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Europe Session Key Developments • The Bank of England Revised Downwards its Growth Forecasts • Chinese Inflation Outpaces Expectations; Growth to Cool • Fed Reserve’s Dovish Commentary Spooks Investors European Stocks Slump as Dovish Commentary by Federal Reserve, Downward Revision of UK GDP by Bank of England Erode Recovery Sentiment European equity markets slumped on ...

Asia Session Key Developments Yen Strengthens, Japan Exports Suffer China’s Slowing Economy Threatens Growth Abroad Financials Down Across The Board in Australia Asian Stocks Biggest Drop since June on Growth Concerns Japan stocks were down after the country reported machine orders – an indicator of business investment for the next 3-6 months - at ...

North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy A Speculative Angle to the Fed’s Policy Decision Temporarily Offsets Crude Trader’s Concerns Over Growth Crude Oil (LS Nymex) -  $80.17  //   -$1.31   //  -1.61% On a highly active trading session from both a fundamental and speculative perspective, crude put in for its worst performance in two ...

Europe Session Key Developments • Concern Over Chinese Growth Hurts Stocks • Uncertainty Regarding FOMC Decision Weighs on Risk Appetite European Stocks Retreat amid Continued Growth Concerns as FOMC Decision Looms During yesterday’s trading session, equities had benefitted from the possibility that further stimulus from the Federal Reserve would support economic growth; however, the ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Speculation Arising that Fed May Introduce Another Round of Quantitative Easing •    No data releases for U.S. Leaves Room for Recovery Optimism U.S. Equities Close Near 12-Week High as Investors Await Results of FOMC Meeting U.S. equity markets built on last week’s rally on Monday, with each ...

Europe Session Key Developments • German Trade Data Shows Bump in Exports • Euro-Zone Sentix Investor Confidence Surges European Stocks Jump Ahead of FOMC Meeting European equity markets gained on Monday as trade data from Europe’s largest economic state boosted recovery optimism. German Trade Balance figures from June showed a further increase in the ...

Asia Session Key Developments Japan’s Domestic-demand Related Stocks lure Investors Away from Exporters Stocks in Hong Kong Drop Following City Government Plans to Stabilize Property Market Australian Market Rebounds Despite U.S. Losses Earnings Reports across Region Boosts Investor Confidence Today, investors trading in the Asian markets were encouraged after seeing positive earnings, re-igniting ...

Europe Session Key Developments • German, UK Industrial Production Falls Short of Forecasts • U.S. Labor Market Continues to Shed Jobs, though Unemployment Holds European Stocks Tumble as Data Weighs on Recovery Optimism European equity markets fell on Friday, shedding some of their gains from early week jumps as data across the globe disappointed ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Initial Jobless Claims Rise Last Week By Most in Three Months •    July ICSC Chain Store Sales Decline From Month Prior •    Commodities Continue Ascent, Led By Surging Wheat Prices U.S. stocks declined for a second day this week as an unexpected rise in American initial jobless claims and ...

Europe Session Key Developments • Encouraging German Factory Orders Fail to Move Markets • ECB, BoE Keep Overnight Lending Rates Steady Major European Indices Finished Mixed Despite Thursday’s Notable Event Risk European equity markets finished Thursday relatively unchanged despite major event risk throughout the session. Early in the session, German Factory Orders for June ...

Asia Session Key Developments Yen Strengthens, Japan Exports Suffer China’s Slowing Economy Threatens Growth Abroad Financials Down Across The Board in Australia Asian Stocks Biggest Drop since June on Growth Concerns Japan stocks were down after the country reported machine orders – an indicator of business investment for the next 3-6 months - at ...

Europe Session Key Developments • The Bank of England Revised Downwards its Growth Forecasts • Chinese Inflation Outpaces Expectations; Growth to Cool • Fed Reserve’s Dovish Commentary Spooks Investors European Stocks Slump as Dovish Commentary by Federal Reserve, Downward Revision of UK GDP by Bank of England Erode Recovery Sentiment European equity markets slumped on ...

Commodities – Energy Crude Oil Holds Steady Despite Elevated Inventories Crude Oil (WTI)       $82.19 -$0.28       -0.34% Commentary: Crude oil was close to unchanged in Wednesday’s session, despite surging U.S. inventories. The Department of Energy reported that in the week ending July 23, 2010, US crude oil inventories decreased by 2.8 ...

Europe Session Key Developments • European Equity Indices Begin Lower But Finished Mixed by Day's Close • Tomorrow's Event Risk Should Prove to be Market Moving for Equities European Equities Tread Water in Anticipation of Tomorrow's Event Risk European equity markets saw their rally stemmed as global data shook investor sentiment regarding a full ...

We have written extensively about the extremely strong relationship between gold ETF holdings and gold prices. For much of this year, that relationship benefited gold, as both holdings and prices relentlessly increased. The trend has obviously reversed over the past month, but interestingly, prices led the ...

Europe Session Key Developments • Investors Continue to Digest Friday’s Stress Test Results • Newfound Risk Appetite Drives Equities Modestly Higher European Equities Gain now that Stress Test Uncertainty is Gone – Or is it? The Committee of European Banking Supervisors’ bank stress tests failed to trigger the price action many had expected from ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Home Sales, Leading Indicators Beat Expectations •    Profit Forecasts Raised For Multiple Firms •    Crude Oil Rallies To Eleven-Week High U.S. stocks followed their European and Chinese counterparts higher, as better-than-expected home sales and improved earnings forecasts helped boost investor sentiment regarding the economic recovery.  The positive news sent ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Market Participants Await Fed Bernanke's Semiannual Senate Address Tomorrow •    Housing Starts Fall in June to Lowest Level Since October •    Crude Oil Rallies For Second Day, Gold Rebounds Nearly 1 Percent U.S. stocks rallied today, erasing an initial slide following worse-than expected housing starts and building permits data.  ...

Europe Session Key Developments • Equities Respond to Corporate Earnings as 2Q Results Continue to Emerge • Investors Remain Uncertain Regarding the Upcoming Bank Stress Tests European Equity Trade Mostly Lower Amid Corporate Earnings Season, Stress Test Drama European Markets finished generally lower after Tuesday’s trading session as corporate earnings reports continue to disappoint ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Level Since August 2009 •    Consumer Prices Decline in June for Third Consecutive Month •    Japanese Yen Rises to a 2010 High Versus Greenback U.S. stocks posted their worst day since June 29, following weakness in foreign markets and an unexpectedly ...