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Asia Session Key Developments •    Japan’s Prime Minister Resigns •    China Releases Resource Tax •    Australian GDP Advanced 0.5 Percent in the First Quarter •    New Zealand’s ANZ Commodity Prices Rises for the 14th Straight Month Asian Shares Head South amid Japan’s Prime Minister Resigning Asian shares extended yesterday’s losses as Japan’s prime minster resigned. The ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    China Expected to Raise Gas Prices 24 Percent Tomorrow •    Australian Deficits Narrows as Trade Conditions Improve •    Japanese Construction Orders Weaken for the Second Time This Year •    New Zealand Business Confidence Holds Below 50 for the Third Straight Month Asia/Pacific Shares Mixed Following Fitch Downgrade of Spain Shares ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    New Zealand’s Building Approvals Surge to 2-Year High •    Japan’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.1% Asian Stocks Extend Yesterday’s Rally As European Debt Concerns Ease Asian stocks rallied for a third consecutive day, subsequent to U.S. stocks posting their biggest rally in almost three weeks as concerns over ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Reports Surface that Chinese Officials are Reviewing Euro-Zone Debt Holdings •    Durable Goods Orders and New Home Sales Beat April Expectations •    Euro Approaches Four-Year Low Versus Greenback Entering the final hour of trading, U.S. stocks appeared set to advance following a strong durable goods report and better-than-expected home ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Japanese Corporate Service Prices Falls for the 19th Straight Month •    Risk Appetite Sends Higher Yielding Currencies North •    Japan’s Small Business Confidence Pulls back from Three Year High Asian Stocks Pare Yesterday’s Losses as Wall Street Bounces Asian shares pared yesterday’s losses amid speculation that this month’s slump may ...

North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy An Intraday Reversal in Risk Appetite Salvages Crude from Steep Morning Losses Crude Oil (LS NYMEX) -  $69.94   //  -$0.27   //  -0.38% Beginning in the early Asian session and continuing through to the pre-US open trading hours, crude would pitch into a selling trend that would build ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Asian Stocks Drop to the Lowest Since July •    New Zealand’s 2 Year Inflation Expectations Rises to 2.8 Percent •    Miners Extend Gains Amid Speculation that China Will Ease Tightening Measures Asian Stocks Nosedive amid European Debt Concerns and Political Tensions in Korea Asian stocks Tumbled lower on Tuesday, ...

North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy As Sentiment Trends Cool, Crude Traders Look for Guidance from Growth Prospects Crude Oil (LS NYMEX) -  $70.38   //  $0.34   //  0.49% While the NYMEX-based crude contract would technically eke out a modest advance for the opening day of the week, the market has essentially passed the ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Japan’s Leading Index Breaks Above 100 for the First Time since January 2007 •    New Zealand’s Household Sentiment Rises for the Third Successive Month •    Bank of Japan Keeps Rates Unchanged as Widely Expected Asian Stocks Continue Southern Journey to Nine Month Low Asian stocks fell to a nine ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Risk Sell-off Continues on Europe Concerns •    VIX Volatility Index Rises to Highest Level Since March 2009 •    10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Falls to Lowest of Year Stocks around the globe extended their weekly decline as skittish investors continued to sell risky assets in favor of U.S. dollars and ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Japan’s Economic Activity Expands Less-Than-Forecast •    Australia’s Average Weekly Wages Moderates as Interest Rates Rise Asian Stocks Free Fall to an Eight-Month Low Meanwhile, the economic docket showed that Japan’s economic activity expanded less-than-forecasted, which could lead the central bank to expand policy further, while the region’s convenience ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Germany's BaFin Regulator Announces Temporary Ban on Naked Short Sales •    Crude Oil Tumbles Beneath $70 a Barrel, Gold Declines Over 1 Percent •    Euro Falls Below $1.22 For First Time Since April 2006 U.S. stocks tumbled lower following an announcement from Germany's BaFin financial-services regulator that said it ...

North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy Fears that a Financial Troubles Will Turn into Growth Problems Push Crude Briefly Below $70 Crude Oil (LS NYMEX) -  $69.89   //  -$1.72   //  -2.40% When boiling the energy market down to the speculative tides of crowd behavior, explaining trends and volatility becomes far easier. However, rationalizing ...

U.S. Session Key Developments •    Euro Rallies Late on ECB Commentary •    Crude Oil For June Delivery Falls to $70 a Barrel •    U.S. Dollar Index Rises to Highest Level Since April 2009 U.S. stocks closed higher for the first time since Wednesday as rhetoric from the European Central Bank eased concerns of fiscal ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Asian Stocks Fall the Most in Six Months •    Australian Stocks Drop Most in a Year •    Japan’s Machine’s Tool Orders Rises for the First Time in Three Months Asian Stocks Fall the Most in Six Months amid Lingering European Debt Crisis Asian stocks fell the most in six ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    New Zealand Retail Sales Post Slowest Pace of Expansion since 1Q 2009 •    Crude Oil Falls to the Lowest Level in More than Three Months Asian Stocks Fall for a Third Time This Week Asian stocks fell for the third day this week subsequent to Sony’s profit forecast ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Asian Stocks Fall the Most in Six Months •    Australian Stocks Drop Most in a Year •    Japan’s Machine’s Tool Orders Rises for the First Time in Three Months Asian Stocks Fall the Most in Six Months amid Lingering European Debt Crisis Asian stocks fell the most in six ...

Asia Session Key Developments •    Australian Home Loans Weaken for the Sixth Straight Month •    Japan’s Official Reserves Assets Rise for the Second Time in the Past Two Months Asia/Pacific Markets Stocks Mid During Mid Week Trading Amid Banking Concern Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday amid concern that they will need to ...

North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy Speculative Interests Settle after the EU’s Bailout, Crude Eyes $75 Crude Oil (LS NYMEX) -  $76.06   //  -$0.74   //  -0.96% Risk appetite wouldn’t hold up for long after the European Union announced a massive 750 billion euro bailout program to curtail the next financial crisis. Split between ...

Perspective on Greece As the Greece debacle unfolds, the EU and the IMF have agreed to provide Athens with a “bailout” package valued at 110 billion Euros (80 by EU and EUR 30 by IMF). With wage cuts, a freeze on pensions and a hike in sales tax set as preconditions ...