Global Issues
Japan / Finance
We have initiated a tactical bearish position on Japan's Topix in our key market views folder at today's open of 948.52. This call is largely based on the technicals, with the impressive bull-run in play since last November showing signs of exhaustion. Firstly, as the chart below shows, the index failed to break above its pre-tsunami high of 980.00 earlier this month. Secondly,...
2013-02-15Brazil / Economy
The consolidation in global equity markets could have further to run in the near term, as bullish momentum in January has come a long way. Technical breaks below support on key regional...
2013-02-11Brazil / Economy
We remain bullish Brazilian and Colombian energy stocks in our regional asset class strategy. This informs our bullish view on Colombia's IGBC index and Bogotá-listed Pacific...
2012-12-27Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets
Japan
We have initiated a tactical bearish position on Japan's Topix in our key market views folder at today's open of 948.52. This call is largely based on the technicals, with the impressive...
2013-02-15Brazil
The consolidation in global equity markets could have further to run in the near term, as bullish momentum in January has come a long way. Technical breaks below support on key regional...
2013-02-11Brazil
We remain bullish Brazilian and Colombian energy stocks in our regional asset class strategy. This informs our bullish view on Colombia's IGBC index and Bogotá-listed Pacific...
2012-12-27With Latin America undergoing perhaps the severest economic downturn in recent memory in 2009, the 'ability to pay' qualifications have taken a severe beating, with the median 'ability...
2009-11-12Q2 was a much happier quarter for global markets - if not necessarily for global growth - and our Sovereign Risk Ratings (SRR) board for the Middle East and North Africa is looking...
2009-08-21BMI's proprietary sovereign risk rating index, which we are launching today, has been more than a year in development, during which time, as readers will be well aware, we have frequently...
2006-03-10United States
The US dollar may soon test the all-time low of US$1.6018/EUR versus the euro, propelled by a weak domestic economic outlook and diverging interest rate expectations with the eurozone....
2008-05-22United States
Since our January 4 article Dollar Feels The Heat, the greenback has succumbed to further weakness against the euro, as predicted. The European currency has gathered upward momentum...
2006-01-25Japan
The currency had already priced in a Koizumi victory, meaning that post-election gains were very limited. In addition, the US dollar has rebounded as fears about Hurricane Katrina...
2005-10-06United States
The euro has fallen from resistance at US$1.2600/EUR over the past month and broken through key support in the US$1.2200/EUR region, as the market focuses on growth and interest rate...
2005-10-04
