Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The ECB statement was bang in line with expectations: the Bank’s APP programme will be extended from January to September 2018, with the prospect of increasing it even further if the economy...

Wednesday saw some notable selling in UK stocks with the FTSE 100 experiencing its largest drop in over a month. The fall was in part due to a resurgence in the pound with sterling enjoying a strong...

Market OverviewThe dollar may have been a driver of forex pairs in recent sessions, but all eyes will be on the euro today with the ECB meeting. The European Central Bank currently engages...

After focusing on the pound and November’s prospective BoE rate hike, the markets turn their attention to a different currency and central bank pairing this Thursday. It’s the euro’s...

Yesterday’s sell off in stocks appears to have been precipitated by a similar sell off in bond markets as investors weighed up the prospect that we could well see a modest easing off of the...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 started off on the wrong foot as a pullback in the price of copper put pressure on mining companies, and then the surge in sterling due to the solid growth figures sped up the...

US futures are mixed ahead of the open on Wednesday, a day after only the Dow managed to make fresh record highs while the others made only marginal gains.Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq failed to...

The ECB will announce its latest policy decision on Thursday 26th October, while no change in interest rates is expected, all focus will be on the ECB’s Asset Purchase Programme (APP)....

The UK economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter with a 0.4% increase compared to the previous period coming in above consensus forecasts for a 0.3% rise. The beat will lend further...

With Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunliffe muddying the rate hike waters on Tuesday, will the MPC hawks get any support from Wednesday’s UK Q3 GDP reading? Towards the end of summer it...

Once again we’ve seen US markets make new record highs this time after positive results from global industrial bellwether Caterpillar as sales of industrial equipment in China and North America...

by Jesse CohenWith the Federal Reserve widely expected to raise interest rates in December for the third time this year, market players are looking to see who will replace Janet Yellen as Fed...

After gradually pushing higher in the last few sessions the Dow Jones got a rocket boost this Tuesday afternoon.The Dow jumped 170 points after the bell, hitting a fresh all-time high of 23450 thanks...

The Japanese manufacturing economy started the fourth quarter on a positive note and expanded at a solid pace in October, according to the latest Flash PMI data. At the same time, cost pressures...