Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

EuropeEquities markets are subdued as traders are counting down to the G20 summit. Earlier in the day, Steven Mnuchin, US Treasury Secretary, said that trade talks with China were 90% complete, and...

Equity markets are looking a little flat on Wednesday after the Fed took the wind out of its sails and massaged expectations ahead of the July meeting.Investors have been too keen to believe that the...

The FTSE 100 was bullish yesterday but the S&P 500 was bearish. The FTSE was stimulated by the declining GBP/USD, the dollar is bouncing back so GBP/USD is declining. I believe this decline in...

Stock markets are looking a little soft now heading into the G20 later in the week after Fed Chair Jerome Powell insisted that the Fed will be insulated from short-term political interests.It's quite...

Geopolitical tensions loomed over European equity markets yesterday, and the result was the bulk of the major equity benchmarks ended the session in the red. Some traders are getting nervous ahead of...

Asian equities edged lower, after Wall Street closed in negative territory for a second consecutive day regardless of the solid expectations of a Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut next month.At his...

U.S. futures, global shares drop on U.S.-Iran 'end of diplomacy', FedEx lawsuit against U.S. government Gold, yen, Treasurys gain ground on mounting geopolitical risk Yuan, Korean won head for further...

European markets are nudging lower ahead of the key meeting between the US and Chinese presidents at the G20 this weekend as investors are not putting much hope on successful resolution of the trade...

Market OverviewSince the Fed meeting last week, the dollar has been panned. The prospect of looser monetary policy from the Fed has been a big drag on shorter dated yields, as differentials have...

The US dollar remains supported after comments from Powell and Bullard were perceived as less dovish than feared. The weak lead from Wall Street also weighed on Asian equity markets early on. NZD is...

Nothing much happened on Monday, except from the US imposing further sanctions on Iran, including the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah in what is seen as a ‘symbolic’ and even a...

Stock markets in Europe had a subdued session yesterday as there was little in the way of major macroeconomic or political announcements. Traders spent the session thinking about the G20 summit, which...

Trump is very much at the centre of the main market-related headlines this week, not for the first time it's safe to say.Last week, the attention was on the central banks as the Fed and ECB adopted a...

U.S. futures buck growing U.S. tensions with China, Iran Europe slides on business pessimism FedEx-Huawei mishap, Hong Kong civil rights issue add to U.S.-China sticking points ahead of G20 summit Oil...