Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

A decent string of Eurozone flash PMIs, and some rate hike doubt-casting comments from Sir Jon Cunliffe, meant the pound had quite a disappointing morning.Cunliffe, a deputy governor at the Bank of...

Equity markets in Europe are a mixed bag this morning, and the one common theme is low volatility. Even the IBEX 35 has hardly moved, which gives you an idea of how quiet thing are today. The FTSE 100...

US Earnings Key on TuesdayA rare negative session on Monday in US equity markets could be quickly reversed on Tuesday, with futures pointing to a more positive open on Wall Street. While there is...

It was another predictably slow start for the markets this Tuesday, though mercifully not as sluggish as on Monday.Despite the pound slipping 0.1% against both the dollar and the euro, with the...

The most recent IHS Markit UK Household Finance Index (HFI) reported a dramatic shift in interest rate expectations among UK households, with over 40% expecting a rate rise before 2018, up from 12% in...

EuropeShares in Pendragon (LON:PDG) plunged by 18% today after the company stated that full-year pre-tax profits would be £60 million, and that is a significant decline on its previous guidance...

US futures are relatively flat ahead of the open on Monday, but sentiment remains very positive as we head into a key week for corporate earnings.With 185 S&P 500 companies due to report on the...

By Jason MartinWhile traders widely anticipate the Federal Reserve to undertake the next increase in interest rates in December, there is one hike that policymakers and markets seem to have forgotten...

Market OverviewThe dollar bulls have taken another leap forward as Friday’s moves higher on Treasury yields have been sustained into the new trading week. Tax reform/fiscal expansion in the US...

The big political story of the weekend was the Japanese general election result. Incumbent Shinzo Abe, who called the snap election, managed to pull off something Theresa May could not do in the UK,...

UK and US Q3 GDP readings! The latest ECB rate vote and press conference! A slew of manufacturing and services PMIs! There’s so much stuff to look forward to this week – sadly none of it...

US markets managed to close at record levels pretty much every day last week as optimism over some form of tax reform continued to gain traction. It is true that we’ve been here before as...

A number of countries see third quarter GDP releases while the flash October PMI data for the US, eurozone and Japan will provide early insights into the health of these major economies at the start...

Sterling managed to widen its Friday growth this afternoon, fuelled by the very meagre progress made between the UK and EU at the summit in Brussels. European Council President Donald Tusk’s...