Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

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...

Despite a Black Friday-boosted retail sales reading from November the pound could only manage some mild growth this Thursday, with investors waiting for the latest Bank of England (and ECB)...

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...

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...

In Janet Yellen’s last meeting as head of the Federal Reserve board the US central bank raised rates for the third time this year and for the fourth time in 12 months, as she brings down the...

The US Treasuries yields slipped driving USD down across the broad depressed by the unchanged projections of the Federal Open Market Committee members who expected 3 times by 0.25% next year.Despite...

FTSE trades tight range ahead of Fed rate decisionThe FTSE snoozed its way through Thursday’s session, trading in a tight range of little over 20 points, as investors focus on the Fed rate...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 is being helped along by financial stocks as HSBC, Barclays (LON:BARC) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are higher on the session. Continental Europe is underperforming as the DAX and CAC...

Tonight sees the FOMC rate decision and anything other than a 25 basis point rate hike will be unacceptable for the market. We have seen a natural degree of calm in the last 24 hours, which is normal...

We’re seeing a little caution in the markets as we enter the business end of the week, with equity markets in the US poised to open flat ahead of the FOMC decision.The decision itself...