Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

2017 reflectionsThis year traders and market users have been either treated to, or harassed by, several 'unusual' actions that have left them dumbfounded.The three runners-up as most inexplicable (in...

US equity markets continued where they left off last week once again posting new record highs with the Nasdaq pushing above 7,000 for the first time ever, as more and more Republican senators come out...

EuropeEuropean stock markets are strong as the political and economic landscape is improving. There is talk US lawmakers will pass the pro-business tax cuts that President Trump proposed this week,...

FTSE hits 5-week high; CME launch Bitcoin FuturesStocks in London have began the last full trading week of the year in a bullish mood with the FTSE 100 higher by around 25 points and moving back above...

Moving into the final week before the Christmas holidays, there is still a question mark over whether the Republicans can finally haul their tax reform bill over the line. Some key concessions on...

The UK economy can chalk up 2017 as a decent, if unspectacular, 12 months. Growth will likely be slower this year compared to last, but not by much. The trouble is some signs of weakening are...

Record closing highs for equity markets on Wall Street helped to push their Asian counterparts higher as the final week of trading before the Christmas holidays got off to a buoyant start.The Dow and...

US equity markets finished on a positive note last week as the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 all set fresh-record high as optimism is running high the US will pass the tax reform proposals. It...

EuropeIt’s been a fairly lacklustre end to the week with mainstream European markets slipping back slightly and closing the week lower against a backdrop of a little uncertainty about the time...

Europe’s financial and systemic troubles have retreated from the headlines. This is partly due to the financial media’s attention switching to President Trump and the US budget...

The ECB meeting did not bring anything new on the table. The European Central Bank has held its rates unchanged and increased its forecast for growth for the next years. In addition, officials believe...

The pound went from wary to worried this Friday, as investors fretted over the Brexit difficulties that lie ahead. Time to think isthe last thing sterling needs at the moment. Whenever UK investors...

US tax bill doubts pull FTSE downNegativity from the US sent the FTSE lower as the markets opened for the last trading day of the week. The US saw all major equity indices close lower after fears set...

A Brexit CarolTheresa May may have been a little confused when she received a round of applause from the remaining 27 members of the EU in Brussels yesterday evening. It appeared to me akin to the...