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Equity markets continued to fall yesterday as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season in the US. They beat analysts earnings per share (EPS) forecasts but downgraded the outlook for aluminium demand growth to 6% from 7%. The weighted average change in EPS for the 31...
Futures Trading Education
The downtrend in world equity markets continues since the release of the better than expected Non Farm Payrolls data, last Friday. Asian stock markets are down overnight on concerns that the Chinese slowdown is weighing on corporate earnings. China yesterday pumped...
Futures Trading Education
The markets are little changed from yesterday as we await the US Earnings Season to kick off tonight, after the close, when Alcoa will be first to report. The ‘Wall Street’ Consensus has been dimmed so much that earlier expectations for a 1.9% gain over Q3...
Futures Trading Education
The US Non Farm Payroll Report, on Friday, was almost bang on expectations but there was a real surprise with a drop in the Unemployment Rate where the predictions had been a rise to 8.2% and instead it fell to 7.8%, thanks to an out-sized 873k gain in the Household...
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Equity and Commodity markets continue to drift higher as Central Banks and the latest economic data threw up no surprises. At the press conference, after the ECB meeting. Dragi said “we are ready and have a fully effective backdrop in place”, referring to...
Futures Trading Education
European Equities were softer yesterday as the theme of weak services PMI’s continues after the weak PMI from China earlier yesterday morning. However a better than expected US ADP Employment report turned markets around in the afternoon and Equity markets...
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