After the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in 12 months in December and signaled an intention to do so again three times in 2017, it’s fair to say that Friday’s jobs data isn’t exactly the most eagerly anticipated report ...

US futures are pointing to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the Dow once again headed back towards the 20,000 level that has thus far eluded it. The festive cooling off period appears to have passed and the Dow has resumed ...

It’s been another slow start to trading on Wednesday with the festive period well and truly upon us and any major data and news flow largely absent. There has been some focus this morning on the Spanish and Italian banking sectors, both of which ...

It’s been a slow start to trading in Europe on Thursday and US futures are currently trading relatively flat, as markets pause ahead of today’s ECB monetary policy decision which will likely bring a healthy dose of volatility. The ECB is expected to ...

US futures are trading flat as we approach the open on Tuesday, following a largely mixed session in Europe where traders already have one eye on the ECB meeting on Thursday in the absence of any notable economic events today. It’s been a very busy ...

US equity markets are expected to build on yesterday rapid improvement in risk appetite on Thursday, with futures higher by around 1% and closing in on all-time highs. At times yesterday, not even the most optimistic of us could have anticipated ...

We’re seeing the calm before the storm in financial markets on Tuesday as the build up to the US election gets underway prompting extreme caution among traders. We saw plenty of risk appetite on Monday as traders unwound the previous week’s risk-off ...

It could be another tough session in the US on Friday as next week’s Presidential election continues to hang over the markets, although today’s jobs report may offer a welcome distraction. The November jobs report would typically be a massive deal ...

Investors will momentarily have their attention diverted away from the circus that is the US Presidential election, today, as Super Thursday in the UK shifts the focus back onto Brexit and the central banks response to it. The Bank of England has ...

It’s been a relatively calm start to trading on Tuesday with traders eyeing more appearances from central bankers in the absence of much economic data, as well as a number of earnings releases from companies reporting third quarter results. Mark ...

US equity markets are expected to open a little lower on Friday, building on small losses on Thursday with indices still looking vulnerable to sharp declines even as earnings continue to surpass expectations. Once again it seems any rally off the ...

Sterling is on the rise on Tuesday, spurred on by higher than expected UK inflation data that cast doubt on whether the Bank of England will still consider easing monetary policy again this year. The rally in the pound prompted a break of technical ...

The dollar has spent 2016 in a downtrend against the yen but has taken a bullish turn over the last few trading sessions, breaking through the ichimoku cloud on the daily chart and above the 55 and 89-day simple moving averages. This in itself is a ...

It’s been a slow start to the trading week, as a lack of news flow in Europe and Asia, combined with bank holiday’s in Japan, Canada and the US hit trading volumes and switch attentions to big events later in the week. The most notable of these ...

US futures are pointing to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with investors slightly buoyed by the outcome of the Presidential debate. The election in November is one of the biggest risk events facing the markets this year and the ...

Financial markets are expected to remain relatively subdued on Tuesday as tomorrow’s Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve meetings push traders to the sidelines in anticipation of some very volatile markets. As is often the case ahead of a major ...

Data from the US on Thursday dealt yet another blow to hopes of a September hike from the Federal Reserve, with retail sales data disappointing for a second month and casting more doubt on whether the US economy is as healthy as policy makers would ...

The ECB may not have announced any more policy easing today, or even indicated that further stimulus is likely in the coming months, but Mario Draghi did a fine job in talking up bond yields in the euro area. Perhaps a sly attempt to free up more ...

European equity markets are expected to open relatively flat ahead of the ECB monetary policy announcement on Thursday, with investors appearing to opt for caution despite no new action being anticipated. The ECB finds itself between a rock and a ...

Gold has been back in the spotlight as of late, with the prospect of a Fed rate hike this year capping gains in the precious metal and threatening to push it back below the $1,300 level for the first time since June. A month ago Gold was trading at ...