Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

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...

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...

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...

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...

Probably not, but the improvement should help to keep the euro and stock bears away — for now.After Mario Draghi strongly hinted at the prospects of a rate cut by the ECB earlier in the week,...

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...

The Bank of England has voted unanimously to keep their monetary policy unchanged with the base rate remaining at 0.75% following their latest meeting.Compared to the high drama of President...

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...