Market Overview

U.S. futures climb on new Huawei waivers; S&P 500 looks set for fifth consecutive record European stocks break higher Hang Seng outperforms after Alibaba closes Hong Kong listing order books...

Chinese and Asian regional equities continued to diverge today with currencies almost unchanged and oil continuing to ease after last nights sell-off.EquitiesIt could be further easing by China to...

Is leadership at the European Central Bank (ECB) going from the imperious to the imperial? In one of her first acts as president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, last week, took the other 24 members of...

Asia update These wish-washy recycled pessimistic trade headlines are playing out to be an excellent opportunity to strap on risk and or fade the gold market bounce. Two things stand out for me, 1)...

Michael Pettis has some words of wisdom for those who believe China will soon overtake the US as the world leader. "Having the smaller banks absorbed by the bigger ones, which seems to be...

That is probably how equity markets are feeling this morning as Wall Street eked out minuscule gains to extend record highs. Still, worryingly, the rest of the Street seems to be jumping off the...

U.S. futures climb as investors cling onto trade optimism—for how much longer? British pound completes bullish pattern as PM Johnson wins full party's support for Brexit deal Hong Kong's...

Hong Kong is the key focus of the financial markets at the start of the trading week. The Hong Kong government lost a key rule that Carrie Lam’s mask ban is unconstitutional, a decision that...

Financial markets continue to grow. By the end of last week, the currency market joined to stock market optimism, becoming more and more involved in the sentiment in favour of the demand for yielding...

Weekly Technical Analysis For November 18-22 Looking ahead, the economic calendar will bring an update on the health of the U.S. economy, with reports on Building Permits, Housing Starts,...

A convincingly bullish start to the week A convincingly bullish start to the week It's an impressive optimistic start to the week with rates, commodities, and futures all up. The positive trade news...

Risk sentiment improved after China cuts rate, long USD/JPY? China cuts rate after growth continued to slow down China lowered the cost it charges on short-term open-market operations for the first...

Stocks flat despite trade talks More talks between the US and China are failing to excite investors in the way they have previously. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce claims a phone call took...

FX Brief: China trimmed its key repo rate for the first time since 2015, which suggests further stimulus from Beijing could be underway.Over the weekend, opinion polls showed support for...