Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

US stocks finished lower last night after their long weekend as Monday was Presidents Day. The worse-than-expected earnings per share from Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) weighed particularly heavy on the Dow...

Things were very mixed this Tuesday, the markets abandoning the uniform trading seen in the last few weeks for something a bit more complicated. After having a day off on Monday, missing a session...

The FTSE couldn’t cope with the drag of some of its heavyweights this Tuesday, especially with sterling perking up as lunchtime approached.With the pound easing its losses against the dollar...

The FTSE 100 is marginally in the red as a few worse-than-expected corporate results have weighed on the British benchmark. The rest of Europe is in positive territory as the optimist mood has...

There’s been a swift moving higher in Sterling this morning on the back of some market chatter that the EU parliament will call for the UK to have privileged single market access after Brexit....

Despite a selloff in Asia overnight, the FTSE edged over the starting line this morning and is trading more or less flat within the first hour of today’s session. All the FTSE sectors are in...

Stock markets in Europe finished lower yesterday as traders viewed no new as bad news, and started to cash in their long positions and book the profits from last week’s gains. It was a quiet day...

The timing of any credit crisis is set by the rate at which the credit cycle progresses. People don’t think in terms of the credit cycle, wrongly believing it is a business cycle. The...

The FX, equity and commodity markets have started the new week fairly quietly. In fact, this week looks set to be a quieter one for global macroeconomic data releases and other fundamental events. The...

Inflation is pushing UK consumers to take it easy at the shops meaning they’re no longer leading the charge on growth. Meanwhile new technology is shaking up the long established order in world...

With US investors off celebrating – if that’s the right term – President’s Day, it looks like it is going to be a pretty quiet start to the week’s trading this...

Yellen’s track record is a tough act to follow Powell is left with the responsibility of further policy normalization “Over-communication” in current policy may be Fed’s fatal...

Global Equity Rally Continues Despite Russian Charges over US Election InterferenceEuropean markets look set to start the week on the front foot, taking the lead from a stronger session in Asia and a...

The Nikkei 225 had a good a run overnight as a jump in imports and exports led the country to post its first trade deficit since May. Imports jumped by 7.9% and exports rose by 12.2%, and it was cited...