The Brexit is here: A fifth American bank moving his activity away from London.
After JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Bank of America doesn’t wait for Brexit and moves the European headquarters to Dublin.
At the end of the week Bank of America announced that it had chosen Dublin as the new destination for its European headquarters.
In this way, he became the fifth American bank to announce that he would be taking his action from London and the first American bank to choose Ireland as a preferred target.
The announcement came after the Bank of England ordered the international financial institutions operating in the U.K at the beginning of the month to submit plans detailing the steps to be taken towards the Brexit, which will come into effect in March 2019.
They also announced the transfer of activity from London: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.

The European stock indexes fell sharply last week.
The DAX plunged by 3.1% to a three-month low, led the trend, but the French CAC, which lost 2.25%, was not far behind.
The main reason for the pressure on the European stock markets was the strengthening of the Euro, which jumped by 1.75% against the US dollar to a two-year high.

It was a matter of time before the strengthening of the Euro began to erode the performance of European equities, especially with the export companies, which are particularly large on the German stock exchange.
However, the inferiority of stocks in Europe relative to the US stock market is not expected to be prolonged, first of all the circumstances of the strengthening of the Euro are based on the improvement in the European economy.

Another factor that supports investment in Europe compared to the US is the fact that US price hikes are spread among fewer shares than in Europe.
Over the past year, 70% of all shares in the S&P500 index have risen, compared to 80% of the BE500 index, although the S&P500’s yield was 5% higher than the European index.

A change in the ECB’s messages, as well as a loss of confidence in Trump’s capabilities to do something significant have led the Euro to strengthen since April at 10.1% against the US dollar.
Unlike the US, where the share of exports in GDP is low, the strengthening of the Euro constitutes a significant frontal wind for the economy, with the negative effects of the appreciation expected to be seen in European companies’ reports as early as next quarter.

Because of this, the European indices fell sharply in the last month and returned to their levels on the eve of the elections in France.
For the same reason Draghi made sure to note clearly in his announcement that the ECB’s monetary policy also depends on the financial conditions in the Euro zone.
In fact, the strong Euro and its effects on growth, firm profits and inflation is the main card that Draghi can pull out of the sleeve if German pressure continues.
Therefore, even if the process of reducing the quantitative easing will begin soon, it is expect very clear messages from the ECB regarding the interest rate in the Euro zone will remain at its level for a long time to come.

The trading on the European markets opened today with a slight rise, following gains on Asian stock markets and a positive trend in Wall Street futures after a mixed closing yesterday.
as mentioned, the Asian markets are also trading with gains, with Shanghai Stock Exchange leading the gains in the east.
Major technology stocks are leading the positive trend.
The market is waiting for announcements by central banks in Japan and Europe that are expected on Thursday.
The two banks are expected to present their monetary policy for the coming period and the assessments are intended to reduce the expansionary policy.

The oil prices are going down this morning.
The WTI is down by 0.3$ trading at $ 46.3, and a barrel of Brent oil is traded for $ 48.72.
Oil inventories rose by 1.6 million barrels last week, and ahead of the release of the weekly report, as analysts expect a 3 million barrel drop.

The trading on Wall Street closed yesterday almost unchanged and remained close to a record high, in a week full of quarterly reports and the unofficial opening of the high-tech reporting season.
68 of the 500 companies of the S&P 500 will publish their quarterly reports this week.
The quarterly reports of IBM, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America are due today, and on Thursday Microsoft, Snaptech will publish their results.

The shares of consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. climbed for the seventh straight day (149.56 + 0.35%) and it’s the longest daily streak since December 2016, after Morgan Stanley analysts raised Apple’s target price to $ 182, Of the current price.

This morning the trading on Asian markets falls on the back of news that two Republican senators oppose the health care bill that eliminates the former US president program regarding the health care insurance.
US President Donald Trump’s inability to pass the Health Act raises concerns among investors about his ability to fulfill his other promises.

Tokyo drops by 0.6%, Hong Kong is down by 0.1%, Shanghai loses 0.6% of its value. Singapore and Seoul are trading with little change and Sydney loses 1.1% of its value.

The US dollar fell by 0.4% against the Japanese yen to 112.18 yen to the dollar.
The Euro rose by 0.4% to $ 1.1525 and the pound gained 0.2% to $ 1.3088.

The Australian dollar is up by 1.1% to $ 0.78 after the Reserve Bank of Australia reported that the labor market is strong enough to reduce the risk of falling wages.
In addition, the bank signaled that it didn’t intend to stop the stimulus program for the asymmetrical economy.

China beats the forecasts with a strong growth of 6.9%!!
China’s second-quarter growth figures were higher than the early forecast due to strong manufacturing activity and an increase in the private consumption, but investors are warn that the second half will not be so optimistic.

China’s economy grew in the second quarter at an annual rate of 6.9%, the same rate as in the first quarter, this compares to analysts’ forecasts for a 6.8% growth.
Compared to the first quarter, China’s economy grew by 1.7%, according to the forecasts.

A rise in retail sales and the industrial output also helped offset the relative weakness in the country’s stock market caused by speculation that financial regulation will worsen.

The output of factories in China grew by 7.6% in June from the same period last year, the highest growth rate in three months.

The Wall Street trading week will open at the background of the continued reporting season and interest rate decisions by two of the world’s leading central banks, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank.

The Bank of Japan is expected to publish optimistic forecasts for Japan’s economy on the back of steady export data, rising domestic consumption and a weaker Japanese yen.
The ECB is expected to leave the interest rate unchanged.

The trading on Wall Street last week ended with a rise, as the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 broke records.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 1% and close at 21,637 points.
The S&P 500 rose by 1.4% and reached 2,459 points.
The NASDAQ rose by 2.6% in a week’s summary, it was his best week in 2017.

