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“Moving in” (on stock market bargains) -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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Sujata Rao gives a glimpse at what lies ahead.

The prospect of war does not concern markets as much anymore. U.S. President Joe Biden believes Russia will “move into” Ukraine and has even raised doubts about whether or not the West would respond to any “minor intrusion”.

After two consecutive days of falling, buyers intervened to raise MSCI’s global stocks index. This saw Nasdaq fall 10% from its previous peak.

Wall Street looks set to bounce for now, with Nasdaq futures rising around 0.7%. After a pullback on Wednesday, yields on safe bonds issued by the United States and Germany are now moving higher.

The reasons for dip-buying are well documented: abundant cash, low inflation rates and strong company earnings. China cut the first reference mortgage rate for China in two years. It shows that Beijing is able to offset any tightening of policy in the advanced world.

This month saw a hectic bond saleoff. However, this is an opportunity to remind that the Bloomberg has a benchmark for global yields. Barclays (LON 🙂 Multiverse (7-10 Years) Only 2% has risen.

All signs are pointing to the fact that the Omicron knockback in late-2021 is fading and the supply chain delays continuing to improve. In terms of their value, Japan’s December exports and imports hit new records.

Australia considered allowing 16-year-olds to drive forklift trucks. This was due to tight labor markets around the globe. Some may be happy that it’s been put on hold. The day might yet come.

Graphic: Bloomberg Multiverse, https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/myvmnbrewpr/Pasted%20image%201642630206915.png Key developments that should provide more direction to markets on Thursday:

More geopolitics: China warned against a U.S. warship, and North Korea hinted it might resume missile and nuclear tests.

At 0900 GMT, the Norwegian central bank makes an interest rate announcement (expect a Hold).

Lagarde states that the Euro zone’s inflation will slowly fall.

-Philadelphia Fed Survey for January

-POLL-Turkish Cenbank to Stop Easing

Central banks meet also in Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

-Final Euro zone HICP Dec, ECB Dec minutes due out

US first jobless claims/emerging home sales

-US 10-year TIPs auction

-US earnings: Northern Trust (NASDAQ:), Union Pacific (NYSE:), Netflix(NASDAQ:), American Airlines.

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