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Asian Markets Take Breather, Europe Flat and US Opening Lower

Asian market take a breather in overnight trading with Japan down 0.3%, Hong Kong down 0.9%, China down 1% and India down 0.5% European markets flat as UK economic data comes in much weaker then expected resulting in a sell-off in the British Stirling vs US dollar. US Futures indicate a lower opening in the […]

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Blackberry Shares Jump 14%, Markets Continue to Move Higher $BBRY Negative Rating

US stock markets continued to move higher with S&P 500 recording a seven day winning streak and Dow Jones grinding to a new all-time high. S&P 500 up 0.37%, Nasdaq up 0.26% and Canadian TSX up 0.17% as gold and petroleum prices remained flat on the day. Big mover, winner of the day were Blackberry

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Chinese Economic Data Damper Asian Markets, Europe Flat to Down

Asian stock markets closed lower (except Japan) as we begin a new week with disappointing economic data from China. Chinese industrial production growth slowed slightly from 9.9% from 10.3% in December but inflation jumped to 3.2% year over year in February compared to just 2% previously. Hong Kong was flat, China down 0.3%, India flat

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Fitch Downgrades #Italy, European and Asian Markets Keep Rallying

European markets closed up on the strong US non-farm payroll numbers with London up 0.6%, Paris +0.7%, Frankfurt +0.8%. However the market momentum will be tested on Monday as Fitch ratings agency (as anticipated) downgraded Italian sovereign debt. In Asia, Japan’s strong  Q4 GDP powered the Nikkei up 2.6% with Hong Kong up 1.4%, China

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