Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Sep 25, 2015 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.21 (+0.02%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie +0.06%, Kiwi 0.55%, Loonie +0.06%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie -2.35%, Kiwi -0.36%, Loonie -0.84%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
Currency snapshot (major pairs)
Sep 25, 2015 15:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.38 (+0.20%). Strength meter (today so far) - Euro +0.17%, Franc +0.31%, Yen -0.45%, GBP -0.37% Strength meter (since last week) - Euro -0.87%, Franc -0.79%, Yen -0.74%, GBP -2.28% EUR/USD...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Sep 25, 2015 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metal pack is trading in red today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold has soured as equities recovered from their slump. Todays range - $1140-$1151 Gold is currently trading at $1144/troy...
Contrarian view of Chinese economy – through Nike sales
Sep 25, 2015 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Lot of discussion has been circling regarding weakness in Chinese economy, hard landing of Chinese economy, bubble burst China and so on. I also wrote a few many articles along those lines, however it is also vital to...
Global corporate debt default highest since 2009
Sep 25, 2015 13:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views
US credit rating agency Standard Poor gave further evidence of the pressure building up on corporates globally over commodity rout and emerging market crisis. Pressure on corporates are intense this year as commodities...
Asian trade contraction on Chinese slowdown - India remains bright spot in Asia
Sep 25, 2015 12:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Industrialized Asian nations, especially those countries in close proximity to China, have been hit harder. North Asian exports to China have fallen more sharply in July and August, setting the stage for a shallower...
Sep 25, 2015 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Bonds across globe were the best performer after US Federal Reserve chose to wait for further improvement in inflation and abroad before pulling the trigger last week, however reverses some of the gains this...
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