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With the pound recovering its early losses, and the Dow Jones facing a sharp fall when the bell rings on Wall Street, the FTSE struggled this Tuesday. Falling half a percent – and at one point...

Markets across Europe have dropped lower on the open, taking the lead from sharp declines in US and Asia overnight as investors keep a nervous eye on bond yields.Investors sold out of US equities on...

Brexit transition demands just the startSince mid-December I have written a few pieces concerning what I consider to be the irrational optimism surrounding the prospect of a Brexit that is beneficial...

Dow dumped 177 points on US inflation fears: Negative sentiment carries over into EuropeAfter such a promising end to last week where the Dow rallied 200 points to a fresh record close, trading on...

FTSE ends flat as sterling slides towards $1.40The FTSE certainly has a slow start to the week, trading within an uninspiring 20-point range for much of the day. Miners were the standout performers,...

EuropeMining and oil companies are the biggest gainers on the London market. Even though underlying commodity prices haven’t been too impressive today, the companies involved in those industries...

US equity markets are on course to open slightly in the red at the start of what should be another big week for the world’s largest economy.The S&P 500 and the Dow both made decent gains...

Dollar reversal boosts stock markets across EuropeEuropean bourses have kicked off trading in the front foot, supported in part by a weaker euro and pound against the dollar. After dropping over 1.5%...

The dollar and the US indices have performed very differently over the past few months. Whilst the US dollar has fallen for the past 7 straight weeks, the US indices have hit record high after record...

Good growth from around the world supports the celebratory tone being struck by leaders in Davos.Optimistic. The World Economic Forum meetings in Davos got off to a flying start with the IMF declaring...

Trump and Mnuchin finally agreeDonald Trump believes a strong dollar defines a strong America. Steve Mnuchin believes a strong dollar undermines U.S. trade. But, they both agree that the trick is to...

GDP rises by weaker than expected 2.6% in Q4 Final demand growth accelerates Flash PMI points to steady, but weakened, growth in January The US economy grew less than expected in the closing quarter...

Worldwide release of IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI data will provide insights into global economic growth and price trends at start of 2018 The Fed decides on monetary policy Q4 GDP data for euro area,...

GDP rises 0.5% in fourth quarter 2017 growth comes in at 1.8%, weakest since 2012 Services and manufacturing growth contrast with construction downturn PMI hints at weaker start to 2018 The UK...