Morning Market Brief: April 11th, TAGS: Bonds | China | Crude oil | Italy | Mali | Randgold Resources | sovereign-deb | Spain Overnight Headlines: Headlines were dominated by sovereign-debt issues in Spain and Italy. Yields on 10-year Italian bonds rose to 5.67%. Yields on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to 5.93%. The yield …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: April 5th TAGS: Bonds | coal tax | ECB | Gold | India | Indonesia | Oil futures | Spain Overnight Headlines: Spain had a relatively unsuccessful three- and four-year bond auction with three-year yields rising to 2.89%, up from 2.44% in a Mar’12 auction. €2.59b was sold versus a …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: April 4th TAGS: (BCC | British Chambers of Commerce | FMS | FOMC | Gold | India | Indonesia | Italian bonds | Mali | MMK | Russia | Spain | Spanish bonds | unemployment Overnight Headlines: Spain’s unemployed grew by 0.82% in Mar’12 to 4.75m, the eighth straight month of increases. The Spanish Finance Minister told the WSJ that there was “no room for …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: January 13th TAGS: APAC | Bonds | CGNPC | China | ECB | economic outlook | Gold | Hong Kong | Italy | Kalahari Minerals | Mario Draghi | Spain | U.S. Treasury Overnight Headlines: The ECB kept rates unchanged at 1%. ECB President Mario Draghi said the euro-zone economic outlook remains subject to substantial downside risks, but pointed out that money provided …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Dec 16 TAGS: Bank of America | Barclays | BNP Paribas | Christine Lagarde | Credit Suisse | Deutsche Bank | euro-zone | Extended Fund Facility | Germany | global economic outlook | Goldman Sachs | IMF | Ireland | Societe Generale | Spain | UBS Headlines: Gold for February delivery fell 0.6% to US$1577.20 Silver for March delivery gained 1.2% to US$29.27 WTI Crude for January delivery fell 1.1% to US$93.87 The IMF Managing Director …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Nov 28 TAGS: Belgium | Black Friday | Conga | Hungary | Moody's | Peru | Spain   Headlines:   Gold for December delivery fell 0.6% to US$1685.70 Silver for December delivery fell 2.7% to US$31.01 WTI Crude for December delivery rose 0.6% to US$96.77 Moody’s cut …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Nov 23 TAGS: Bonds | IMF | Mody | Spain | US Credit RAising Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1.4% to US$1702.40 Silver for March delivery gained 2.6% to US$32.005 WTI crude for January delivery gained 0.1% to US$96.97 The Spanish Treasury rose …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Nov 22 TAGS: China | France | Gold | mining tax | silver | Spain Headlines: Gold for December delivery fell 2.7% to US$1678.60 Silver for March delivery fell 4.3% to US$31.085 WTI crude for January delivery fell 1.5% to US$96.17 The opposition Popular Party …Continue reading →