Thursday, January 8, 2015

THURSDAY 1/8/15; Asian Stocks Rally Sans Shanghai; ECB QE and Fed-Driven Global Rally Continues; Paris Terrorism; BOE Rate Decision; FDO; STZ; BBBY

Asia indexes are higher across the board following the US rally except for the Shanghai Index. The NIKK is up +1.7% as the dollar/yen pair moves higher to 119.87 (weaker yen). Exporters such as HMC and TM lead the upside. MCD apologizes for the food contamination incident but the McDonald’s Japan stock sells off -2% over the last two days. The SSEC is the sour spot in Asia losing -2.4% as the banks, brokerages and securities firms are sold off. Chinese oil and energy stocks are weak. The HSI gains +0.7%.

Australia gains +0.5%. Financials and miners receive a 










































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 Fed’s Kocherlakota, an uber dove, says the drop in oil prices is great for the economy. Kocherlakota is upbeat on the US economy despite weakness around the world. He cautions that the Fed should remain patient before raising rates repeating the comments by other Fed members over the last two days. Traders float stocks higher believing the Fed is patient and in no rush to hike rates.

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