Michael Hewson

After a choppy start to the week, equity markets appear to be leaning towards a narrative that companies can continue to grow profits, despite the combined pressures of higher energy prices, and...

While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq managed to end a three-day losing streak, European markets have been slightly more resilient this week, although they have also been susceptible to their own downs and...

While the August trade numbers for China were slightly better than expected, despite disruption at Chinese ports and the various lockdown restrictions that affected a lot of the country at the time,...

With Q3 now in the rear-view mirror, and European markets posting their first negative month since January, investors are now nervously eyeing October, and wondering perhaps if this could be the...

It’s not been a great year for Boohoo's (LON:BOOH) share price, or its shareholders, for that matter with the shares down over 20% year to date, and falling further after today's H1 update. Once...

European markets had a poor day yesterday, all of them down over 2%, with the notable exception of the FTSE100 which was helped in no small part by its hefty energy component, and a sinking pound,...

Having started the day in positive fashion yesterday, European markets saw the majority of the early gains slowly disappear, and though most did finish higher, it was a somewhat half-hearted affair....

Despite hitting two-month lows last week, markets in Europe eventually managed to finish higher, on the week, reversing a run of three successive weekly losses. Concerns about contagion effects from...

Yesterday saw another positive day for European markets, rising for the third day in a row, shrugging off early week concerns about the Chinese property market, and despite evidence that the wider...

European markets underwent another strong session yesterday, as concerns about Evergrande diminished further, while markets in the US shook off their early week malaise by finishing close to the highs...