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Market Talk – January 4, 2024

  ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 175.88 points or -0.53% to 33,288.29 Shanghai decreased 12.90 points or -0.43% to 2,954.35 Hang Seng decreased 0.43 points or 0.00% to 16,645.98 ASX 200 decreased 29.10 points or -0.39% to 7,494.10 Kospi decreased 20.29 points or -0.78% to […]

Market Talk – January 3, 2024

ASIA:   China has unexpectedly issued oil import quotas for 2024, allocating 179.01 million tons (3.59 million barrels a day) to private refiners and traders. This nearly matches the total allowances for the previous year. The move surprised the market, and with a preliminary allocation in December, the total for 2024 now stands at 183.69 […]

Market Talk – January 2, 2024

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 75.45 points or -0.22% to 33,464.17 Shanghai decreased 12.66 points or -0.43% to 2,962.28 Hang Seng decreased 258.84 points or -1.52% to 16,788.55 ASX 200 increased 37.00 points or 0.49% to 7,627.80 Kospi increased 14.53 points or 0.55% to 2,669.81 […]

Has Europe Just Committed Suicide?

Europe has laid the groundwork for World War III and the destruction of Europe as a whole, all to save its failed fiscal management of the economy. Using the Ukrainian war that the West instigated by promising democratic elections to the Donbas in BAD FAITH just for being Russian, the European Union Council adopted a 12th […]

Market Talk – December 20, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 456.55 points or 1.37% to 33,675.94 Shanghai decreased 30.28 points or -1.03% to 2,902.11 Hang Seng increased 108.81 points or 0.66% to 16,613.81 ASX 200 increased 48.80 points or 0.65% to 7,537.90 Kospi increased 45.75 points or 1.78% to 2,614.30 […]

Market Talk – December 19, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 460.41 points or 1.41% to 33,219.39 Shanghai increased 1.59 points or 0.05% to 2,932.39 Hang Seng decreased 124.23 points or -0.75% to 16,505.00 ASX 200 increased 62.70 points or 0.84% to 7,489.10 Kospi increased 1.69 points or 0.07% to 2,568.55 […]

Market Talk – December 18, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 211.57 points or -0.64% to 32,758.98 Shanghai decreased 11.75 points or -0.40% to 2,930.80 Hang Seng decreased 162.96 points or -0.97% to 16,629.23 ASX 200 decreased 16.30 points or -0.22% to 7,426.40 Kospi increased 3.30 points or 0.13% to 2,566.86 […]

Market Talk – December 15, 2023

  ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 284.30 points or 0.87% to 32,970.55 Shanghai decreased 16.43 points or -0.56% to 2,942.56 Hang Seng increased 390.00 points or 2.38% to 16,792.19 ASX 200 increased 64.80 points or 0.88% to 7,442.70 Kospi increased 19.38 points or 0.76% to […]

Market Talk – December 14, 2023

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 240.10 points or -0.73% to 32,686.25 Shanghai decreased 9.77 points or -0.33% to 2,958.99 Hang Seng increased 173.44 points or 1.07% to 16,402.19 ASX 200 increased 120.10 points or 1.65% to 7,377.90 Kospi increased 33.52 points or 1.34% to 2,544.18 […]

Market Talk – December 13, 2023

ASIA: In November, foreign investors significantly increased their bond purchases in key Asian markets due to a notable decline in U.S. Treasury yields and a shift in expectations for potential Federal Reserve rate cuts. They made their largest monthly net purchase since May, buying a total of $6.36 billion in South Korean, Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian, […]