Non-residential construction remains in a growth phase. Office space vacancies have been stable, but the sector is still seeing the most speculative building on record. Meanwhile, warehouse and flex-space sectors are ripe for investment with low vacancy and increasing rents. Experts see industrial construction leading the way over the next two years, and clients are…
On Sunday of last week, the Bank of Japan’s quarterly tankan manufacturing and non-manufacturing survey data was released. Covering the period of the first quarter, data showed that confidence among the larger manufacturing firms in Japan weakened for the first time in two years. The decline in confidence came as investors remained cautious on the business outlook…
Jobless claims came in higher than expected for the second time in a row this week, but the report was still monumental from a historical perspective. While economists were forecasting first time claims to fall to 230K from last week’s higher than expected level of 242K, the actual reading came in at 233K. This week’s print…
Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending April 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 233,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 242,000. The 4-week moving average was 230,000, an increase of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average of…
EUR/GBP- The pair faces further downside pressure leaving risk lower. Support lies at the 0.8650 level where a violation will turn focus to the 0.8600 level. A break will expose the 0.8550 level. Its daily RSI is bearish and pointing lower suggesting further weakness. Conversely, resistance resides at the 0.8800 level where a violation if…
Have you been eager to see how BlackRock, Inc. (BLK – Free Report) performed in Q1 in comparison with the market expectations? Let’s quickly scan through the key facts from this New York-based investment management company’s earnings release this morning: An Earnings Beat BlackRock came out with adjusted earnings per share of $6.70, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of…
An article, a reflection of his childhood, The Financial Times’ Berlin Correspondent Tobias Buck recently wrote of Germany’s immutable obsession with saving money. His behind-the-scenes account of piggy banks and children’s decorated money boxes (some, 400 years old), stored in a back shelf of the German Historical Museum stirred the memory dust for some guy…
Day trading tends to be very popular when the market surges (e.g. the dot-com bubble or the cryptocurrency bubble). This is because everyone and their grandmother can make money trading when the market is going up. But it’s when the market’s going down that separates the truly skilled day traders from the beginners. In this…
The U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.4-0.9% on Wednesday, retracing some of their Tuesday’s move up, as investors’ sentiment worsened again following Syrian conflict escalation worries, among others. The S&P 500 index is currently trading 8.0% below its January 26 record high of 2,872.87. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.9%, and the technology Nasdaq Composite lost…
April started with a bang. The market is showing some considerable signs of increasing volatility, which could be quite sudden some of the times, not to mention surprising. Over the past few weeks, there’s been a series of events, some of them caused by geopolitics, others caused by trading relations uncertainty, and others caused by technology advancing…
