L’économie US : mise à jour de Rafic Vartan

Market update for the week ending October 6 2018 CRUDE OIL 74.29 — GOLD 1.206.70 — SILVER 14.68 — EUR/USD 1.15   US stock market –  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the week at 26,447.05, down from 26,458.31 last week. It is up 7% year to date. The S&P 500 closed the week at 2,885.57, down from 2,913.98 last week. It's up 9% year to date. The NASDAQ closed the week at 7,788.45, down from 8,046.35 last week. It's up 16% year to date.   Treasury Bond Yields sharply higher than last week – …

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L’économie US par Rafic Vartan

Market update for the week ending September 8 2018 CRUDE OIL 67.86 — GOLD 1.201.80 — SILVER 14.78 — EUR/USD 1.16   Stocks drop this week –  Renewed trade and tariff talk weighed on stocks this week. A robust job and wage growth report did not cause a rally. With consumer spending accounting for nearly 70% of the economy one would think that higher wages, and consumer confidence at an 18 year high would be encouraging. On the other hand if consumer spending picks up that could cause inflation, which is very low, to…

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Soros mise sur la chute des actions US et des devises asiatiques

Le milliardaire George Soros, né à Budapest, il y a 85 ans, très actif. , a révélé à l’occasion du forum économique de Davos qu’il misait sur la chute du S&P 500, l'indice de référence des actions américaines, et sur celle des devises asiatiques. Il partage ainsi l’avis d’experts reconnus, comme Albert Edwards, stratège à la Société générale, et l’économiste Robert Schiller, prix Nobel d’économie 2013. Edwards pense que le S&P 500 peut perdre 70% , Schiller prédit un krach à Walle Street, tous les deux estimant la valorisation des actions…

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