Market Overview

It’s a bumper day on the corporate calendar, but the effect on equity indices has been fairly muted in the aftermath of the rallies earlier this week. The FTSE is trading fairly flat, up a mere...

Shanghai Shipping Exchange launched “Belt and Road “shipping indicesOn the last Wednesday of July, Shanghai Shipping Exchange started two new shipping indices called the “Belt and...

With the Federal Reserve opting to remain coy on Wednesday, investors once again find themselves studying the economic data and trying to determine whether it satisfies policy makers requirements in...

Almost a year in the making, healthcare insurance giants Anthem (NYSE:ANTM) and Cigna (NYSE:CI) have finally struck a deal.And what a deal, too. Anthem will acquire Cigna for a whopping $48 billion....

Fed leaves rates unchanged:Yesterday at the FOMC meeting, the Fed did not make any changes concerning its monetary policy. The interest rates remain unchanged at 0.25%. Yet, what was more expected was...

Market BriefUSD continues to find buyers post-FOMC meeting. The Feds accompanying statement was encouraging for US hawks as the committee upgraded its view of the housing and labor markets. However,...

Market Movers In the US the first estimate for Q2 GDP is expected to show an annualised increase to 2.5% q/q from -0.2% q/q in Q1. Consumer spending is likely to have been a major positive contributor...

Yesterday’s FOMC statement did exactly what many expected and offered little new insight into the Federal Reserve’s interest rate intentions, instead putting all of the emphasis on...

German unemployment surged by 9,000 to 2.799 million in July, The Federal Labour Office said on Thursday. This is the biggest increase since May 2014.In June, unemployment dropped by 1,000, while...

The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate at its record low 0.25 percent, where the policy statement failed to provide any evidence about the timing of the first liftoff since...

Steady as she goesLast night’s Federal Reserve meeting was a lesson in expectation management, keeping the market guessing as to when the Fed will divert monetary policy from its current...

The US dollar is broadly firmer in the wake of the FOMC statement, but there are some notable exceptions. The market appears reluctant to sell sterling ahead of next week's MPC meeting, where hawkish...

Reactions to the FOMC statement overnight were relatively muted. Fed sounded upbeat on the economy but left little clue on whether it will raise interest rate in September. The statement noted that...

Fundamental Analysis These days it is all about finding the niche in the market and cashing that idea and this will be the biggest challenge for Yahoo’s new invention. The real value these days...