Posts Tagged ‘Europe ’

Mar21

Quite an interesting session yesterday.  The type of stocks that used to mean something to the indexes i.e. the FedEx's and Caterpillar's of the world had warnings and/or weak updates but the market did not care.  Further, after the bell…

Mar17

The almost zombie like daily creep up in markets is being stalled tonight by news out of tiny Cyprus this weekend.   Ironically the amounts being discussed are tiny – 10B euros of rescue funds which in the global finance…

Feb21

The cocktail for the early 2013 rally is not unfamiliar to investors – its the same package that drove stocks in early 2011 and 2012.  The U.S. has modest growth, China will accelerate and take the world with it, and…

Dec03

The first week of the month is always the most interesting, with global purchasing managers indexes, U.S. ISM's, and employment data released.  Overnight we see continued weakness in Europe's economic data and perhaps some more "green shoots" in China.   Europe…

Nov23

Markets are gapping up the traditional 0.2-0.4% this morning as the key S&P 1395 is probed repeatedly in the futures market.  Thus far – excluding the roaring move Monday – this week has been the traditional Thanksgiving week fare –…