Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

In a week that is severely back-weighted, building to the much-anticipated G20 tête-à-tête between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the European markets nevertheless made the most of a...

1) G20 meeting – 28/06 – the dominant question over the past few weeks has been whether Presidents Trump and President Xi of China will meet in an attempt to try and draw a line and defuse...

European and US equities ended last week on a negative note, after enjoying a bullish run prior to Friday. Last Tuesday, Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB), got his oar in ahead...

The week begins with a limited risk appetite, as tensions between the US and Iran escalate. The US prepares to impose more tensions on Iran today.Oil extended gains in Asia; Brent crude trades near...

Geopolitical tensions weigh on previously soaring stocks More than half of S&P 500 sectors showing weakness Oil up in the short-term but down longer term U.S. stocks retreated on Friday, pressured...

It's shaping up to be a relatively peaceful end to what has been an otherwise action-packed week, with steady gains in Europe getting us off to a decent start.European markets were relatively flat at...

The tensions in the Gulf have moved up one level as the US reportedly nearly ordered an airstrike against Iran in response to several of its drones being shot down by the Middle Eastern country. The...

It turned out to be another day of records yesterday as both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed at new all-time highs, as investors bet that the Federal Reserve was on the cusp of cutting interest...

It would appear investors had nothing to be nervous about ahead of the Fed meeting on Wednesday, as the central bank stepped up and delivered the dovish message they so craved.Decent gains across US...

Dovish Fed sparks global stock, U.S. futures rally Dollar, yields tumble on lower rates outlook; gold surges Defensive shares outperform as S&P 500 nears all-time high Oil jumps on improved U.S....

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has held rates steady, but this is still being considered a dovish meeting. Although the markets have been clamouring for rate cuts to be seen in 2019, no cut...

No sooner had the Federal Reserve released its statement on monetary policy yesterday, with the word “patient” removed than the stock market spiked. But a close reading of the statement...

Equities extended rally as the Federal Reserve (Fed) delivered a sufficiently dovish accompanying statement not only to meet the market’s expectation, but also to surprise to some extent.The Fed...

Over the past few weeks global central banks have adopted a much more transparent easing bias against a backdrop of a slowing global economy. What is quite apparent from the data so far is that the...