Monthly Archives: January 2016

OUTLOOK: There’re just too many negatives surfacing at this early stage of the year. Europe is struggling to balance humanitarian interests with a growing security concern in the burgeoning refugee crisis;the Middle East is in tenterhooks as Saudi Arabia and … Continue reading →

OUTLOOK: Investors head into the second week of trades for the year nursing scars –many not yet healed – from the worst annual start in since 2008. Back then, it took the market a year and nine months to fully … Continue reading →

OUTLOOK: There is too much bad news hanging over the trading floor and there seem to be no silver lining – at least not the obvious type – emerging from the horizon. China, as somewhat expected, has risen to the … Continue reading →

OUTLOOK: In an “inspiring” note that could provide some positive tone to trades for the balance of the week, investors appear to have judged Monday’s slide – its worst (points-wise) opening day fall since the PSE merged – as an … Continue reading →

OUTLOOK: IT’S A RATHER BUSY DAY for data outside of the US – Japan’s monetary base will be reported nearly two hours before our market opens. The rest will come from Europe – Unemployment in Germany and Spain, Preliminary CPI … Continue reading →

MARKET PERFORMANCE and OUTLOOK: Enough have been said about the market’s 2015 performance. In our Annual Review Report, we intimated that the year could easily be summed up in either or both of two phrases – “unmet expectations” and “huge … Continue reading →