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The Opportunity in Weak Commodity Prices
October 31st, 2014
Commodity markets – especially for crude oil — continue to face headwinds from excess supply and uncertainties about divergent monetary policies. But nascent positive trends give commodity markets a more balanced outlook, in our view. Looking into the end ...
Japan’s Central Bank unexpectedly moves to stimulate economy
October 31st, 2014
The Bank of Japan will buy larger quantities of government debt in an effort to battle deflation. After insisting for more than a year that its aggressive monetary policy was sufficient to revive Japan’s economy and end deflation, the ...
Nikkei leads Asia higher after surprise BOJ move
October 31st, 2014
Japan led Asian shares higher after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) surprised markets by announcing more stimulus measures. In an unexpected decision, the BOJ eased monetary policy on worries that lower oil prices would affect consumer prices. The central ...
Russia: Court Rules Against Tycoon
October 31st, 2014
A Moscow court on Thursday ruled in favor of nationalizing a Russian billionaire’s majority stake in the oil producer Bashneft, one of the country’s largest private oil companies. Prosecutors last month placed the billionaire, Vladimir P.Yevtushenkov, the head of ...
Friday October 31: OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Commodities
October 31st, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for October 31, 2014 Gold sold off on Thursday closing below $1200 after its failure to rally back above $1220 during intraday trading. Gold is now looking very bearish and likely to make new lows. ...
How Will The Stock Market React To The End Of Quantitative Easing?
October 31st, 2014
It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve is going to announce the end of quantitative easing this week. Will this represent a major turning point for the stock market? As you will see below, since 2008 stocks have ...
Pimco manager returns after Bill Gross’s departure
October 30th, 2014
Nothing crystallised the controversy over Bill Gross’s management style at Pimco so much as the suggestion that one underling was so unhappy he quit to sell croques monsieur from a food truck. But with the departure of Mr Gross ...
Thursday October 30: OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Commodities
October 30th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for October 30, 2014 Gold sold off on Wednesday breaking below the key $1220 support and finding support in the $1210 area. Yesterday price action suggests downside momentum on the rise and a likely test ...
Trio of Russian state-owned banks take EU to court over sanctions
October 29th, 2014
Three Russian major state-owned institutions – Sberbank, VTB and Vnesheconombank – have announced that they have filed lawsuits with an EU court to contest sanctions the European Union imposed on them in late July. The first to announce its ...
Fed’s grand experiment draws to a close
October 29th, 2014
A grand experiment in US monetary policy is coming to an end. When the Federal Reserve releases the statement from its October meeting on Wednesday afternoon, the moment is almost certain to mark the end of the liquidity and ...
