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“Very Close To Irrational Exuberance”: Asian Equities Break Above All-Time High As Hang Seng Clears 30,000

By silveristhenew | Published November 22, 2017

Following the new all-time high in US equities, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index broke through its November 2007 peak to make an all-time high in Wednesday’s trading session. This was something we noted could happen yesterday in “SocGen: Asian Equities Are So Awesome, A China Minsky Moment Is ‘Manageable”. The dollar weakened slightly after outgoing […]

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Global Stocks Tumble, Asia Plunges On Chinese Commodity Carnage

By silveristhenew | Published November 15, 2017

The euphoria of the past month has ended with a thud and BTFDers are strangely missing as the commodity chill out of China (which overnight became full blown carnage), has unleashed a global risk-off phase ahead of today’s critical CPI data, resulting in broad and sharp selling across global markets, as European stocks followed declines […]

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Japan Rocked By Violent Stock Plunge As Nikkei Tumbles 850 Points Before Recovering Losses

By silveristhenew | Published November 9, 2017

Something snapped in Japan today. With Asian stocks finally breaking out a decade-long doldrum, and hitting record highs earlier in the session, and with Japanese equities starting off the session on the right foot and continuing their recent ascent which until Wednesday had seen them rise on 23 of the past 25 days, Japanese shares […]

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Stocks Hit New Record Highs, Dollar Jumps On Senate Vote; Japan Has Longest Winning Streak In History

By silveristhenew | Published October 20, 2017

Global stocks hit new all time highs overnight, with US stock-index futures, Asian and European stocks all rising overnight after the Senate adopted a fiscal 2018 budget resolution, paving the way for Trump’s $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, while news that “dove” Jay Powell may be the next Fed chair added to the risk-on sentiment. […]

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World Stocks Hit 4th Consecutive Record High, Bonds Rise On ECB QE Report

By silveristhenew | Published October 13, 2017

World stocks rose to a 4th consecutive record highs, while the dollar headed for its worst week; U.S. stock-index futures are steady, with European and Asian stocks higher ahead of much anticipated US inflation data, which is expected to give cues on the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s interest rates. MSCI’s all world equity index […]

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S&P Futures Flat, Spain Rebounds, Nikkei Closes At 21 Year High

By silveristhenew | Published October 11, 2017

S&P500 futures point to a slightly lower open, as Asian stocks rise to trade near decade highs, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 closing at highest since 1996. European stocks are little changed, with Spanish shares gaining after Catalan President rows back from an immediate declaration of independence. MSCI's all-world stocks index briefly hit a fresh record […]

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Global Markets Rise As Shutdown Fears Recede; All Eyes On Wyoming As Jackson Hole Begins

By silveristhenew | Published August 24, 2017

U.S. stock-index futures are fractionally in the green as European shares rise, Asia is mixed and oil drops modestly. Global risk staged a rebound and markets unwound some of yesterday’s safe-haven moves as U.S. government shutdown fears receded and concerns about the Trump administration’s ability to enact its fiscal agenda were put on the back-burner […]

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“From Nukes To Terrorism”: Battered Investors Flee Risk For Safety Of Bonds And Gold

By silveristhenew | Published August 18, 2017

The global risk-off mood accelerated overnight on Trump “stability concerns”, coupled with fallout from the Spain terrorist attack and lingering North Korea tensions, even if the VIX is off its latest highs, trading just above 15. Investors fled into German and U.S. Treasury bonds and bought gold for the third day in a row, as […]

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“Mystery” Central Bank Buyer Revealed: SNB Now Owns A Record $84 Billion In US Stocks

By silveristhenew | Published August 9, 2017

In the second quarter of the year, one in which unlike in Q1 fund flows showed a persistent and perplexing outflow from US stocks and into European and Emerging Markets, a trading desk rumor emerged that even as institutional traders dumped stocks and retail investors piled into ETFs, a “mystery” central bank was quietly bidding […]

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Global Stocks Hit Another Record High, Ignore Slowing Chinese Trade

By silveristhenew | Published August 8, 2017

Following a sleepy overnight session, US futures are flat as are markets in Europe, while Asian stocks rose despite overnight trade data from China which unexpectedly missed across the board. As reported last night, Chinese export growth was the slowest since February while Import growth the weakest since Dec 2016, as both missed consensus estimtes. […]

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