The major news for the week, was the dramatic drop in the global equity markets including the United States, following the news of a Donald Trump victory in the U.S. presidential elections. The major exchange the Dow Jones Industrial (Dow), plunged 800 points. This was a drop of over 4%. The following morning the losses were reversed and by Thursday, the main indices in the United States and in Germany hit new highs. The Dow peaked at 18,873.66 a new all time […]
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Weekly Market Review & Target Fills November Week 1
The major news for the week, is the downward trend in the global equity markets including the United States. It is being caused by a combination of surging debt, declining corporate profits, banks and financial instability, slowing global economic growth and the likelihood that the United States will raise interest rates at the end of December. Two other big factors including the anxiety over the upcoming Brexit (the United Kingdom leaving the European Union) and the uncertainty concerning the upcoming presidential election […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills October Week 4
The major news for the week, is the broad sell off in bond markets of sovereign debt in major markets including in the United States. The trend is at the highest level in months. It is being caused by a number of factors which include spiraling government debt, stagnating corporate profits with rising debt, overall sluggish global economic growth and finally, the speculation that the United States will raise interest rates at the end of the year. The concern among global investors is […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills October Week 3
The major news for the week, is the sputtering movement in world equity markets including in the United States. The descending trend is being caused by a number of factors which include stagnating corporate profits, speculation that the United States will raise interest rates by 0.25% at the end of the year and overall sluggish global economic growth. Despite the repeated agreements to freeze or reduce crude production within OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) output is continuing to rise. September […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills October Week 2
The major news for the week, is the downward movement in global equity markets including in the United States. The descending trend is being caused by a number of factors which include the speculation that the United States will raise interest rates by 0.25% in late December. A second factor was despite the repeated agreements to freeze or reduce crude production within OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) output is continuing to rise. September saw an increase in oil production, up […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills October Week 1
The major news for the week, is the movement in the global oil market following continuing chatter that there will be output cuts by major crude exporters. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) had already agreed in principle to limit oil output to 32.5 million barrels a day. This would be from a high of 33.24 million barrels a day. With crude prices in around $50 USD (United States Dollar) on the major exchanges in Europe and the United States another meeting is […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills September Week 5
The major news for the week, is the movement in the global oil market in response to the meeting in Algiers this week. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has agreed in principle to limit oil output to 32.5 million barrels a day. This would be from a high of 33.24 million barrels a day. Levels of crude production for individual countries,will be worked out at the upcoming meeting in Vienna. This is scheduled to take place in November. If successful […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills September Week 4
The big news was the rally in the equity markets, that began earlier in the week on a global scale. This was in response to the decision made by the United States Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) not to raise interest rates at this time. It is becoming increasingly unlikely that levels will increase at all in 2016, due to declining economic data. All three market exchanges in the United States (U.S.) saw gains reversing losses from last week The Dow Jones Industrial […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills September Week 3
The big news was the decline in the equity markets that began earlier in the week on a global scale. This was a continuation of the sell off that began last Friday. It is due to fears of tightening monetary policies or a lack of further monetary stimulus as central banks run out of ammunition. All three market exchanges in the United States (U.S.) suffered their biggest losses since the Brexit vote in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Averages actually briefly dipped […]
Weekly Market Review & Target Fills September Week 2
The big news in the market this week is the rally in oil prices near the end of the week. American West Texas Intermediate (WTI) had advanced from $44.36 USD (United States Dollar) a week ago, to $46.84 USD. This is an increase of 5.59% in a week. Similarly, International Brent during the same period went from $46.72 USD to $49.12 USD. That indicates a 5.14% increase in the price. The price surge that arrived on Thursday which saw gains of 4% […]