Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

UK inflation/retail salesThe Bank of England caught the market on the hop this week with its unexpectedly hawkish message about the prospect for interest rates, in the months ahead. The latest...

U.S. Futures Higher After Second Plunge This WeekSterling Dips It’s a slightly quieter day in terms of notable economic events. The Canadian jobs data will be of interest given that the central...

Permanent staff appointments rise at joint-fastest rate since April 2015 Candidate availability continues to deteriorate sharply Further steep increase in starting pay Demand for staff grows at...

While resurgent volatility suggest that risk asset are still in jeopardy, in general high beta FX have not been materially affected. The S&P 500 saw all sectors close down over 300bps as US yields...

Another sell off in US and Asia sees Europe open lowerA renewed, deep, sell off on Wall Street and in Asia overnight ensured a heavy drop was on the cards for European bourses this morning. The Dow...

US Equities Sell Off ResumesA fresh bout of selling hit Wall Street overnight sending US equity indices plummeting once again. For the second time in less than a week, the Dow plunged by over 1000...

Manufacturing and service sector firms report improved pricing power amid stronger demand Cost pressures remain elevated, fuelling uptick in output prices Building inflationary pressures could...

EuropeStocks are offside today as traders undo the positive move from yesterday. Investors remain unconvinced that panic has disappeared from the markets. The aftermath of a major decline usually...

US Futures Flat After Uneventful Session in EuropeA sense of calm appears to be gradually returning to financial markets as we near the end of the week, with indices in Europe trading a little lower...

It's Super Thursday, the day when the BoE releases its interest rate decision, its quarterly inflation report and the meeting minutes from the current MPC, which gives us an indication of how the...

The UK economy is doing fine. According to the first estimates, the economy grew by 1.5%y/y in the last quarter (beating estimates of 1.4%), which indicates that the UK also benefited from the...

EURUSD A bearish long black marubozo and the first close below the key recent 50% fib at 1.2348…it’s halted for the moment at the mid-jan congestion around...

Turbulence eased on Wall Street overnight as 1000-point trading ranges disappeared, to be replaced with more palatable figures. US stocks spent much of the session in positive territory before...

European markets broke their six day losing streak yesterday posting some decent gains in the process but significantly the rebounds while decent, still weren’t able to get markets back to the...