In addition, on Friday, two macro data were published in the US that may affect the Federal Reserve’s policy on future interest rate decisions.
The June CPI remained unchanged and the retail sales in June fell by 0.1%, indicating that the slowdown in US inflation is not temporary As Federal Reserve officials estimate.
Therefore, the Federal Reserve may not raise the interest rates this year as previously announced.

The Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen said yesterday that the central bank is closely monitoring the moderate level of inflation in the United States, but she continues to expect that the Fed will begin to reducing assets in its balance sheets by $ 4.5 trillion later this year.

Yelan added that the central bank intends to continue raising the interest rates and begin to reduce the volume of assets in its balance sheets, but didn’t provide any new information on the timing of these measures.
Analysts predict that the Fed will begin reducing the volume of bonds in its balance sheets in September.

Regarding the interest front, Yelan signaled in her testimony that the Federal Reserve may not have to raise the rates in the US many more times: “Since the neutral interest rate is now quite low in historical terms, the federal interest rate will not have to cost so much to reach a neutral policy”

In response to Fed Chairman’s remarks, Wall Street’s stock markets closed on a positive note and the blue-chip stocks hit record highs.

In addition, the price of gold rose for the third day in a row.
The price of gold closed at aprice level of $ 1,219.1 per ounce, up 0.4%.

The trading in most Asian markets this morning is positive, following Wall Street gains on the back of optimistic remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Janet Yellen that the economy is expected to continue to grow at a moderate pace over the next two years.
Tokyo drops 0.1% as tge Japanese yen strengthens.
Hong Kong rising by 1.1%, Shanghai rises by 0.4%, Singapore is up by 0.6%.

The trading on Wall Street stock markets closed yesterday in a slight positive trend.
The Dow Jones closed unchanged, the S&P 500 fell by less than 0.1% and the NASDAQ rose by 0.3%.
Snap shares fell by 8.8% after closing yesterday at a lower price and the company’s market value reached less than $ 20 billion.

In the forex market yesterday, the Euro went up against the US dollar by 0.3% to $ 1.1436 per euro.
the pound depreciating against the us dollar by 0.4% and trading around $ 1.2833 per pound.
This morning the Japanese yen rose by 0.5% against the US dollar, trading at 113.38 yen per dollar.

The WTI crude oil for delivery in August rose yesterday by 1.6% to $ 45.12 per barrel.

The morning there is a mixed trend in the Asian markets.
Tokyo Loses 0.5%, Hong Kong is rising by 0.8%, Shanghai is down by 0.2% and Singapore retreated by 0.4%.

The price of gold recovered yesterday from a four-month low after a positive employment report released last week which bolstered expectations of further US interest rate hikes this year.

The price of the gold closed at a price level of $ 1,213.2 per ounce, up by 0.3% on the New York Exchange.
The price of the gold fell last Friday by 1.1% to $ 1,209.7 per ounce, and it was the lowest level since March 15.

The price of the oil closed yesterday slightly higher in New York on speculation that OPEC would impose restrictions on the cartel companies in Libya and Nigeria.

The WTI oil closed at a price level of $ 44.4 a barrel, up by 0.4% on the New York Exchange after falling almost by 3% on Friday.

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Libya and Nigeria, which were exempt from the agreement of cut production of OPEC, were invited to the meeting of major oil producers this month in Russia.

The trading on Wall Street stock exchanges will open today in an upbeat mood after a reassuring employment report released on Friday, a report that indicating a continued recovery in the US job market, with the addition of 222K jobs in June, well above the early forecasts, and was pushing the Wall Street indices to a weekly gains.

The unemployment in the US now stands at 4.4%, which is the lowest level in 16 years, and less than half of the unemployment rate in the Euro zone.

On the macroeconomic front this week, the inflation indices and the producer price index, will be published on Thursday.
The consumer price index will be published on Friday.
The US inflation rate is satisfactory, moving above 2% at an annualized rate since the beginning of 2017, depending on the Fed’s target.

The rise in inflation, coupled with encouraging economic data in the employment market and in consumer and business confidence, contributes to the Federal Reserve’s policy of raising interest rates, which last month raised the interest rate again to 1-1.25 percent.

The decision to raise the interest rate in the United States last month was supported by almost all Federal Reserve officials, but among central bank leaders there was a dispute over appropriate long-term policy.
According to the protocol of the FOMC meeting, On raising interest rates in the US for the third time in six months.
The protocol also revealed details of their plan to begin gradually reducing more than $ 4.5 trillion of assets in the central bank’s balance sheets.

 

The trading on Asian stock exchanges is being led by price declines in the shadow of escalating tensions between the US and North Korea and fears of military confrontation.

Tokyo is down by 0.5%, Shanghai and Hong Kong are losing 0.3% each, Singapore is down by 0.3%, Seoul is down by 0.2%, Sydney is losing 0.1%.
The Japanese yen weakened by 0.2% to 113.0 yen.against the US dollar.

Wall Street’s stock markets closed in a positive direction yesterday led by chip and defence industries, and in light of the publication of the protocol of the Fed’s latest interest rate meeting.
The NASDAQ Composite Index rose by 0.7% on its way to its first positive day in four trading days, while the S&P 500 Index rose by 0.2%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed almost unchanged.

The decision to raise the interest rate in the US last month was made with the support of almost all Federal Reserve officials, but there is disagreement among central bankers about the appropriate long-term policy.

The protocol of a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) last month, in which central bank officials decided to raise interest rates in the United States for the third time in six months, revealed details of their plan to begin gradually reducing more than 4.5 trillion dollar of assets in the balance sheets of the central bank.