Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stocks in Europe look set for a mostly weaker open on Tuesday following a more muted session on Wall Street. The FTSE 100 looks set for a positive open as UK markets look past PM Theresa May’s...

The FTSE quickly hit a fresh record high in early trade as the “January Effect” boosted equities. However, the index was unable to maintain the pace and soon drifted into the red, where it...

EuropeStocks are mixed today as the FTSE 100 retreated from an early morning record-high, while the CAC 40 and DAX are enjoying gains. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is hoping...

Eurozone aside things began to peter out somewhat this Monday afternoon, with the US open failing to inject its usual burst of goodwill. With little to process the Dow Jones took a breather from its...

The market moves around the turn of the year reflected a curious decline on the dollar, in spite of the general perception of the economic benefits that will come through the legislation of Republican...

After an impressive opening week to the year, US futures are pointing to a flat open on Wall Street on Monday, with investors eyeing a few key data points and the start of fourth quarter earnings...

A New Year so an opportune time to do a bit of a stocktake. In this extended brief we take a look back at 2017 and ahead to 2018. Growth and the Labour MarketDownslope. How does the UK economy’s...

Data inconsistency fails to deter tradersThe U.S. employment report, which was released on Friday showed that 148k new jobs were produced in December versus an expectation of 190k while the November...

US inflation and retail sales figures are in focus next week as analysts search for clues as to the timing of the next Fed rate hike. A host of data from China, including trade, credit growth and...

PMI data showed Japanese economic growth maintaining solid momentum at the end of 2017. Price pressures meanwhile remained firm, with an encouraging trend of steadily rising selling prices.Stronger...

After an ideal opening week for equities in 2018, traders will be testing the waters early on Monday for signs of a reality-check. US fourth quarter earnings, inflation data as well as the durability...

The last two years have been good ones for the FTSE100, DAX and S&P500 with average gains of around 10% for all three, with the S&P500 in particular outperforming last year with a gain of over...

From a monetary policy perspective, 2017 was a year in which central banks around the globe shifted, almost in synchronized step it seemed, to refocus on policy “normalization”, at least...

EuropeEuropean equity markets had a strong start to the day but have stalled a bit since the release of the US non-farm payrolls report. The headline jobs figures came in below estimates, and even...