BofA: The second half of December has historically been the second strongest period of the year (+1.0% on average, positive 69% of the time)
Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA
This week-end in Paris
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🚨BIG WEEK FOR CENTRAL BANK DECISIONS AHEAD🚨
The European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada, the Swiss National Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce rate decisions. ECB and SNB are expected to cut by 0.25%, and BoC by 0.50%, while RBA to leave rates unchanged. Source; Global Markets Investor @GlobalMktObserv, Bloomberg
China’s central bank gold reserves hit a record 72.96 million fine troy ounces in November.
China bought 160,000 fine troy ounces of gold last month, resuming purchases after 6 months. China’s gold reserves have risen by a whopping 10 million ounces over the last two years. As a result, the value of the country’s gold reserves reached $193 billion in November, near the record $199 billion posted in October. Meanwhile, gold prices have rallied 28% year-to-date, and trade just 5% below all-time highs. China's gold stockpile is back on the rise. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Bloomberg
The top 20 dividend payers (in $BILLIONS)
Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA
Money market funds have just hit RECORD levels
Surpassing the $6.5 trillion mark Source: Win Smart
How frequent are market corrections following all-time highs?
Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA
China ups stimulus response, shifts monetary policy stance for the first time in 14 years.
Politburo vows to stabilise both housing and stock markets. China stocks, commodities prices jump. CHINA EASES MONETARY POLICY STANCE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2011 *POLITBURO: CHINA MONETARY POLICY TO BE MODERATELY LOOSE *POLITBURO: CHINA'S FISCAL POLICY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE NEXT YEAR *POLITBURO: WILL STABILIZE THE PROPERTY AND STOCK MARKETS Source: Bloomberg, David Ingles
