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IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Friday, 28 June 2013, 11:31 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts End of financial year – So what have we learnt? Today is the final trading day of the 2013 financial year , a year that has seen ‘whatever it takes’ and has produced a 713 point gain across the financial year ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Thursday, 27 June 2013, 11:16 am | IG Markets

China remains front and centre of the current Asia upswing as US treasury yields slump on the sluggish GDP numbers. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 11:18 am | IG Markets

The Chinese cash crunch took another turn yesterday, this time for the better as the PBOC took steps to stabilise the Chinese money markets. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 11:08 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts The Chinese Panda (bear) The Chinese cash crunch took centre stage yesterday, Shanghai ended up with two black eyes (down 5.3%) and officially entered a bear market. The dragon economy now resembles a panda. It has been over ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Monday, 24 June 2013, 11:07 am | IG Markets

The first hurdle (FOMC meeting) has now been cleared, even if the markets did catch their toes on the top of bar and tumbled to the ground. More >>

IG - Morning thoughts and opening prices: 20 June 2013

Friday, 21 June 2013, 12:06 pm | IG Markets

The carnage in global markets continued in US trade as panic set in following the Feds comments. With most economists now of the opinion that the Fed will start tapering as early as September by $20 billion, the Bernanke put seems to be swiftly waning. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:10 am | IG Markets

As expected, QE tapering is coming; as expected, $85 billion a month is here to stay in the interim; as expected, a timeline was given and as expected these changes to the current programme are conditional to the state of the underlying economy. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:05 am | IG Markets

The day is finally here; one of the most anticipated FOMC economic projection statements, and more importantly President Bernanke’s testimony is on our doorstep. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 11:12 am | IG Markets

More bouncing in the Asian region – the ASX has rallied 174 points in two and a half trading days, the Nikkei 588 points. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Monday, 17 June 2013, 11:07 am | IG Markets

Last week, the ASX snapped a four-week losing streak after having the largest one-day rally in 18 months on Friday. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Friday, 14 June 2013, 10:56 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts The rapid slide in global equities finally came to a halt in US trade, as better-than-expected retail sales and unemployment claims data triggered a rally. Retail sales came in at a better than expected 0.6% (versus ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 11:22 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts The storm clouds are building: the Dow has just suffered its first three-day losing streak for the year (wouldn’t that be a nice issue to have); the Chicago VIX index has climbed further; Europe is sliding off its highs; ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts and Opening Calls

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 11:10 am | IG Markets

Riots in Istanbul, central banks raising stop signs, bond yields on the rise and equity markets skidding; brace yourselves, we are in for a very rough ride over the coming weeks. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts and Opening Calls

Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 11:02 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts and Opening Calls The eagerly-watched China data from the weekend would have sent shudders down the spines of the AUD long investors. The CPI print is now 140 basis points lower than the official year-end estimates of 3.5%, ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Friday, 7 June 2013, 11:14 am | IG Markets

So far our call that the ASX could see a winter wonderland has been put firmly on hold, as the market has be catapulted miles north of the wall, as horrible macro data muddies the water. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Thursday, 6 June 2013, 11:08 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Panic certainly seems to have set into investors’ minds now as uncertainty around QE and volatility from Japan. Data out of the US added to the confusion around QE as the ADP non-farm employment change came in well ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 11:10 am | IG Markets

Markets remain quite choppy as investors are still uncertain about the future of QE. Fed member Esther George was on the wires urging the Fed to taper off on asset purchases. This was one of the key factors around mild USD strength and the decline ... More >>

IG's trading wrap - Monday,3 June 2013

Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 2:38 pm | IG Markets

Price action in US trade became quite violent into the cash close on Friday, with S&P futures leading the charge, and over 100,000 contracts traded in the last minute alone. More >>

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts

Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 11:12 am | IG Markets

IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Volatility in the global markets continues to spike, as short-sightedness continues to govern trade flows. Divergences in markets are everywhere; the MOVE index, which is the option projections for swings in US treasuries, ... More >>

IG Markets - Morning Prices June 3

Monday, 3 June 2013, 4:30 pm | IG Markets

With the ASX losing 313 points from the high on the May 20, giving us the end of one of the worst May months in years, the old adage ‘sell in May, go away’ came true for the Aussie market. The scale of the sell-off is what also makes last month ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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