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The S&P 500 closed higher for the 6th week in a row (the best weekly performance since August), as corporate earnings continue to show strength and policymakers in the Eurozone were seen making headway in their latest proposals for budget programs in indebted regions.
As is often the case, trading activity is seeing a marked slowdown as the end of the summer season draws near but stock markets and high yielding currencies as getting most of the benefit with small pushes higher. But the key going forward will be whether or not these small trends continue once markets return to full strength and a larger percentage of the trading community injects its bias into asset prices.
Ahead next week, the Euro could be one of the biggest market movers, Read more…
Market volatility increased last week (on a trend basis) as investor sentiment was negative at the Monday open. This came largely as a result of the weak Non Farm Payrolls out of the US that were released previously. A weak labor markets in the world’s largest economy is keeping stock markets near their recent lows but this did start to change in the middle of the week as markets began to speculate on further interest rate reductions in several areas of the world. This speculation came after the previous rate decreases in Europe and China and analyst expectations are now showing that this trend will continue in China after last week’s poor quarterly GDP figures. Read more…
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