Market Overview

The FED has not followed through on their numerous promises of a rate increase that Yellen and other FED officials have made over the past several years. She spoke about purchasing assets of private...

The Federal Reserve or "the Fed", plays a pivotal role in the global markets. For if it were not true, then most investors around the world wouldn't be worried whether or not the US base interest rate...

Yellen to drive home point that politics is beneath the FedIn a week thin with data, focus has shifted to central banks – and today is the busiest of the week. In the next 24 hours, markets are...

The strong performance by Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump in the first presidential debate had a major impact on markets as some of the Trump-related hedges saw a pullback and the S&P 500...

Pan African Resources' (LON:PAFR) FY16 results were closely in line with Edison’s expectations. Excluding Uitkomst, revenue of £164.7m compared with our forecast of £165.1m and costs...

The profit margins ratio of French non-financial corporates has been on the rise for three years. In Q2 2016, it reached 31.7% of gross value added. However, even if it stands about 2 points above its...

News that the world’s biggest oil producer Saudi Arabia could accept a higher output from some of its rivals, left investors in a cloud of uncertainty. Although Saudi’s efforts pave the...

It’s likely to be a busy day for financial markets with plenty of economic data, speeches from central bankers and the outcome of the informal OPEC meeting all to come throughout the...

The financial markets remain mixed for the week so far. US equities rebounded overnight on stronger than expected consumer confidence data. DJIA closed up 133.47 pts or 0.74% at 18228.30. S&P 500...

Both ECB president Mario Draghi and Fed chair Janet Yellen are scheduled to speak today but we do not expect any major news from them. The Fed speeches by Bullard, Evans and Mester are more...

German consumer sentiment to remain stable in today’s GfK release Economists say US durable goods orders will decline in August update The Philippine peso has had a rough month against the US...

Yesterday I commented Draghi Increases Risk of Global Trade Collapse With Brexit Tough Talk.Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO), slashed its global trade forecast by 39%. WTI director Roberto...

Eurekahedge, a provider of hedge fund industry news since 2001, has released its report about the state of the industry in August 2016. Among the key points: August was the fourth consecutive month of...

All was looking good by the time I sent out the reports yesterday. By the end of the day it had become a quagmire of alternatives. I had developed a logical outcome across the three Europeans based on...