by JD Lasinger | Sep 26, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week Global equities finished the week on a high note last Friday incited by growing speculation that the US Federal Reserve will now desist from hiking its benchmark interest rates until this coming December at the very earliest. A prominent Fed...
by JD Lasinger | Sep 22, 2016 | Featured Posts
Political uncertainty in the US breeds economic uncertainty elsewhere in the globe. So when Hillary Clinton collapsed on September 11th and her physical fitness began to be the target of unprecedented public scrutiny, Trump advanced in the polls – Clinton’s...
by JD Lasinger | Sep 21, 2016 | Featured Posts
The Fed and the BOJ will announce their next steps on Wednesday. It is widely expected that the Fed will leave rates unchanged. According to Bloomberg only 20% of the analysts are expecting the Fed to hike interest rates. On the other side of the Pacific, the Bank of...
by JD Lasinger | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured Posts
After months of bad news, suffering through corruption scandals, political crises and stubbornly low commodity prices, Brazilian markets finally get a breather. Although commodity prices have not recovered significantly, and the political corruption scandals still...
by JD Lasinger | Sep 18, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week Prospects that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates before the end of 2016 received a boost last Friday when the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose at a faster pace than expected during August. Declining oil prices were countered...
