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Ahead of the Curve provides analysis and insight into today's global financial markets. The latest news and views from global stock, bond, commodity, and FOREX markets are discussed. Rajveer Rawlin is a PhD and received his MBA in finance from the Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. He is an avid market watcher, having followed capital markets in the US and India since 1993. His research interests include capital markets, banking, investment analysis, and portfolio management, and he has over 20 years of experience in the above areas, covering the US and Indian markets. He has several publications in the above areas. He currently teaches business and management students at CHRIST University. The views expressed here are his own and should not be construed as advice to buy or sell securities.

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Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Mid Week Market Insight

China in absolute free fall and the collapse in the yuan is putting pressure on risk assets across the globe. While growth seems to be holding up in the US it is collapsing everywhere else and just a matter of time before the malaise spreads to the US. The emerging market currency rout continues. This and other stories from some of the best asset managers, market commentators, financial analysts and CMT's of today:

Sunday, 24 June 2018

Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning June 25

Indicator
Weekly Level / Change
Implication for
S & P 500
Implication for Nifty*
S & P 500
2755, -0.89%
Bearish
Bearish
Nifty
10822, 0.04%
Neutral **
Neutral
China Shanghai Index
2890, -4.37%
Bearish
Bearish
Gold
1271, -0.61%
Bearish
Bearish
WTIC Crude
68.58, 5.41%
Bullish
Bullish
Copper
3.03, -3.74%
Bearish
Bearish
Baltic Dry Index
1347, -6.00%
Bearish
Bearish
Euro
1.1661, 0.39%
Neutral
Neutral
Dollar/Yen
109.97, -0.59%
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Transports
10773, -2.72%
Bearish
Bearish
High Yield (ETF)
35.86, -0.25%
Neutral
Neutral
US 10 year Bond Yield
2.90%, -0.82%
Bullish
Bullish
Nyse Summation Index
697, -6.20%
Bearish
Neutral
US Vix
13.77, 14.94%
Bearish
Bearish
Skew
141
Bearish
Bearish
20 DMA, S and P 500
2755, At
Neutral
Neutral
50 DMA, S and P 500
2715, Above
Bullish
Neutral
200 DMA, S and P 500
2663, Above
Bullish
Neutral
20 DMA, Nifty
10738, Above
Neutral
Bullish
50 DMA, Nifty
10675, Above
Neutral
Bullish
200 DMA, Nifty
10421, Above
Neutral
Bullish
India Vix
12.02, -0.39%
Neutral
Neutral
Dollar/Rupee
67.85, -0.45%
Neutral
Neutral


Overall


S & P 500


Nifty

Bullish Indications
4
5
Bearish Indications
10
9
Outlook
Bearish
Bearish
Observation
The S and P 500 fell and the Nifty was relatively unchanged last week. Indicators are bearish.
The markets have made important tops. Time to watch those stops.
On the Horizon
New Zealand – RBNZ rate decision, UK- GDP, U.S – GDP, Canada – GDP, Euro zone – German employment data, CPI
*Nifty
India’s Benchmark Stock Market Index
Raw Data
Courtesy Google finance, Stock charts, investing.com
**Neutral
Changes less than 0.5% are considered neutral


stock market signals june 25
  
The S and P 500 fell and the Nifty was mostly unchanged last week. Indicators are bearish for the upcoming week. Quantitative tightening by the FED is yet to be priced in fully. The markets are still trading well over 3 standard deviations above their long term averages from which corrections usually result. The recent yield spike and dollar strength should limit upside in the short term. The critical levels to watch are 2765 (up) and 2745 (down) on the S & P and 10900 (up) and 10700 (down) on the Nifty. A significant breach of the above levels could trigger the next big move in the above markets. You can check out last week’s report for a comparison. Love your thoughts and feedback.


Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Mid Week Market Insight

Emerging markets still looking pretty wobbly. A global trade war has begun in earnest. Valuations are still at peak levels. China looks flat out disastrous. Here's all this and more from some of the best asset managers, market commentators, financial analysts and CMT's of today:

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My Asset Allocation Strategy (Indian Market)

Cash - 40%
Bonds - 20%
Fixed deposit - 20%
Gold - 5%
Stocks - 10% ( Majority of this in dividend funds)
Other Asset Classes - 5%

My belief is that stocks are relatively overvalued compared to bonds and attractive buying opportunities can come along after 1-2 years. In a deflationary scenario no asset class does well other than U.S bonds, the U.S dollar and the Japanese yen, so better to be safe than sorry with high quality government bonds and fixed deposits. Cash is the king always. Of course this varies with the person's age.