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By Jamie McGeever LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks and bonds rose on Monday as investors shrugged off the steepest fall in Chinese shares for over six years and bet the European Central Bank will unveil a bond-buying economic stimulus package later this week. Anticipation the ECB will announce such quantitative easing, or QE, at its Read More

By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares stumbled on Friday and the dollar skidded against the safe-haven yen after Switzerland’s central bank unexpectedly scrapped its currency cap – jolting markets already roiled by plunging commodities prices. Financial spreadbetters expected some of the gloom to spread to Europe, where they predicted Britain’s FTSE 100 (.FTSE) Read More

European equities rallied after a volatile session of trade on Thursday to close sharply higher, following action from the Swiss National Bank. The pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 Index (^STOXX) ended around 2.5 percent higher after switching between gains and losses for much of the session. This came as the Swiss National bank decided to abandoned Read More

Examining the Dow Jones Shanghai index ($ DJSH) it is apparent, that the third B sub-wave since the 2008 trough (wave A) is not complete, mainly due to the fact that it is less by 10 units relative to the first B sub-wave.   A reasonable target would be [ W1=400-175 ; DJSH=230+Fib*W1 ].   Read More

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks mostly edged up on Thursday after a significant rebound in oil and copper prices brought a semblance of calm, while the dollar regained ground lost on disappointing U.S. retail sales. Spreadbetters saw the upward momentum for risk assets being retained in Europe, forecasting Britain’s FTSE (.FTSE) to Read More

European equities closed sharply lower on Wednesday as the turmoil in global commodity markets continued. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 (FTSE International: .FTEU3) provisionally ended 1.5 percent lower at 1,355.22 points, with the basic resources (STOXX:.SXPP) sector sliding as much as 6 percent and the energy sector (STOXX:.SXEP) closing down 2.7 percent. London’s FTSE 100 (FTSE Read More

By Herbert Lash LONDON (Reuters) – Global equity markets surged and the dollar hit a nine-year high on Thursday, lifted by the Federal Reserve’s confidence in the U.S. economy and hopes of aggressive new stimulus in Europe. Stocks on Wall Street rose about 1.7 percent and in Europe equities jumped close to 3 percent as Read More

European equities closed sharply higher on Tuesday, with a surge in retail stocks (STOXX:.SXRP) helping to boost investor sentiment. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 (FTSE International: .FTEU3) closed around 1.3 percent higher, with German stocks (^GDAXI) ending 1.6 percent up. The French CAC (Euronext Paris: .FCHI) closed 1.4 percent higher, while Italian and Portuguese stocks (Euronext Read More

By Alistair Smout and Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday, underperforming continental European shares as heavily weighted oil and energy firms fell. However, falling oil prices boosted travel and leisure stocks, with cruise operator Carnival (CCL.L) rising towards the top of the index. Brent oil fell below $ 49 Read More

My favorite comment from that article is this, below:   >>>The most salient sentence herein:   “. . .China has great economic depth and is likely to muddle through without too much trauma.”   There is much state of the art capacity for just about any industry you choose in China; investment in infrastructure of Read More