From options trading to stock preferences to the direction of retail money flows, signs of trepidation are budding in a market where $27 trillion has been added to equity values in a little over a year.
Markets across China, Hong Kong and Australia remained closed today on the account of public holidays. Other Asian markets opened mixed, as investors await Federal Reserve s policy meeting later this week. MSCI s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.13 per cent.
Asian shares opened positive but gave up their gains. The stocks were up as May US payrolls report showed the recovery on track, but not so hot that it might bring forward a policy tapering from the Federal Reserve. MSCI s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down by 0.29 per cent.
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Deep Dive into US equities
Dean Orrico of the Middlefield Canadian Income trust
Dean Orrico
North American equities have performed well this year, lifting the S&P 500 and the TSX Composite indices to new all-time highs in March. Stocks have been supported by positive Q4 earnings results which outpaced expectations by an average of 17% in the US and 8% in Canada.