2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Can the pound find some love from services PMI?
Can the pound find some love from services PMI?
GBPUSD is walking around like a person that has dropped 50 quid then found a fiver
Poor old Betty is in a slump and it’s going to take a lot to shake it off
2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on August 2015 Spain Markit services PMI 59.6 vs 59.6 exp
August 2015 Spain Markit services PMI 59.6 vs 59.6 exp
Details of the August 2015 Spain Markit services PMI data report 3 September 2015
– Prior 59.7
– New orders 58.9 vs 60.1 prior
– Employment 54.4 vs 55.3 prior
Like Ireland, a tad softer but still well into expansion
2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on USDJPY dips to 120.21 on old IMF story
USDJPY dips to 120.21 on old IMF story
EURUSD jumps to 1.1240
The dollar has just dropped against the pound, euro and yen
Bloomberg have just headlined the overnight story from the
IMF that warns of the risk to global growth
Eamonn had the full details during his shift
2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Economic Preview: 5 things to watch at Thursday’s ECB meeting
Economic Preview: 5 things to watch at Thursday’s ECB meeting
The European Central Bank will be back in the spotlight on Thursday after an eventful summer, when China-fueled market panic, a plunge in commodity prices and Fed rate hike speculation all served to cloud the outlook for the eurozone economy.
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2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why the ‘sharing economy’ doesn’t work for international package delivery — yet
Why the ‘sharing economy’ doesn’t work for international package delivery — yet
The peer-to-peer economy isn’t ready to deliver items across an ocean with ease, though it might in a few years, Meanwhile, startups like Nimber and Roadie are concentrating on serving their home countries.
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2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on European stocks open strongly ahead of the ECB
European stocks open strongly ahead of the ECB
European stock market open 3 September 2015
– FTSE +1.1%
– Cac +1.0%
– Dax +1.1%
– Ibex +0.9%
– FTSE Mib +0.6%
European bonds
– Italy 1.98% flat
– Spain 2.13% flat
2 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Growth and Market Structural Integrity Top List of Fear Poll Concerns
China Growth and Market Structural Integrity Top List of Fear Poll Concerns
After a hiatus of almost a year (the October 2014 pullback, to be exact), I have reprised the VIX and More Fear Poll in an attempt to get some insight into which issues have been responsible for bring fear back into the investing equation and in so triggering the highest VIX spike (53.29) outside of the 2008-09 financial crisis and the #5 and #6 one-day VIX spikes ever on consecutive days.<