On Friday, August 6, Business Monitor International’s Head of Research Terry Alexander guest hosted Closing Bell Europe. Key points of discussion included the latest Eurozone GDP releases and asset class strategies amid a rallying bond market.

My long-standing view that growth will cool considerably in Brazil in the latter part of 2010 is now firmly playing out, with latest industrial production data again surprising consensus expectations to the downside. June figures reveal a 1.0% month-on-month (m-o-m) contraction, the sharpest fall since the height of Brazil’s recession in December 2008. With the [Read more...]

Coffee is shaping up to post a strong monthly close which bolsters my medium-term bullish view. Moreover, while not my core scenario, I would not rule out a significant spike in prices over the coming months, as has happened in the past.

My colleagues at Business Monitor Online recently alluded to this potential in late June. [Read more...]

The last few weeks have certainly been good to the Spanish on the football pitch and the tennis court. But as the sporting hangover begins to wear off, all eyes will return to the ailing economy. Unlike Greece, Spain has not come to the forefront of investor concerns in recent months because of its sovereign [Read more...]

It is now over 9 months since Greece’s sovereign debt crisis brought the Eurozone’s stability to the forefront of investor concerns. With a trillion dollar bailout fund in place, and the recent bounce in the euro (some 5% against the US dollar), can we assume that the worst is now behind us. Justin Patrie, Head [Read more...]

 

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The euro continued to rally in today’s trading and is beginning to approach key technical resistance around the US$1.2750/EUR area. Though on the daily chart the unit is beginning to look increasingly overbought, the technical pattern points towards further upside for the euro, and I would not rule out a push to US$1.30/EUR.

The technicals and fundamentals are starting to align for a major correction in global markets. Terry Alexander, Head of Global Research at Business Monitor, joins Mark Schaltuper to discuss some of the key views on the markets.

 

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