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MARKET RAP
Asia heads lower
Shanghai and Hong Kong led Asia stocks down over the week, with the mainland
China market tumbling around 6% with only a hint of overselling. Discovering
positives in this sell-off is difficult, with possible breakouts to the upside
looking slender hopes at best. (Dec 16, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
US the loser in Asia push
A switch of focus by the United States to Asia continues a long-held ambiguity
towards China that does define it as an enemy. Yet as the US, through its trade
pacts and other relations exports its corrupt economic system, China, also
supporting "free trade", will be the ultimate beneficiary. - Tanaka Sakai
(Dec 13, '11)
MARKET RAP
Asia looks
for footing
Taiwan led Asia stocks down as a slightly favorable turn to the region's
short-term indicators offered little comfort given an inability to penetrate
key resistances. From here on, the going could get really tough.
(Dec 9, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Bounce - and
drop
The state of Asian market indexes after last week's long slide, led by Taiwan
with a 6.2% drop, suggests the possibility of a short-term bounce, but across
the region there is little sign of overselling and longer-term weaknesses are
impossible to hide. (Nov 28, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
No panic - yet
Asian stock markets this week fell across the board, led by Mumbai, which
despite a more than 5% drop is not yet oversold, with Hong Kong not far behind.
Yet the orderliness and scale of the declines suggest that panic is not in the
air - so far. (Nov 18, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the
week's markets.
Airlines face East-West
fight
The launch of low-cost Air Asia cleared the way for a new style of airline
business in the region. Subsequent growth in passenger numbers and expansion of
land-based infrastructure are now facing headwinds in the shape of taxes and
restrictions in the United States and Europe that could lead to an expensive
East-West face off. - Michael Mackey (Nov 16,
'11)
MARKET RAP
Asia on the slide
Australia was the sole Asia region market to avoid a downturn last week,
scraping into the upside with a mere 0.4% gain, with Hong Kong leading the rest
into negative territory as global trends continue to dominate over regional
considerations. (Nov 14, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Short term looks
good
A downturn in Asian stock markets last week - Shanghai was the only gainer -
nevertheless left a few looking rather positive in the short term. The MISCI
Asia Pacific Index, after a recovery on Friday, appears to be gathering
strength for an attempt at a further move upward. (Nov
7, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asian stocks surge
Asian stock markets showed an overall surge of more than 7%, led by a
double-digit jump in Hong Kong (which now is looking rather overbought) and not
far behind, Shanghai. Malaysia played the laggard with a mere 3% gain.
Short-term technical indicators strengthened throughout the week.
(Oct 28, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asian stocks decline
Despite a poor last week for Asian markets, short-term indicators improved
slightly. Shanghai reversed the previous week's gains with a near 5% decline,
and only Seoul managed to stay in positive territory.
(Oct 24, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asia recovers - for now
Asian stocks last week had their strongest weekly advance in nearly seven
months, as global financial dynamics swamped any local factors. Hong Kong is
now showing a near 14% recovery from its recent low early in the month, but
there - as elsewhere - resistance is not far away. (Oct
17, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
SPEAKING FREELY
Is Asia the light of the future?
Communist-cum-free market China, democratic but caste-ridden India,
nuclear-stricken Japan, opium-ridden Afghanistan, and the vast oil and gas
reserves of central Asia and the Middle East crescent, form a landscape full of
opportunities and existing or potential conflicts. What the appropriation of
the paradigm of science achieved was globalization that is building a common
destiny for all. - Nicholas A Biniaris (Oct
3, '11)
MARKET RAP
Asian markets darken
Asian stocks have ended their worst month in just short of three years.
Shanghai and Hong Kong notably put in grim performances over the past week,
when even the 4%-plus gain in Seoul was insufficient to suggest that some
respite might be in sight. (Oct 3, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asia slide deepens
Hong Kong led major Asian markets down last week with a more-than 9% decline
its biggest weekly fall in more than three years, while Seoul is now down
almost a quarter since the start of August. All significant short-term
technical indicators are now negative, including the absence of an oversold
signal. (Sep 26, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asia treads risky ground
Asia's stock markets picked up some lost ground late in the week to end little
changed since last Friday. At these levels, some may be close to oversold, but
new trading ranges are also beckoning, and not all on the upside.
(Sep 16, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Torpor takes over
Asian equities drifted down, led by Japan with Taiwan and South Korea not far
behind, as if exhausted from a long summer's anxiety, with the overall
situation little changed since early August. With support remaining at lower
bounds, we can expect continued torpor and drift. (Sep
9, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Favorable breezes
Korean stocks stormed ahead, chased by Taiwan and Hong Kong, where fair breezes
may hold in the days ahead. But over the Asia region as a whole, the signs are
not altogether bright, despite favorable readings for some markets. Storm
clouds are not far away. (Sep 2, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
A sort of recovery
Stout performances in Shanghai and Seoul stood out as Asian markets generally
moved higher over the past few days, helping to bring some sense of stability
after the recent turbulence - but overall indicators are pretty weak.
(Aug 26, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
A day too far
Friday was a day too far for Asian markets looking for a positive week. Seoul
led the way down with a 6% slide on the day and a poorly performing Mumbai
braced for more falls - and it is difficult to find an encouraging technical
sign on the chart. (Aug 19, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
MARKET RAP
Asia slides further
With the exception of the Australian All Ordinaries, all Asian equity markets
continued to tread a downward path, albeit with significant gyrations.
Short-term indicators are steadily poor and the markets not quite technically
overbought. (Aug 12, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
Azerbaijan, Turkey talks clear Nabucco
path
Talks at the very top have given fresh impetus for Turkey's and Azerbaijan's
state energy companies to resolve some of the obstacles that stand in the way
of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline to Europe. Agreement between the countries
is now expected in September. - Robert M Cutler
(Aug 11, '11)
MARKET RAP
Asia joins rout
The panic sell-off that saw US equities crash overnight continued into Asia on
Friday, with Hong Kong and Taiwan leading the way down with falls of more than
5%. With little sign of fresh ideas to resolve Europe's debt crisis or revive
the US economy, a sense of fear is likely to linger.
(Aug 5, '11)
R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets.
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