The Traderszone Network

A good day for Asian stocks
– Nikkei off its highs but still up 4.1% at 16755.14
– Shanghai Composite Index posting session highs of 2835.64, up +3.8%
Stronger showing on the back of further stimulus expected in China after the RRR cut earlier this week. Always talk of further stimulus in Japan too to keep the equity bulls interested.

Squawk Box Live in Europe is tracking Super Tuesday’s U.S. presidential primary results.

Natural gas prices have crashed to 17-year-lows in the past week amid burgeoning supply in the global market.

US ratings agency Standard & Poors out on Reuters
– do not think Japan can put out big enough economic stimulus support without raising concerns about the size of its spending
The comments come in an interview with Kim Eng Tan S&P’s Asia-Pacific senior director of sovereign ratings

Japanese PM speaking in parliament
– hard to amend without other parties help
Bloomberg reporting but no further detail at present.

Nearly every candidate scored results that will keep their campaigns afloat, so the nomination processes will remain contentious.

Donald Trump said House Speaker Paul Ryan would get along great with him — or ‘pay a big price.’
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