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Posts Tagged ‘Europe’

THE fourth quarter earnings reporting season has so far achieved all that investors could have hoped for, but the good news has all been obscured by a wave of worrisome events from Washington and Beijing and Europe.
‘The corporate side of the stock market’s fundamental picture has been a true success story in the early going in 2010,’ said Nick Colas, chief market strategist at Convergex Group. ‘E… more

European companies are happy with a weaker euro as it will help them boost exports this year, Europe’s business federation said Monday.







European Union – Export – Business – Government – Multilateral

SOVEREIGN wealth funds (SWFs) – including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) – are feared more for what they are than for what they really do.

Such funds, which are owned by governments and funded by surpluses accumulated by the state, are often regarded with suspicion, especially in rich countries in Europe and America. There, such public money is typically used to build h… more

The USD is trading mixed gaining versus the JPY and Europe and weakening versus the commodity currencies, the Euro was pressured by a statement from the ECB’s Stark that the EU may not bail Greece out of its deficit problems and GBP pressured by report of unexpected decline in UK…

The greenback extended its recovery this past week, as a confluence of fundamental factors undermined other currencies and supported the USD. However, we continue to believe the primary driver of USD strength at the moment is ongoing USD short-covering from excessive positioning levels. Sovereign credit concerns out of Europe struck…

In currencies, the greenback has gained steadily this week, building on newly-discovered momentum in thinning year-end liquidity conditions, aided by technical factors and the ratings dramas in Europe. Dealers have been watching higher Treasury yields for clues on the next leg of the dollar’s price action. One European dealer warned…

MOST Asian markets fell yesterday amid continuing global jitters over debt levels, especially in Europe.
In Singapore, traders were more interested in the welcome distraction of year-end festive activities, with precious few attractions to lure them into a tepid market.
The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) stuck to its recent boring routine, moving mostly in a range of just a couple of points a… more

Better to be a banker in New York than Europe this bonus season.







New York City – New York – United States – Business – Design

The DXY does not mirror the United States trade position in the global economy. It is heavily weighted to Europe, undervalues the Canadian Dollar, ignores South Korea Taiwan and by necessity China. A firm cannot settle a trade flow in the DXY nor is it particularly useful as a hedge…

A 70-POINT rise in the December futures contract on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a 1.7 per cent rise in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index and a firm opening Europe-wide yesterday led traders here to bet heavily on Wall Street opening the week with a bang. The subsequent buying targeted mainly banks and propelled the Straits Times Index up 56.62 points to 2,783.85 in moderate volume of 1.85 billion … more