Acerca del artículo que puse ayer, al parecer era una noticia especulativa y el movimiento en el mercado al cierre fue algo ridículo:
** About The Guardians EFSF Report **
From Briefing: Keeping Hope (and Speculation) Alive
The Guardian newspaper out of the UK created quite a stir yesterday afternoon with a report that France and Germany agreed to leverage the EFSF to 2 tln euro. Conspicuously absent from the article were quotes from Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. In fact, there weren't any quotes from named sources.
The article was replete, however, with remarks from "EU diplomats" and "senior EU officials." Oh, and at the end, it was said that these senior EU officials "admit that technical details remain to be settled."
The debate today is whether the article, or the market's reaction to it, was more ridiculous.
Basically, it was an article of speculation that said everything and nothing. The main component -- the 2 tln euro EFSF plan -- wasn't even new, as that target zone has been discussed in various press reports in the past.
The equity market, nonetheless, took the "news" and ran with it, showing how desparate it is to believe a worst-case scenario in Europe can be avoided. The sudden turn of events had the smell of short covering on the heels of a Monday decline that had everyone second-guessing the EU's resolve to pass a grand solution in the near future.
Guessing is essentially the operative word these days. Everyone is left guessing what the next headline will bring and what direction the capital markets will next take. It is little wonder that the trading action is so volatile.
Today the guessing game revolves around the EU reports and whether the market, which is at the upper end of a trading range, can break out to the upside.
At the moment, the S&P 500 is going to remain behind resistance bars so to speak, suggesting a relatively flat start to the day.