China Standoff Easing: Risk-On mood. Bonds are not Buying it: Risk-Off. Wall Street opens higher as tech stocks gain. Asian Stocks Rally. With trade war fears easing after the overnight speech from Chinese president Xi, US markets have opened sharply higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently 390 points… Continue reading Markets Update, 10 April
European Shares Fall on Renewed Trade Tensions. US Stocks Fall. US Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 17-Year Low. Trump orders review of further trade tariffs, China Responds S&P 500 halts three-day rally; gold rises with Treasuries U.S. stocks slumped and Treasuries rose as investors assessed the latest threat to the global… Continue reading Markets Update, 6 April
Stock Selloff retaken. The S&P 500 re-entering correction territory. Trump Trade Bragging concerns . Oil Slumps as Trade War Fears Prompt Investors to Avoid Risks. U.S. stocks tumbled to start the second quarter, as the weakness in technology shares worsened amid renewed presidential criticism of Amazon.com and retaliatory tariffs from… Continue reading Markets Update, 2 April
Wall Street Higher ahead od Fed´s Oil and Facebook bounce helps U.S. Markets Breaking now: Fed Raises Rates, Steepens Path of Hikes as Outlook Strengthens Federal Reserve officials, meeting for the first time under Chairman Jerome Powell, raised the benchmark lending rate a quarter-point and forecast a steeper path of hikes in… Continue reading Markets Update, 21 March
Global Stocks, Futures Slide Amid Rate Hike Fears, Trade Tensions. Wall Street, Nasdaq Dragged by Tech-Stocks. European Stocks Tumble. Asian Markets: Nikkei drops 1 week Low. Japan politics led Nikkei lower as investors repsonded to opinion polls showing falling support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid a cronyism scandal that has gripped… Continue reading Markets Update, 19 March
Stocks Climb before CPI tomorrow. U.S. Inflation Could Offer Clues on Pace of Rate Hikes. Why Global Economy may be due for a Downswing World shares inched higher on Tuesday, eking out limited gains as investors kept a wary eye on a U.S. inflation reading later in the day that… Continue reading Markets Update, 13 March
European Shares Mixed Ahead of ECB Meeting Shares in Asia Recover China warns of ‘necessary response’ in event of trade war with U.S. Euro Jumps on ECB forward Guidance France to fine companies if gender pay gaps not erased Risk appetite improved across global markets, with most stocks rising as… Continue reading Daily Markets Update, 8 March
