Markets Wall Street celebrated with new records the subdued US inflation figures and the lacklustre retail and consumer sentiment data which reduce the likelihood of further tightening by the Fed. In fact futures markets on... Read MoreRead More
Markets Last week markets were rather calm, with Wall Street in summer mood and other key indices on the back foot. The Dow Jones has remained in the 21,000-21,500 range since May 24th and with the... Read MoreRead More
Markets Global stock markets were badly hit by fears that the end to ultra loose monetary policy on both sides of the Atlantic will drive down equity prices. Bond yields on the other side hovered... Read MoreRead More
Markets In a week where Russiagate personally involved Trump for the first time and macro data disappointed, Wall Street struggled to post a gain. Treasuries weakened as the Fed confirmed its hawkish stand on rate... Read MoreRead More
Markets The first few days of last week saw global stock markets in a relaxed summer mood. In mid-week, US indices had a fillip, scoring intraday all-time records, after a lame prepared statement to the... Read MoreRead More
Markets Returning from a long weekend in New York and London traders were feeling a bit of summer mood and major indices in US and Europe were rather subdued, but closed in positive territory. In... Read MoreRead More
Markets The S&P 500 closed on Friday beating a record high for the third consecutive day but the weekly gain was just 1.4%. Most other global equity markets displayed mildly positive or stable performances thanks... Read MoreRead More
Markets Wall Street last Wednesday suffered the worst daily plunge in 8 months as a political storm hit President Trump after the dismissal of FBI Director Comey and the innuendos that State secrets might have... Read MoreRead More
Markets Global markets were mixed last week with the emerging and Asian markets advancing strongly, while Wall Street and Europe were on the back foot due to rather weak US data. Regional markets were mostly... Read MoreRead More
Markets Global equities rose for a sixth straight month in Apr, and opened the new month on an optimistic note, with European markets strongly up and the S&P 500 closing at a record high, while... Read MoreRead More
