Market Overview

US broad market rebounds after three-session slideUS stocks closed higher on Friday. The dollar weakened: the live dollar index data show the ICE US dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s...

As the second quarter of 2017 comes to a close, markets have once again been dominated by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and its decision to raise the short-term interest-rate target another...

"Index points to slower economic growth in May." This is the headline for today's release of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, and here is the opening paragraph from the report: Led by...

VIX continues to challenge both Short-term and Intermediate-term resistance before closing beneath them. A rally above Long-term resistance at 12.60 implies that VIX may challenge its Ending Diagonal...

It’s been another slow start to trading on Monday, with markets largely picking up where they left off on Friday in the absence of any major news flow over the weekend.Deal For Veneto Banks...

The UK Conservative Party has reached an agreement with the Democratic Unionists, helping it win support for Theresa May's minority government as the DUP gets an additional £1bn for Northern...

I have regularly written about the many shortcomings of human psychology when it comes to investing. More importantly, while the emotions of greed and fear are the predominant drivers of not only...

The US dollar is mostly slightly firmer as North American dealers return to their posts. Ideas that the UK Tories are getting close to a deal with the DUP appears to be lending sterling a modicum of...

What can we learn about the Italian banking sector from the decision to liquidate Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare Sondrio (MI:BPSI)? Silvia Merler sees a tendency for Italy to let politics outweigh...

Yen weakness broadly today as market sentiments improved. Major European indices open higher with FTSE and DAX up 0.5% at the time of writing while CAC is up 0.8%. The development is helped by...

by Pinchas CohenKey Events Dollar traders are wary of trusting the Fed again Pound maintains uptrend since October Global AffairsGlobal equities opened with strong start this morning, as tech stocks...

With DM quiet, investors move into EMLast week was a drift for currency markets on the whole and with India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines all on local holidays today the week has...

Paul Major, fund manager of BB Healthcare Trust (LON:BBH) (launched December 2016), gives an overview of the investment trust and how it sits alongside manager Bellevue Asset Management’s...

In a curious and completely unfair move, the Italian government has decided to issue a massive bailout of €17 Billion to close down two failing banks.As part of the deal, a bank called Intesa...