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Global markets rose again on Tuesday while traders await the results from the Federal Reserve’s “Stress Tests”. After being closed for a holiday, Britain played catch up as the FTSE rose 114.94 points, or 2.7 %, at 4,358.16, while Germany’s DAX rose 17.12 points, or 0.4 %, to 4,919.57. France’s CAC-40 was up 6.86 points, or 0.2 %, at 3,244.83. With a slew of national holidays, trading was subdued in the Far East. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 49.03 points, or 0.3 %, at 16,430.08, while mainland China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.3 % to a nine-month high close of 2,567.34

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Today, on this last day before Adam returns, I wanted to pull back the Trader’s Blog vale and show you a little behind the scenes action. I’ll get to the great article by Douglas Newberry from The-Market-Toolbox.com, in a second, but first do you know how valuable you are to us? No really, you are our business and without you we have nothing. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign Markets

Cases of the disease have sprung up around the globe, with the World Health Organization raising its alert 2 steps away from an all out pandemic. For a second day equities fell in the global marketplace as investors fear a delay in the global recovery if the Swine flu continues to infect, stalling travel, tourism and deflating global movement of goods and services. In Europe, the FTSE 100 of leading British shares was down 84.75 points, or 2 %, at 4,082.26 while Germany’s DAX fell 119.11 points, or 2.5 %, to 4,574.96. The CAC-40 in France was down 69.32 points, or 2.2 %, at 3,033.22. Asian markets plummeted overnight, with the Nikkei index closing down 232.57 points, or 2.7 %, to 8,493.77 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng ending 285.31 points, or 1.9 %, lower at 14,555.11

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Foreign Markets

Markets opened up with week mainly lower as the threat of an outbreak of swine flu could rattle global economies. Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average gained 18.35, or 0.2 %, to close at 8,726.34, while Hong Kong closed down 418.43 points, or 2.7 %, to 14,840.42.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 27.32 points, or 0.7 %, at 4,128.67, while Germany’s DAX fell 50.09 points, or 1.1 %, to 4,624.23. The CAC-40 in France was 36.30 points, or 1.2 %, lower at 3,066.55. Airlines and other travel ventures sold off on fear that recreational travel may deteriorate due to the virus.

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