Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Overnight the US equity market slumped, and the dollar eased back as concerns over the US tax reform weighed on sentiment. All major US equity indices were lower, with the Dow breaking a five-session...

Investors appear to be suffering from a deficit of enthusiasm as we continue to wind down towards the end of the year, having circumnavigated a raft of central bank meetings in the past two days that...

Manufacturing conditions in Indonesia improved in November after a disappointing start to the fourth quarter, indicating further steady economic growth as we head towards the end of the year. However,...

Japanese goods producers are enjoying their best quarter since the start of 2014 having seen business conditions improve to the greatest extent in nearly four years in December, setting the scene for...

The eurozone economy is picking up further momentum as the year comes to a close, ending its best quarter since the start of 2011. The strong end to the year suggests the economy will start 2018 on a...

The sheer amount of news this Thursday sort of cancelled itself out, leading to a muddled, rather boring, afternoon of trading.The Bank of England’s final meeting of the year was utterly...

Central Banks and Tax Reform...If you thought things were winding down for Christmas, you were very wrong! The markets have had busy 24 hours. Central bank decisions, high impacting economic data and...

All policy change effected in the year so far, so no more expected in the foreseeable future. Next move will be to signal an end to the APP program, which is set to run until Sep 2018 at a reduced...

Retail sales increased 1.5% year on year smashing expectations of just a 0.2% increase and significantly higher than the revised 0% figure for October. These figures show the resilience of the UK...

There’s a hell of a lot going on this Thursday, and that’s before you even consider the impact of last night’s Fed meeting.The dollar took a bit of a beating on Wednesday evening....

Dollar down on Fed HikeThe Federal Reserve, as, was widely expected, lifted interest rates by 25 basis points. The central bank also sent out some positive indicators for the US economy, such as...

It’s that time of year again when the John Lewis and Marks and Spencer (LON:MKS) TV ads hit the TV screens and the tills start ringing in anticipation of the start of the Christmas shopping...

Equity markets are mildly in the red this morning after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates last night, but they weren’t overly hawkish in their outlook. This has led to traders being...

ECB, BoE and SNB Headline Packed Session; Traders Seeking Insight on Post-QE Policy From Draghi; No Shortage of Data Despite Central Bank Dominance. ECB, BoE and SNB Headline Packed Session We...