Europe Poised For Decent Start After Week of Consolidation European equity markets are set to open around half a percentage point higher on Monday, taking a lead from Asia where markets also got the week off to a strong start. This follows a week in ...

Are We Looking at an Overcrowded Market? It’s difficult to find anyone at the moment that isn’t bullish on this pair in the long term and under the current circumstances, they may have a point. However,these markets don’t move in a straight line ...

Stocks, Treasuries and USD Recover But Sentiment Remains Fragile US equity markets are currently eyeing a flat open on Thursday, with caution clearly evident as investors recover from Wednesday’s brief sell-off and await the start of earnings season ...

Earnings, Retail Sales and Inflation Eyed on Friday US futures are trading a little flat once again ahead of the open on Tuesday, potentially a sign that markets have entered wait and see mode ahead of the start of earnings season. Friday marks the ...

Investors Optimistic Ahead of Q4 Earnings Season After an impressive opening week to the year, US futures are pointing to a flat open on Wall Street on Monday, with investors eyeing a few key data points and the start of fourth quarter earnings ...

The pound has been drifting lower against the dollar for most of December and during that time, despite finding firm support around 1.33, further losses appeared to be on the horizon. The descending triangle that formed over the course of this month ...

Markets Flat in Thin Trade It’s been a relatively flat start to trading on Wednesday, broadly speaking, and US futures suggest more of the same is to come. This period between Christmas and New Year is often very quiet, with politicians and central ...

Fed, ECB and BoE to Make Rate Decisions It’s been another quiet start to trading in what is otherwise going to be a very busy week in financial markets, with a number of central banks scheduled to make interest rate announcements. The Federal ...

Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam previews the upcoming week in the financial markets, covering the major political stories as well as key economic data points. As Brexit negotiations reach a critical point, the pound will be a particular focal ...

Data to Put Improved Risk Appetite to the Test Wednesday’s tech sell-off is doing little to weigh on risk appetite ahead of the open on Thursday, with futures on all three major indices around a third of a percentage point higher, tracking broad ...

Quiet Post-Thanksgiving Session Expected US investors return briefly from the Thanksgiving bank holiday on Friday, although the session is likely to be very quiet given the early market close and the lack of events on the calendar. In the past, this ...

BoE Rate Hike Questioned as UK Data Disappoints European equity markets are expected to bounce back at the open on Thursday following a similar move in Asia overnight as traders eye more data from the UK and the US. While the most important event ...

Equity Market Rally Appears to Have Stalled Despite Strong Earnings Season It’s been a mixed start to trading again on Tuesday and US futures are pointing to similar moves ahead of the open, a sign that markets are starting to look a little ...

Will Investors Shake Off Thursday’s Weakness? Financial markets are looking a little flat ahead of the European open on Friday, following a similar session in Asia overnight and as traders try to shake of Thursday’s weakness. The US dollar is ...

It’s been a week of reflection for financial markets, partially due to the number of major economic events that took place last week but also the sheer absence of any this week. In this week’s update, Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam touches on ...

Investors Remain in Reflection Mode as Quiet Week Continues European equity markets are poised to open relatively flat on Thursday, as we near the end of what has so far been a rather quiet week in the markets. Broadly speaking investors have been ...

US Markets Reflect on Major Announcements and Reports US futures are trading relatively flat ahead of the open on Monday, struggling to gather any real momentum after having recorded all-time high closes again on Friday on the back of decent jobs ...

PMIs to Highlight Improving Economic Outlook Across Eurozone European equity markets are expected to open a little lower on Monday, coming slightly off their recent highs as traders await PMI survey’s from across the euro area. The services PMIs ...

BoE Has Prepared Markets For a Rate Hike, Will it Deliver? On Thursday, the Bank of England is widely expected to do something that a large group of people will never have experienced, raise interest rates. For the first time in a decade and the ...

Futures Flat But Optimism Remains 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 thethird quarter this ...