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Monday October 22: Five things the markets are talking aboutGlobal equities remain better supported this Monday morning after Chinese stocks surged overnight on senior officials verbal...

China indices, global stocks, US futures rally, after Chinese officials vow to boost China’s economy Italian bonds and stocks rebound after Moody’s spares the country from 'junk' status...

Wall Street ended Friday mixed. The Dow snapped a three-day losing streak following strong earnings from Procter & Gamble. Impressive results saw the stock surge 8.8%, its biggest one day jump in...

Markets Brexit and Italy Oil Chinese rally provides little boost elsewhere Surging stocks in China hasn’t provided much of a catalyst for similar moves elsewhere at the start of the week, with...

European shares managed to finish a choppy week on a fairly mixed note with the FTSE100 and German DAX managing to close above the 200-week MA, however the lack of sustainable rebound does raise the...

Release of IHS Markit flash PMI surveys for the US, Eurozone and Japan US third quarter GDP numbers ECB, Russia Central Bank, Bank Indonesia and Turkey monetary policy meetings With global financial...

ECB rate meeting – 25/10 The recent ECB meeting showed that policymakers remained determined to end the bond buying program by the end of this year, with the bar to not doing so relatively high....

EuropeEuropean shares look set to finish a fairly turbulent week on a mixed note and at slightly higher levels to where they ended last week, potentially calling a pause to three successive weeks of...

Seemingly ignoring the worrisome slowdown in Chinese growth, with the country’s 6.5% Q3 GDP the worst reading since the financial crisis, the European markets got off to a fairly placid...

Markets Brexit Italy Sentiment improves even as China GDP disappoints European equity markets are poised for a more positive open on Friday, buoyed by the gradual improvement in Asian markets...

Until the 1970s, all recorded history showed that bond yields were tied to the general price level, not the rate of price inflation as commonly believed. However, since then, the statistics say this...

EuropeIt’s been a lacklustre day for stocks in Europe, with investors struggling to throw off the negativity of a disappointing session in Asia, where we saw Chinese markets hit their lowest...

A mixed, muted session became slightly more negative after the US open, as Wednesday night’s Fed meeting minutes came into play. In the record of September’s get-together the central bank...

China shares fall to almost four-year low, deepening bear market Futures slide, US yields target fresh 7-year high after Fed minutes European shares buck the trend on upbeat corporate results US Small...