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Published on Tuesday, 03 February 2015 07:19
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This Friday was a difficult one for global equity markets. U.S. equities finished lower for the fourth week of the last five, suffering their largest drop since 2014. Lower GDP growth in the U.S. and negative earnings revisions only fueled the fire of global deflation. Geopolitical unrest in Russia and Greece’s new anti-austerity stance didn’t help either, and Spain could be next…

Rates collapsing on U.S. GDP miss. The 10-year treasury dipped to to 1.7% on Friday, and 30-year rate fell to all time lows of 2.7%. This was partially driven by the fact that U.S. GDP growth missed expectations on a 2.6% print. Our team at Market Realist has been calling for slowing growth since November, due to the strengthening U.S. dollar,

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Baltic Dry Index down to 608 points

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Published on Monday, 02 February 2015 15:34
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02.02.2015

On January 30, 2014, the Baltic Dry Index fell to 608 points, down 24points (3.3%) against the level of January 29.

BDI is a number issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. Not restricted to Baltic Sea countries, the index provides "an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials by sea. Taking in 23 shipping routes measured on a timecharter basis, the index covers Handysize, Supramax, Panamax, and Capesize dry bulk carriers carrying a range of commodities including coal, iron ore and grain. Because dry bulk primarily consists of materials that function as raw material inputs to the production of intermediate or finished goods, the index is also seen as an efficient economic indicator of future economic growth and production.

On 20 May 2008, the index reached its record high level since its introduction in 1985, reaching 11,793 points. On 3 February 2012, the index had dropped 647 points, the lowest since 1986.

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European Stocks Drop After January Advance as Spanish Banks Fall

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Published on Monday, 02 February 2015 15:03
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(Bloomberg) -- A drop in Spanish lenders pushed European stocks lower for a third day amid growing concern that anti-austerity parties are gathering strength.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.3 percent to 366 at 1:50 p.m. in London after earlier rising as much as 0.3 percent and falling 0.7 percent. Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slid the most among 18 western-European markets. Energized by Syriza’s victory in Greece, the leader of its anti-austerity party Podemos pledged to restructure the nation’s debt if he can convert his

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Worrying Weaknesses in Markets after Swiss Bank move

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Published on Sunday, 01 February 2015 06:14
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January 19, 2015

 
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Financial markets were roiled last week as losses currently estimated in the hundreds of millions were realised in the wake of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) abandoning their currency floor with the Euro. The problem for the market in the short term is the worry that higher volatility will force leveraged investors to sell down positions across the board, and that this selling begets more selling and so on. There is a bigger long term concern that we will get to later.

(For those interested or concerned about how RMG fared during this event. Both our FX and Macro strategies made money and are posting positive returns for January.)

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