Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

To say there are a lot of market moving events going on would be an understatement There is data flowing in from all directions; corporate updates are still coming in thick and fast on both sides of...

With the Fed signalling a likely rate hike in September, the markets opened uniformly in the red on Thursday. The FTSE dropped another half a percent after the bell, a second day of trade...

EuropeTrade concerns and disappointing manufacturing figures from China have hit the FTSE 100 hard. The latest round of tough rhetoric from the US regarding its trading relationship with China has...

The Bank of England will reveal its third Inflation Report of the year on Thursday 2nd August at 12:00 BST. The market is pretty much convinced that the BoE will hike rates, the GBP Overnight Index...

The US will once again be a focus for investors on Wednesday, as we await labour market data from ADP and the latest interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve.US consumer data very healthy again...

Fresh US-China trade salvos pressure European shares, US futures NASDAQ outperforms on Apple's earnings beat and hopes of easing trade war Dollar ticks higher, weighs on EM currencies and...

The FTSE charged ahead of its European peers as investors digested a barrage of earnings. Fresnillo (LON:FRES) led the miners higher as traders cheered a 12% jump in first half revenue and a hike in...

Inflation may become the hot new topic for financial markets as we move into the latter stages of the summer months. The July CPI rate for the Eurozone came in stronger than expected at 2.1%, the...

A disappointing eurozone GDP reading was countered by a better than forecast inflation figure, flattening out the potential reaction to either number. At 0.3% the Eurozone growth reading not only...

As already mentioned in Fed’s minutes and during Jerome Powell’s testimony to the Senate, we expect the Chairman of the Federal Reserve to maintain a positive economic outlook for the US...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 is broadly unchanged while continental Europe is in the red. It has been a lacklustre session today as traders are waiting for central bank updates later this week. The Bank of...

The Dow Jones didn’t do much as the afternoon session got underway, anxious ahead of a busy week that runs the gamut from Tuesday’s Q3 results from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) through...

Energy Stocks, GVC Pull FTSE Higher From Early FallThe FTSE gapped lower on the open as investors cautiously eyed a busy week ahead with several central bank decisions looming and corporate updates...

Equity markets are trading slightly in the red in what has been a slow start to an otherwise very busy week in financial markets.Investors encouraged by Trump/Juncker meeting Stock markets have been...