With the Nikkei 225 breaking through the 20,000 point level last week and Japanese stocks broadly having put on around 15% this year, many investors will be trying to ascertain whether that is as good as it gets or a sign of things to come. There is such a mixed bag of factors to weigh
With less than a fortnight left before Britain goes to the polls, the outcome of 2015 General Election is still up in the air and so is the consensus on how to play it. Billed by political analysts as the toughest election to call since Winston Churchill was voted out of office two months after leading Britain
Markets regained a little of their poise overnight with the VIX index of volatility falling back 4% from its three year high as US and Chinese equities managed to hold onto some slim gains at the close. The S&P 500 ended Thursday up 0.01% at 1,862, well off Wednesday’s low of 1,830, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng
Wall Street declined on Wednesday on lingering concerns about weak global demand, but an afternoon rebound helped the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index pare its biggest intraday plunge since 2011. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 173 points, or 1.06%, to 16,142, the S&P 500 lost 15 points, or 0.81%, to 1,862 and the Nasdaq
“UK CPI inflation has fallen to its lowest level in five years, undershooting estimates as the impact of falling petrol prices dragged the headline level down near to 1%.” Read the entire Investment Week article [Source: Investment Week (www.investmentweek.co.uk) – Author Nick Paler]
