by ogordained
UNITED STATES
- A strengthening dollar is weakening the outlook of corporate earnings
- The Bear/Bull Market Index might be signaling the end of a long bull market
- Small banks are experiencing an uptick in credit card delinquencies, sending rates higher
- Despite low gas prices, truckload hauling rates have skyrocketed
- Futures point to a higher opening today
OTHER
- Defense stocks and REITs are benefiting from a semiconductor selloff spurred by anticipated weak iPhone sales
- Energy firms are likely to slow capital expenditures amid the steep fall in oil prices
- Inflation is going down in India (Actual 3.31% | Expected 3.67%)
- and industrial production beat expectations (Actual 4.5% | Expected 4.3%)
- The Bank of Japan now hold assets valued more than Japan’s entire economy
- The Euro hit a 16 month low
- France will be allowed to embed civil servants within Facebook to monitor their practices with regard to removing hate speech
CHINA
- Nearly a quarter of Chinese homes are vacant, double the rate of the United States
- The country back-pedalled on plans to allow trading in rhino horns and ground tiger bones
- China-US tensions may be easing ahead of the G20 summit with Liu He, the Vice Premier, planning a visit to Washington