World Stock Indexes Trading - page 14

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psaTrading:
Mario Draghi is a skilled manager of expectations and an excellent communicator with the financial markets, even to have a greater effect than the disclosure of corporate results and economic data.

I am always looking forward to the meetings and the conferences of the Mario Draghi and the effects they will have on the Euro

 
Some critics say low rates are a mistake that could trigger an asset bubble or inflation.
 
In addition to the negative effect on the Nikkei and the Japanese export sector, it is important to note that the Yen is considered an haven asset and its assessment could mean that the forex market is to consider some risks that are not immediately obvious.
 
Asian indexes closed mostly up, after the Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered key interest rates by 0.25% to 1.75%. This decision has overshadowed the fall of Caixin PMI index, which measures the manufacturing activity in China. In April, this index fell from 49.7 to 49.4, against the 49.9 estimated. Interestingly, the Shanghai stock market was among the best performers while the Hong Kong stock market closed with losses of more than 1%. The Japanese market was closed, having started the Golden Week. Apart from today (Constitution Day), in the next two days will be celebrated two holidays: the Environment Day and Children’s Day.
 
The main event of the Asian session was the publication of the Index Caixin PMI (published by Markit) concerning services. The activity of this sector fell from 52.2 to 51.8, confirming the decline already marked by the official index of the Chinese Government. Despite this setback, the services sector (almost exclusively dependent on domestic consumption) has shown a strong resilience to industry weakness and public investment.
 
We had  a reversal day in the equity markets.
I guess Monday will be good for the bulls.

Happy trading. :-)
 
In recent weeks, Greece and other European countries have not been able to sketch an agreement to allow unlock tranches of financial support program. According to the statements of some European leaders, such support may not be available without Greece adopts new austerity measures. Recall that late last week a significant part of the country was paralyzed by a general strike of 48 hours.
 
People are slightly less risk averse now than they were end of April, still, the optimism is a little premature. Economic data hasn’t been very convincing.
 
Among the risks that stock markets face include the decrease for the 4th consecutive quarter of profits of American companies, the questions about the growth of the American economy, the recovery of the Chinese economy, political uncertainty in several countries (UK, Spain, USA , etc.), uncertainty about the future of interest rates in the US and the weakness of corporate bonds of higher risk companies (which have a high correlation with the stock indices).
 
Although private consumption has been one of the most resilient elements of the US economy in the 1st quarter, its growth is still modest especially in the light of the various positive factors that have favored household income as rising wages, the psychological effect caused by low unemployment, reduced interest rates (to reduce the financial burden), the decline in fuel prices, etc. Thus, the weakness of the retail sector and doubts at the macroeconomic level have spread up to more cyclical sectors, with the exception of the oil sector. 
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