Stocks in Asia and Europe were mostly red, with markets most focused on the U.S. political gridlock. S&P 500 futures were down to a 1687 low overnight, a new 8 day low. Asian Equities Decline, …
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Financial assets were relatively quiet in the overnight session. U.S. economic releases today include housing data at 9:00 am EDT, and the Richmond Manufacturing Index and Consumer Confidence at 10:00 EDT. Asian Equities Mostly Red …
Continue readingThe headliner of the weekend was Angela Merkel and the CDU’s convincing victory in the German elections. The result was widely expected. Merkel and CDU Win Election, But Fall Short of Majority – Though the CDU …
Continue readingIn an overnight session with many Asian equity markets closed, it’s not a surprise that SPX futures only moved in a 3 handle range overnight. India Surprise Hikes Rate to 7.50% from 7.25% – This was …
Continue readingThe Fed’s decision not to taper has global markets on fire overnight, following the afternoon move in the U.S. Asian Indices All Green, Led by Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Thailand, and India all saw their equity …
Continue readingThere’s a little thing called the FOMC release at 2:00 pm EDT today. Markets very quiet overnight ahead of it. Asian Stocks Mixed, Japan Higher – The Nikkei filled its July 25, 2013 gap overnight (the …
Continue readingAsian Stocks Mostly Lower, Led by China – The Shanghai Composite closed down 2% after a steady drip lower from open to close. Chinese Foreign Direct Investment was only up 0.6% year over year (vs. …
Continue readingLarry Summers withdrew his name from the Federal Reserve Chairman pool on Sunday afternoon New York time. Classic risk-on price action has ensued in the overnight session. Larry Summers Won’t be Fed Chairman. After months …
Continue readingThe main overnight move occurred around 1:15 am EDT following this online Nikkei report. Financial markets have since retraced much of that move. Nikkei Speculates That Summers to be Nominated for Fed chair soon – The …
Continue readingAs stock prices have moved higher since the start of 2012, the one major constant has been a lack of realized volatility. 10 day realized volatility has stayed below 20 for almost the entire period …
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