0.0 00 Overnight, the chief executive officer of France’s oil giant Total (TOTAL S.A.: NYSE) , Christophe de Margerie was killed in a plane accident at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport. The plane collided with a snow-clearing …
Read More »China’s Economic Data Likely to be on our Radar
0.0 00 Beginning tomorrow, China will release a plethora of economic data which will keep investors on the edge of their seats. We will be looking, keenly, at their economic growth as we try to get …
Read More »Is Australia About to Hit Hard Times?
0.0 00 The so called “lucky country,” Australia, is about to experience some harsh times. We have seen consumer sentiment erode sharply which does not paint a nice picture of the future. Australia’s benchmark, the S&P/ASX, …
Read More »Consumer Inflation in China Hits a 5 Year Low
0.0 00 China reigned supreme this morning when it released a lot of economic data. Most of which was ignored by the markets. China’s consumer price index (CPI) fell again, in September, to lows not seen …
Read More »What to Watch Out for In this Global Stock Rout
0.0 00 This rout of global stocks and indices came out of nowhere but there are several things we need to pay attention to. These are the factors dragging equities lower. We are noticing that the …
Read More »Economic Analysis: China’s Exports Surge
0.0 00 This morning we got trade data out of China. The world’s second largest economy reported that exports surged higher in September, beating expectations. The focus is on the imports number, which was expected to …
Read More »Economic News: The U.S. Markets are Decimated Overnight
0.0 00 The U.S. markets were roughed up in trading overnight. We not only lost all of the previous session’s rally but more. Investors did not care about corporate earnings or economic data but focused on …
Read More »Economic Analysis: Why Treasuries are Now a Good Trade
0.0 00 The Federal Reserve (Fed) will begin to tighten policy at some point in the second quarter of 2015. As this date inches closer, then the prices on U.S. Treasuries will fall. This means interest …
Read More »Economic Analysis: Why High Valuations are Not Bad for High Tech
0.0 00 We are seeing startups, the high flying ones, like Uber, that are creating a lot of buzz and have been disrupting their respective industries. They are lining their pockets with super high valuations that …
Read More »Financial News: Say Hello to Ello
0.0 00 There is a new social networking site called Ello. This is a new site which is currently in beta testing, public. This means you need an invite from a member and despite this, there …
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