China’s property price index misleading - do we see another asset bubble?
Feb 26, 2016 15:42 pm UTC| Commentary Real Estate
There is one interesting phenomenon worth noting in China. While there are a huge number of unsold new home inventories in Chinas property market, the property prices are soaring in the first-tier cities. This confusing...
Finland's GDP data (due Monday) unlikely to show positive growth
Feb 26, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Commentary
Finnish Q4 GDP data is scheduled for release on Monday and expectations are that GDP data is unlikely to show positive growth. Expectations are not overly elevated, and have not been for a long time. Flash GDP data earlier...
G20 summit unlikely to bring about decisive change in central banks' strategy
Feb 26, 2016 14:35 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
G20 Finance Ministers and central bankers are meeting in Shanghai today to discuss among other things the turbulence in the stock markets, the notable deterioration in the global economic outlook and of course the...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Feb 26, 2016 13:44 pm UTC| Commentary
Metal pack is mixed today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is down as risk aversion fading, with rise in equity prices. Todays range $1240-1226 Gold is currently trading at $1228/troy...
Feb 26, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Commentary
Equities are all red in todays trading. Kindly note all instruments mentioned here are CFDs, whose values might differ from cash or future traded. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP 500,...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Feb 26, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Commentary
Dollar index trading at 97.45 (+0.00%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.42%, Kiwi -0.20%, Loonie -0.04% Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +0.88%, Kiwi +1.58%, Loonie +1.62% AUD/USD - Trading at...
Feb 26, 2016 13:09 pm UTC| Commentary
Energy pack is green in todays trading. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI shrugged off Naimis comments as EIA data showed lesser build up in stocks. Todays range $32.7-33.9 WTI is...
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