21st January 2011
Market Outlook October 2010: Strathclyde Associates Government Bonds Part3
The strength of the major European bond markets must therefore also be viewed with some concern. The gilt edged market has followed the pattern of other markets and has also im...
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19th January 2011
Strathclyde Associates Foreign Exchange Markets October 2010 Part 1: Uncertainty has remained the predominant feature of the foreign exchange markets over the past month. The sovereign debt crisis in Europe has clearly not been resolved; and there has bee...
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19th January 2011
The major government bond markets have made further significant gains over the past month, despite the massive fiscal deficits around the world, and the renewed concerns about the possibility of sovereign debt defaults in Europe.
The lack of more posit...
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14th October 2010
Brazil’s economic output dipped a tiny 0.2% in 2009 and is on course to grow by about 6% — well above the 4.5% or so that many economists regard as the potential or noninflationary rate — in 2010. Industrial production, retail sales, employment, business ...
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03rd September 2010
Strathclyde Associates: Taking A Look at Taiwan’s Economy - Taiwan is recovering rapidly from last year’s recession. Its semi-conductor industry is doing well and there is very little inflationary pressure in the economy. Taiwanese, however, are concern...
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02nd September 2010
Taking A Look at South Korea’s Economy: Strathclyde Associates - Korea is set to grow about 5% this year, faster than the Bank of Korea’s December forecast of 4.6%.
The central bank has lowered its 2010 forecast for consumer price inflation to 2.6% g...
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24th August 2010
India’s economy is expected to grow 8.2% this fiscal year, and accelerate to 9% next year, powered by rising local demand, a robust rebound in manufacturing activity and investment in infrastructure. Policy makers are being kept on their toes by inflati...
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24th August 2010
"Strathclyde Associates": Bond Markets - The Japanese bond market has remained unchanged over the past month.
Government bond markets have had a very traumatic month. The major markets have held fairly steady; but there have been dramatic falls in so...
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05th July 2010
Market Outlook June 2010: "Strathclyde Associates, Korea": Prospects for bond markets in mainland Europe are... particularly uncertain. Not all markets elsewhere will be affected, and some may even continue to benefit from the problems in Europe. The la...
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05th July 2010
The Bank of International Settlements has recently warned "that the aftermath of the financial crisis is poised to bring the simmering fiscal problems in industrial economies to boiling-point", and that drastic measures will be needed to head off a compou...
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05th July 2010
Market Outlook June 2010: "Strathclyde Associates, Korea": The Greek situation remains in the eye of the storm, and has led to the decision to downgrade its debt to "junk" status despite a formal request for aid from the IMF and other member countries of ...
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05th July 2010
Strathclyde Associates Featured: Stock Market Shift Attributed to Green Investment. 21st century green initiatives are sparking life in today's economy. Particularly, there have been a few major investments in renewable energy technologies that have pos...
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26th May 2010
Whilst the death knell for the US Dollar has been sounded often in recent years, it weakness has still not alarmed investors...yet!
The dollar has declined 15% against a raft of six major currencies from the highs set in March and is down more than 37% f...
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21st May 2010
"Clean energy has a dirty secret. It isn't cheap" from USA today. Wisely, they have gone on to modify their doom-laden statement by writing that renewable, green energy is widely supported to fight global warming... And that high fossil fuel prices and...
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21st May 2010
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