Today's trading commentaries
US consumers flock to the showrooms
Michael Derks, FxPro
One of the most encouraging aspects of the US recovery is the increasing preparedness of American consumers to pop down to their local showroom and buy a shiny new car.
The bulls are back in the mix
Mark O'Sullivan, Currencies Direct
The Bulls re-entered the ring yesterday as the markets took a more optimistic view on global growth, in addition concerns on the Euro zone debt crisis eased.
The pound has another good day against its US counterpart
Richard Driver, CaxtonFX
The pound had another good day against its US counterpart yesterday, cementing its two-and-a-half month high, as Manufacturing PMI data in the UK showed a surprising return to growth.
Traders favoured more risky stocks yesterday
Mark Bolsom, Travelex
Declining borrowing costs for some of Europe’s debt-strapped nations and talk of more European Central Bank intervention helped keep traders favouring more risky stocks and currencies yesterday.
Asia extends risk rally after Aus trade data beats forecasts
Andrew Timothy Robinson, Saxo Bank
Having seen the smart turnaround in risk appetite during the European session, Asia was given further incentive to extend the rally Thursday with signs that Australia’s export economy continues to grow.
Surprise strength in UK manufacturing
Mark Deans, Moneycorp
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Markets staged decent gains yesterday
Simon Denham, Capital Spreads
Markets staged decent gains yesterday as manufacturing numbers across the board showed encouraging signs that all is not lost in the industrial sectors around the world.
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Largely unaffected by the sovereign debt crisis which has been dragging Europe into the abyss, the Brazilian economy continued its seemingly inexorable rise last year, surging past Italy and the UK to become the sixth largest in the world. But testing times could be ahead in 2012...
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Conferences, events & exhibitions
AFME European Market Liquidity Conference 2012
8 February 2012, London, United Kingdom
Supply Chain Finance
16 - 17 February 2012, Cancun, Mexico
ACT Annual Cash Management Conference
28 - 29 February 2012, London, United Kingdom
International Payments Summit 2012
13 - 15 March 2012, London, UK
ACT Annual Conference 2012
16 - 18 April 2012, ACC Liverpool, United Kingdom
1st International Symposium on Business, Economica & Financial Applications
1 - 2 June 2012, Kefalonia, Greece
9th AFE Conference 2012
28 - 30 June 2012, Samos Island, Greece
World Finance Conference
2 - 4 July 2012, Ipanema, Portugal
2012 Annual Conference on Global Economics, Business and Finance (GEBF 2012)
27 - 30 July 2012, Beijing, China
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