The mood of German consumers worsened for the second consecutive month in September. The consumer climate once again suffered a setback. Following a value of 8.6 points in September, the overall indicator is forecasting 8.3 points for October. Economic and income expectations as well as willingness…
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Falling economic optimism curbs German consumer climate
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the index of import prices decreased by 1.9% in August 2014 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In July 2014 and in June 2014 the annual rates of change were –1.7% and –1.2%, respectively. From July 2014 to August…
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German Import prices in August 2014: –1.9% on August 2013
Days like today really see who is managing risk and who isn’t. Always remember if you have big winning days and trades that are disproportionally large percentage wise then the odds are that you are also exposed to the downside risk of an equal magnitude. Here are five quick tips for risk management…
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For Traders: 5 Quick Tips For Risk Management
The Reserve Bank of Australia miscalculated a predictable surge in investor-driven imbalances in the frothy housing market, says a former senior economist at the central bank. “They underestimated how strong the investor pulse would be and I suspect they miscalculated how powerful the search for …
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RBA ‘miscalculated’ housing bubble risks, says Jeremy Lawson
Many smart people have spent years trying to explain exactly why active management can’t keep up with the investment indexes. Leave it to Eugene Fama, the University of Chicago researcher and Nobel Prize winner, to make things painfully simple. It’s nothing more than slicing a pie. If I get a big…
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Eugene Fama, active management and the bigger pie theory
If watching the news doesn’t satisfy your hunger for scary stories, Zero Hedge is the place for you. …
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Zero Hedge: Wall Street’s daily dose of doom and gloom
Recent disappointing Chinese economic data, alongside a greater tolerance by China’s policymakers for slower growth, are likely to weigh further on the AUD in the context of continued overvaluation and an environment of broad USD strength, says Barclays Capital. “Weak China data have contributed …
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AUD: Conflicting Factors: Outlook & Forecast – Barclays
Australia’s property market is approaching the bubble extremes seen a decade ago, an analyst told CNBC, after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warned this week that the market looks ‘unbalanced’. “There was an intense bubble in the property market a decade ago. There were property ‘spruikers’ …
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Is Australian housing facing a repeat of 2003?
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 0.7 percent in August to 299.8 (2004 = 100), following a 1.2 percent increase in July and a 1.3 percent increase in June. Three of the six components contributed positively to the index in August. “The monthly growth in the…
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The Conference Board LEI for China increased in August
apan’s consumer price index from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released Friday. CPI figures date to 1970 under the 2010 base year: FACTORS: Japan’s core consumer price index (excluding perishables but including energy) came in slightly weaker than expected, up +3.1% on year …
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Japan Aug Core CPI Slows To +3.1%; Excl Tax Impact At +1.1%
Asian shares got off to a rocky start on Friday after a sharp drop on Wall Street, which curbed enthusiasm for the dollar even after the U.S. unit touched multi-year highs in the previous session. U.S. stocks ended sharply lower, as Apple Inc broke under key technical levels after the tech giant …
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Asian shares shudder under Wall Street’s shadow
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a “2'' across much the country.
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Prices at the pump head below $3 in much of US
It was six minutes after the opening bell on Feb.4, and dozens of big-name stocks were still untraded in Tokyo. Telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp. was among those that hadn’t budged. The offer price fell 5 percent, then more, and still there were no takers. Then an order was filled: 300,000 …
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Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades
The last few weeks has seen a strong decline for the Australian dollar moving from close to 0.94 down to below 0.88 and a seven month low. In the few days to finish out last week the Australian dollar found some much needed support at 0.8950 and rallied back up to just shy of the key 0.90 level…
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AUD/USD – Falls to Seven Month Low Below 0.88
National CPI y/y for August, 3.3% expected 3.3%, prior was 3.4% National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for August, +3.1% expected 3.2%, prior was 3.3% National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for August, +2.3% expected 2.3%, prior was 2.3% Tokyo CPI y/y for September, +…
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All the Japan CPI data in one spot
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The oil industry's lead trade group released new standards on Thursday for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were misclassified, including a train that derailed in Canada and killed 47 people.
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Oil industry offers crude-train testing standards
Roight, so markets are going the way I have been expecting although my short USDJPY position is yet to start really moving. Overall however the seismic shift I have been sensing was coming in markets is starting to happen. Whether its a transition from low volatility to high volatility or just th…
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Risk off, the selloff in stocks might have just begun
Today’s decline in USD/JPY didn’t get down to yesterday’s low and that’s a sign that dip buyers are still in charge. The Nikkei also hit a seven-year high yesterday and that’s a strong signal about yen weakness. The next leg could come on today’s CPI numbers at 2330 GMT. If the numbers are sof…
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Japanese CPI could set off another round of USD/JPY buying
Fretting over a possible downturn in Silicon Valley is now a mainstream pursuit. Marc Andreessen, the prominent venture capitalist, took to Twitter on Thursday to warn against excessive spending by start-ups that have attracted capital from investors. Companies that spend money on fancy offices o…
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Marc Andreessen Sounds Warning on Start-Ups Burning Cash
dstorm Gold Ltd. (“Sandstorm” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: SAND, TSX: SSL) has remitted $9.25 million of the $25 million it has committed to True Gold Mining Inc. (“True Gold”) …
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Sandstorm Gold Remits First Upfront Payment to True Gold
