Global risk appetite treaded water yesterday after EU Finance Ministers failed to reach an agreement on a €500bn package to cushion the economic shock in the EU. European equity indices…
Global risk appetite has rebounded in the past 48 hours with equity markets up for a second consecutive day and major currencies stronger versus the Dollar. Markets have seized on…
The macro data calendar is lighter this week. The focus in the US is likely to again be on initial jobless claims figures (for week of 9th April) rather than…
Global equity and FX volatility was more subdued last week, with daily percentage gains and losses in the S&P 500 not exceeding 4.4%. Everything is relative of course. However, volatility…
Markets continue to largely ignore macro data releases although March figures – which are due to be released in coming weeks – may get far more attention as the world…
Global equities staged a powerful recovery last week, with the S&P 500 posting three days of consecutive gains for the first time since 10-12 February. The main driver was arguably…
European equities have made only small gains in today’s session but the S&P 500 is up 4.6% at time of writing – the first time since 10-12 February that the…
Global equities are up for a second consecutive day, although today’s gains have so far been less vertiginous than yesterday’s. The main driver has seemingly been reports that Democrats and…
Global equity markets are firmly in the green today and the dollar has dropped with markets seemingly reacting positively to the Federal Reserve’s announcement yesterday that it would effectively conduct…
It was another week of acute turmoil in financial markets as governments across the world try to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, with numbers of recorded cases and deaths rising…
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