Asian markets turn lower, futures down now, HOWEVER by tomorrow morning the markets will not only be cheering unemployment numbers but also earnings out of UPS and CAT which should beat estimates by miles. No need to worry, the fed is also here to pump the market higher, sit back and relax, the risk free money is still available to all thanks to the magician bubble ben bernanke. *S&P FUT 1174.50 -0.20 -0.01% *DOW FUT 11059.00 -4.00 -0.03% *NAS FUT 2081.25 -2.50 -0.12% MAJOR ASIA INDICES *NIKKEI 9365.27 -16.32 -0.17% *HSI 23481.84 -74.66 -0.31% *CHINA 2961.73 -42.21 -1.40%
China cooling slightly but still looks strong. The rate hike earlier this week should stabilize the CPI @ ~3.5% without doing too much damage to growth. Canada and Australia should benefit.