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<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Karen Yap A summarized article about the worldwide financial market in the past 7 days.
written by Karen Yap A summarized article about the worldwide financial market in the past 7 days.
written by Karen Yap Traders, investors, and financial journalists must have been glad to reach the end of a week that will surely go down in the history of financial markets. The FTSE closed the week just 66 points down which the S&P 500 actually managed a small profit. Homeowner, the closing figures do not even begin to tell the whole story with the FTSE trading in a 521 point range and posting its best one day rally in history on Friday. written by Karen Yap A week that showed so much promise ended up being a huge let down. written by Karen Yap Markets endured another volatile week, with US markets had a better time of it than their European counterparts. written by Karen Yap It was a sea of red again last week as stock markets across the world finished down heavily on the week. The FTSE 100 finished down 3.26%, the CAC down 4.80% and the DAX down 2.35% on the week. written by Karen Yap The half year report card for global stock markets was not one to be proud of. The first half of 2008 was the worst first half to a year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1970, when the index was down 14.60%.
written by Karen Yap Financial markets were a sea of red numbers last week as the classic ‘Fade the Fed’ trade played out. The initial reaction to Wednesday’s US interest rate decision was neutral to positive, then the selling set in and hardly stopped. written by Karen Yap Global figures released by leading online fixed-odds trading platform BetOnMarkets.com indicate that the UK is one of the worst online financial betting nations in the world. written by Karen Yap A Bull bet on the S&P 500 to be higher than Fridays opening value of 1333 in three months time could return 107%. Given recent market trends though, traders at BetOnMarkets feels that it may be better to wait for signs of further capitulation in the form of a 2.5% daily drop or greater. written by Karen Yap After a rather turbulent week markets ended on a positive note. US marketsbenefited from a better than expected inflation outlook, following Fridays CPI numbers. written by Karen Yap Mike Wright, Director of BetOnMarkets.com, said: “Shell on the back of record oil prices has had a great financial year. Despite selecting some stunning girls for the promotion, decked in shells to mark the occasion, the shareholders only had eyes for the words of wisdom from the board.” written by Karen Yap After experiencing a much needed sell off, there is the potential for the FTSE to stabilise over the next week said BetOnMarkets.com traders, especially if (big if) oil manages to go a week without making a new record high. With that in mind a bull bet on the FTSE to be higher than 5900 on the 9th of June could yield around 19%. written by Karen Yap Traders at BetOnMarkets.com say, with this in mind, the following trade may be valuable. Placing a No Touch trade on the S&P 500 not to touch 1580 within the next 120 days could return 14%. This places the no touch level above the high from last year, while providing room for some upside. written by Karen Yap “Sell in May” says the old stock market adage, but the bulls were in no mood for old wives' tales last week. Markets were in rally mode after the better than expected US jobs report, and news of more liquidity injections from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve did what most traders were expecting them to do in cutting rates another quarter percent down to 2%. written by Karen Yap Bemused commuters were confronted with three granite coloured statues, each bearing in their hands voucher for £25 worth of oil trades. written by Karen Yap Following the previous week’s heavy buying, global markets again finished the week positively. However, gains were limited to around half a percent for the week with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rising the most. With many cross winds in the form of bank write downs, and some positive earnings surprises from the US, it was hard for markets to make significant progress in either direction. Volatility continued in the UK financial sector with RBS releasing the full details of its required cash injection. written by Karen Yap On a day when you hear about the worlds largest bank CITI Group losing $5 Billion and cutting 4,000 jobs world wide, you might expect markets to be down severely. You might also have expected the FTSE to stumble on the news that RBS is preparing a rights issue to shore up its balance sheet. However, apart from some early nervousness on Friday, the UKs benchmark index managed to close the week up 3.2%. The CAC & DAX both managed 4.3%. written by Karen Yap The economy, stupid was a phrase widely used during Bill Clintons successful
campaign against George Bush Snr. written by Karen Yap Despite slew of negative headlines, stock markets around the world still managed to close the week up around 4%. The FTSE and CAC managed 4.7% and 5.4% gains while the Nasdaq 100 was the pick of the US markets, closing the week up 5.2%. The rally was sparked by Lehman Brothers announcing the sale billion of dollars worth of shares late on Monday night. written by Karen Yap It seems like it's the same old story every week, oil, gold and other commodities are hitting record highs, while the US Dollar, and equities that have anything to do with the financial market, are hitting record lows. Why should this week be any different? written by Karen Yap Last week was one for record books; Oil surged above $105 dollars a barrel to reach its highest level since records began. written by Karen Yap BetOnMarkets.com is pleased to announce being voted the 'Best Fixed Odds Financial Trading Provider' at this year's 2007 Shares Awards.... written by Karen Yap The Federal Reserve were busy this week, first cutting interest rates by .25% on Tuesday, and then proceeding to announce a novel approach to injecting money into the banking system... written by Karen Yap Last week world stock markets managed to recover somewhat from the mauling of
most of November. On Tuesday and Wednesday alone the Dow Jones and S&P 500
put on 500 points and 60 points respectively. This puts the S&P 500 back in
positive territory for the year heading into what is usually a benign festive
trading period. written by Karen Yap Wall Street barreled higher this week, giving the Dow Jones industrial average
its biggest two-day point gain in five years, after a Federal Reserve
official hinted that the central bank may lower interest rates again says
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