MARKETS THIS WEEK (Aug 12 – 16, 2013)

ººººººººººººººººº ººººººººººººººººº GLOBAL MARKETS CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY RISKY ON A STILL HIGHLY PROBABLE EURO ZONE BREAKUP AND QE3 STIMULUS TAPERING PROSPECTS FROM THE U.S. FED …… ON TOP OF THAT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ALSO CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE, NEVER MIND THE RECENT EURO ZONE EXIT FROM RECESSION …… BUT EQUITIES, PROPERTY MARKETS AND COMMODITIES ARE STILL BEING ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED BY THE WORLD CENTRAL BANKS’ LOW INTEREST RATES, BASED ON UNORTHODOX AGGRESSIVE MONETARY POLICY. POLICIES! ººººººººººººººººº THIS Down‘Mixed!Up!Mixed!Up!Up!Up!Up!Slump!Down!Down!Slump!Mixed!Up!Up!Mixed!Up!Slump!Up!Down!Down!Down!Mixed!Up!Mixed!Mixed!Down!Slump!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Down!Down!Down!Down!Down!Up!Mixed!Slump!Down!Rally!Rally!Up!Down!Down!Up!Up!Up!Rally!Up!Mixed!Down!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Slump!!Up!Slump!Mixed!Slump!Up!Slump!Slump!Down!Down!Mixed!Up!Mixed!Mixed!Mixed!Up!Mixed!Mixed!Up!Up!!Up!Up!Up!Up!Slump!Mixed!Rally!Rally!Slump!Slump!Up!Slump!Rally!Down!Rally!Up!Up!Slump!Rally!Slump!Down!Up!Slump!Slump!Slump!Down!Up!Down!…Mixed!Rally(OnGreece)!Down!Down!Down!Down!Down!Down!Down!Down!Up!Up!Down!Mixed!Up!Up!Down!Down!Down!Down!Up!Up!Up!Up!Mixed!Up!Up!Down!Up!Up!Up!Up!Up!Down!Up!Up!Down!Mixed!Down!Up!Down!, Down!, Down!Mixed!Up! ……….

LAST UPDATE : Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013—02:00 NY time; 07:00 London;—— 15:00 Japan (Tuesday 20)—NEXT UPDATE: ………..TUESDAY 20:………16:00 hrs N.Y.

STOCKS:

*****ASIA (Tuesday 20 Final):–Monday: Down—NIKKEI: –- -DOWN-; TOPIX: –- -DOWN-; HANG SENG: –- -SLUMP- ; S&P/ASX200 –- -DOWN-; SHANGHAI: — –DOWN-;

*****EUROPE (Monday 19, Final):—– Monday: Slump¡…………STOXX 50: –- -SLUMP- ;FTSE 100:–- -SLUMP-; CAC 40: — -SLUMP-;DAX 30;–- -DOWN- ; FTSE MIB:–- -SLUMP- IBEX 35: –- -SLUMP-

*****AMERICAS (Monday 19, Final):—–Monday: Down………DOW: –- –-DOWN-; S&P 500: –- –-DOWN-; NASDAQ: –- – -DOWN-; BMV: –SLUMP- – —; BOVESPA: –UP- – —

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WEEKLY WRAP-UP:

MONDAY: Asia: Slump!……….Europe: Slump¡ ………..Americas: Down!……….TUESDAY: Asia: Slump!……….WEDNESDAY:  ;THURSDAY: ;FRIDAY:

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CURRENCIES:

EURO : $1.3331, YEN ; $97.2700, POUND : $1.5635, CANADIAN DOLLAR : $1.0368: MEXICAN PESO : $13.0854, REAL : $2.4128, AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR : $0.9045, WON ; $1,120.8500, INDIAN RUPEE : $63.5987, YUAN : $6.1227, SWISS FRANC : $0.9237, RUBLE: $33.0034, RAND : $10.1946

COMMODITIES:

OIL: $106.40, NATURAL GAS; $3.46, GOLD: $1,356.50, SILVER: $22.65 COPPER: $331.60 ººººººººººººººººº

ººººººººººººººººº ECONOMIC STATISTICS: SOVEREIGN RATES:US  :;  UK  :;  GERMANY  :;  JAPAN  :;  MÉXICO  :; AUSTRALIA  :;  BRAZIL  : UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: UNITED STATES:JAPAN: UNITED KINGDOM: AUSTRALIA: MÉXICO;BRAZIL:CHILE:CHINA:INDIA:RUSSIA: EURO ZONE: AUSTRIA:;BELGIUM:FRANCE:GERMANY:GREECE:ITALY:NETHERLANDS:SPAIN: BUDGET BALANCE:  INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: