporters (Toyota, Nissan, Sony) were all off around 6.5%. The 10yr [...]
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Market Talk – February 8, 2016
With most of the Asian markets closed, many were expecting a steady, easy opening Monday to start the week. The Nikkei cash managed a close above the much talked [...]
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Market Talk — February 3, 2016
Japan took a turn for the worst today led predominantly by Exporters (Toyota, Nissan, Honda) all down around 5.5% but even they were led by the Nobel House [...]
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