The AEX indication is +0.1%. China is opening further, the markets are flying there and it is (still) calm on the oil front, despite the Western one price cap now on Russian oil.
- European and American futures all do green or red zero before and after the decimal point, or nothing happens at all
- In Asia yes! In China, then, where all stock markets are rising percentages. A separate entry will follow shortly for Hang Seng Tech Index and Tencent, because they bake them completely brown
- Back below well-known nervousness threshold 20, volatility (CBOE VIX Index) is -3.9% at 19.6
- The dollar is down 0.2% to 1.056 again
- Gold is +0.2% at exactly $1800, oil is up 0.2% and crypto is up more than one percent with bitcoin already at $17,300
Interest rates are actually rising somewhat today, perhaps this leaves little room for equities.
Still in the picture, EUR / USD is really on a ride:

So the news of the moment:
Oil prices climb after OPEC+ keeps output cut targets, China eases COVID curbs https://t.co/VYtmImrtsq pic.twitter.com/BzjkEy4AM8
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 5, 2022
The rise in oil prices, however, is not too bad. This is West Texas Light Internediate (WTI) last week, actually not much to see here the last few days despite that price cap. Oil sometimes acts crazier without news.

There is more to see in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Tech Index is how much higher?! So much so. And say whether the horrific downward trend since the beginning of 2021 has already been destroyed. Tencent is +6.6% in Hong Kong, let’s see how Prosus will deal with that later.

Look now and what is this? Although CNBC may serve the soup a little hotter than it is eaten. Maybe a bit angry about a football result maybe 🙂

Copy paste, this does not contain any news in the sense of new measures, the Netherlands or ASML not complying with agreements made, or disagreement:

The agenda is pretty much empty this week – Fed and ECB interest rate decisions and US inflation are next week – and the main point is already today, purchasing managers indices services sector November. It does not end with China so far, India is not too bad and see the sad consensus Germany, France and UK.

And then this, after Shell, Unilever and DSM, another listed company is leaving the Netherlands:

With the blush of shame on the jaws, this one too:
“#FlatexDeGiro strengthens organization after criticism of Bafin”, was the news last night… which I did not pay attention to myself. Fortunately, colleague @KoertsNiels yes and… #AEX https://t.co/qziiNCjKHR
— Arend Jan Kamp (@ArendJanKamp) December 5, 2022
News, advice, shorts and agenda
The most important ABM Financial news since the Amsterdam closing yesterday.
- 08:02 AEX probably starts trading week in a wait-and-see manner
- 07:53 Kepler Cheuvreux lowers JDE Peet’s price target
- 07:14 Forfarmers holds extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in January
- 07:11 Chinese services sector is shrinking even faster
- 07:06 European stock markets are expected to open flat
- 07:04 Japan’s services sector is barely growing
- 06:58 Stock market agenda: macroeconomic
- 06:57 Exhibition agenda: Dutch companies
- 06:57 Stock market agenda: foreign funds
- 04 Dec FlatexDeGiro strengthens organization after criticism of Bafin
- 04 Dec OPEC+ maintains production cut
- 04 Dec Video: 2023 will be a positive year for investors
- 04 Dec In the spotlight: Heineken is working on productivity
- 04 Dec Exhibition agenda for the coming week is limited
- 08:02 AEX probably starts trading week in a wait-and-see manner
- 07:53 Kepler Cheuvreux lowers JDE Peet’s price target
- 07:14 Forfarmers holds extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in January
- 07:11 Chinese services sector is shrinking even faster
- 07:06 European stock markets are expected to open flat
- 07:04 Japan’s services sector is barely growing
- 06:58 Stock market agenda: macroeconomic
- 06:57 Exhibition agenda: Dutch companies
- 06:57 Stock market agenda: foreign funds
- 04 Dec FlatexDeGiro strengthens organization after criticism of Bafin
- 04 Dec OPEC+ maintains production cut
- 04 Dec Video: 2023 will be a positive year for investors
- 04 Dec In the spotlight: Heineken is working on productivity
- 04 Dec Exhibition agenda for the coming week is limited
Analyst Advice:
JDE Peet’s: to €35 from €38 (buy) – Kepler Cheuvreux
The AFM reports these shorts:

The agenda is not very much:
10:00 Inflation – November (Tur)
11:00 Retail sales – October (eur)
4:00 PM Factory Orders – October (US)
And then this
Reuters looks back:
US service sector data released on Monday will offer an economic health check. Any sign of rising input prices for business will dampen hopes that the Fed can ease back on the rate hikes. Here are the big stories to watch out for in business and finance https://t.co/ULIM27itZW pic.twitter.com/ojVFbwwx2U
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 3, 2022
Reuters looks ahead to the US purchasing managers index later:
US service sector data released on Monday will offer an economic health check. Any sign of rising input prices for business will dampen hopes that the Fed can ease back on the rate hikes. Here are the big stories to watch out for in business and finance https://t.co/ULIM27itZW pic.twitter.com/ojVFbwwx2U
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 3, 2022
Isn’t the Chinese government in charge of that instead of economists?
Economists see China’s exit from Covid Zero happening sooner than expected, from the second quarter of 2023 or earlier https://t.co/rBMgxIKqKC
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) December 5, 2022
Learning and reviewing: that’s also a way of describing how you did what you wanted with $10 billion in customer money:
Rep. Waters, and the House Committee on Financial Services:
Once I have finished learning and reviewing what happened, I would feel like it was my duty to appear before the committee and explain.
I’m not sure that will happen by the 13th. But when it does, I will testify. https://t.co/c0P8yKlyQt
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) December 4, 2022
sometime this month, grill it!
Bankman-Fried says he will testify before US House committee https://t.co/Q0i0DHpv0J pic.twitter.com/noTnbFCwJj
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 5, 2022
China also owns the critical supply chain for EVs:
Demand for EVs is growing in China, the world’s largest car market.
Western automakers like VW, General Motors and Tesla risk falling behind, reports @nicola_news https://t.co/4h5BnQUtAL pic.twitter.com/9GR9MUKGDW
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) December 5, 2022
The market will solve the problem:
Dozens of startups in Sweden are working on clean energy mobility, creating an ecosystem for green tech akin to Silicon Valley in the 1990s https://t.co/aBS2ODIPdk
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) December 5, 2022
one more time then:
???? S&P 500
Since 1950, the S&P 500 has posted positive results 75% of the time in December, which is the highest percentage of any month
?? https://t.co/yIk7SZYWVXh/t @RyanDetrick #markets #sp500 $spx #spx $spy #stocks#equities #returns #seasonality #stockmarket #investment pic.twitter.com/3PXriLsefm
— ISABELNET (@ISABELNET_SA) December 3, 2022
Have fun and good luck today.