Unemployment rates

The eternal discussion between QE and Austerity continues as Employments figure just gives a glimpse of these phenomena

Bank and Stress Test

A look of how banks perform in the stress test.  the graphic shows the break down of tier 1 capital as well as their loan portfolio

The World by its resources

Quantitative Easing and Austerity

Euro zone continues to lag behind the world in economic activity. this economic inertia will weigh upon Euro. Sharp contrast between american recovery and European recovery can bee seen in Euro/USD. Perhaps this economic recovery is also lead to debate on Quantitative Easing Vs  Austerity 

Sugar Break Out

Long Term Interest Rate

WTI - Brent Spreads

 The spreads have been widening again, as Brent contniues to trade on premium as Iran crisis refuses to settle down . The Spread might hit the low of 19 and then 23 if the volumes continues to shift from WTI to Brent 

Energy Outlook

BP has come out with their annual outlook and they have an interesting take on Future of Energy demand and supply.Interestingly clean and alternative fuel will have an prominent role to play

*Source - BP

The Complete Report  

GDP Per Person

The Age of BRIC Nation has arrived The chart suggest the change in GDP per person in last decade. BRIC nation have shown commendable growth in GDP person ( also consider the population of these countries )

Source - The Economist

Initial Jobless Claims

Positive data from US as Initial Jobless Claim continues its downward trend.

Euro Zone Credit Ratings

Oil Transit Points

 The illustration depicts the importance of Strait of Hormuz. With continued tensions in Iran, Oil prices will continue to remain at higher levels

More Jobs in South Asia

Open publication - Free publishing - More job quality

Brent WTI Widening

 The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Commodity Index will raise the weighting of Brent crude in 2012 as it reduces that of West Texas Intermediate. The index weight of Brent crude traded on the ICE Futures Europe exchange will increase to 17.35 percent from 15.93 percent as the share of WTI traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange decreases to 30.25 percent from 32.59 percent, according to a company statement dated yesterday….

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index announced Oct. 11 it will include Brent for the first time in January, with a weighting of 5.31 percent, and cut its WTI allocation to 9.69 percent from 14.71 percent.

Moreover, tensions in Hormuz strait,Nigeria and Kazakhstan will keep an upward pressure on Brent, thus widening WTI-Brent Spreads

Friday the 13th

Contrary to common belief, Friday the 13th is not that scary for the markets.

DJIA returns on friday the 13th

 

Source- Bespoke Investment 

Correlations

*source Factor Ad visors, Reformed Broker

Unemployment statistics

The ADP Unemployment figures in the US has been encouraging , though its important to see NFP data today by Department of Labor. the ADP numbers and DoL numbers generally are in the same trend and they are rarely off the mark.So the trend continues to harbinger encouraging figures from US

Iran Oil Export

Countries to which Iran exports Oil

Asset classes

How Asset classes performed last month.