The Pound Sterling weakened against the Dollar and the Euro after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s comments at the Jackson Hole convention sent markets on both sides of the Atlantic into a spiral last Friday. Investors fled stocks following Powell’s confirmation of probable further interest rate hikes to tackle sky high inflation. A single […]

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Markets are in a more positive mood on Monday after US jobs numbers left a sour taste last week. The FTSE 100 has added 0.56% to reach 7,179 points while Asian stock markets are also up. Going back to the US, the Fed has “consistently reiterated that its decision making will be heavily led by […]

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Nigel Green says there are three main triggers for market rout There could be a nervy spell in financial markets in September over concerns of the Delta variant, regulatory attacks by the Chinese government and changing monetary policies, according to the CEO of deVere Group, one of the largest asset management firms in the world. […]

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Global equities were hushed on Monday as the US enjoyed its first national holiday of the year, leaving the rest of the markets to stroll through their quietest trading session of 2021. It was a sign – if one was even needed – that Europe lacks direction without the US at the helm to direct […]

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Western markets look set to end the week on a sour note, with the FTSE slipping to a 9 day-low as trading closed and both its US and European equivalents weathering similar drops. The FTSE is among the worst casualties of the day, contemplating the new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data revealing that UK […]

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Equities around the world rose on ‘Super Thursday’ as a slew of major companies posted festive trade updates, and anticipation continues to mount for the announcement of President-elect Joe Biden’s stimulus package. With inauguration day fast approaching, it is expected that the new administration is ready to implement the multi-trillion dollar package passed by the […]

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The pound has jumped on the news that progress was being made in Brexit talks. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said this morning that there is a “path to an agreement now”, causing the pound to gain half a cent against the US dollar to over $1.35. “As things stand, I cannot tell […]

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The FTSE 100 had a subdued start to the day despite news that the UK had approved the Pfizer/Biontech coronavirus vaccine. The blue-chip index opened in the red and after an hour was up 0.1%. Analysts have said that it is likely that because the pound is down 0.4% against the dollar and 0.5% against […]

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US blue chip equities index, the Dow Jones, set a fresh all-time record, as it bounced over 440 points and hit 30,034 points. Beating its previous record of 29,989 points booked at the end of 2019, the US index was buoyed by rallies posted by COVID-suffering equities in finance, commodities, air travel and film. Chevron […]

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The FTSE 100 opened higher on Tuesday as markets continued to react well to the ongoing vaccine news. The FTSE 100 opened 55 points higher or 0.87% to 6389 in early trading, which was boosted by growth in travel stocks, energy companies and hospitality firms. In Europe, markets also opened higher. Germany’s DAX increased by […]

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Unsure of what to do with themselves after a mixed week, global equities posted relatively modest movements as they responded to a varied bag of news updates on vaccine updates, retail sales and US stimulus. Between Pfizer and Moderna one-upping each-other with positive news, markets have been spurred on since the booming US election week. […]

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Tech and growth stock-heavy index, the Nasdaq Composite, escaped the market correction on Thursday, as virus fears crunched over-extended value equities. European equities fell sharply during the morning, with the DAX and CAC falling 0.88% and 0.67% apiece. Following was the FTSE, who, having suffered 5% losses by Kingfisher and Johnson Matthey, extended yesterday’s losses, […]

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On the announcement that Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and solar power company would enter the S&P 500 next month, Tesla shares rallied over 13% during after-market trading. The company are set to enter the blue chip index on the quarterly rebalancing on December 21. And, having seen shares spike when they first qualified for S&P […]

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British precious metals dealer, Direct Bullion, stated on Monday that it believes the gold price will ‘break new records in 2021’, with lingering economic uncertainty driving demand for the commodity in the new year. Despite a predicted 9% increase in production in 2021, Metal Focus expects gold to remain high, and above $2,000 per troy […]

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The FTSE 100 rose on Monday’s opening bell thanks to the weekend’s positive vaccine news. The blue-chip index climbed 0.6% to 6,357 points as it was boosted by top risers IAG, Rolls Royce, and Standard Chartered. HSBC, Barclays, Natwest, and Lloyds also rose significantly this morning. The FTSE 250 also picked up on Monday thanks […]

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Gold gained towards the end of the week after the initial buzz from the news that the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine proved more than 90% effective in Phase III tests begun to wear off, with doubts over the efficacy and distribution. Markets soared back on Monday in response to the US election result, but coupled with the […]

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Having fallen during the week before last, global equities have since been spurred by the Joe Biden victory and Pfizer vaccine hopes. On Thursday, however, some of the good-feeling steam wore off, as investors greedily priced in potential upsides in the short-term. Choosing to be overly optimistic in the moment, markets are now watching equities […]

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Sleep? Sorry – don’t know them. As forecast, the US Presidential Election has been drawn-out, dramatic and all-consuming. But, rather than buckle under the strain, global equities spent the majority of the week absolutely soaring. Rallying at their fastest rate since April, US big tech stocks led the way, with Alphabet rising by 8%; Amazon, […]

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On the list of things markets hate, uncertainty, political conflict, and drawn-out disruption must all rank fairly highly among the top downside risk factors. Despite that, and ahead of what may end up being a closer-fought contest than many anticipated, global equities shot up at an unreasonable rate on the eve of the US Presidential […]

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Shrugging off some of last week’s losses, global equities decided Monday was a time to be bullish. Given the broad macroeconomic and political outlook, you’d think they wouldn’t have much to be positive about, but perhaps that’s just it – they priced in potential downsides too hard before trading. Alternatively, things are set to get […]

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With daily COVID cases breaking the 500,000 threshold, the final bell on Friday marks the end of a week that global equities would rather forget. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem likely, with a busy and nail-biting smorgasbord of headlines for investors to consider next week. For today, the picture was rather bleak. Despite Eurozone GDP posting […]

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Portfolios have had to use their back-up parachutes this week, having used their first ones on March’s market free-fall. After three days of consecutive losses, global equities pretty much held their ground on Thursday, thanks to ECB stimulus and GDP announcements. Speaking earlier in the day, IG Chief Market Analyst, Chris Beauchamp, said: “A degree […]

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It’s still an election, twenty new COVID policy measures, and a Christmas dinner away, but its worth trying to anticipate what equities will look like as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. And, here are three factors to consider. The Christmas COVID Crunch Despite the police commissioner’s misguided tough guy comments about breaking […]

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Having posted some painful losses on Monday, continued second wave fears saw European equities lead the downward-facing indexes on Tuesday. Speaking on the day’s performance, IG Chief Market Analyst, Chris Beauchamp, commented: “A small overnight recovery for stock futures has been rapidly given back as the session got underway, and so far there is no […]

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An obligatory Parental Guidance sticker has been stuck on Monday’s global equities movements. Because, between election, company data, and COVID jitters, it was an unadulterated horror show. Global equities hardly elated over the election Quaking in their boots just over a week out from the US election, global equities watch in horror as the Biden […]

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With something of a mood change from Monday’s drop, the FTSE escaped the fates of its Eurozone counterparts, and enjoyed modest gains as trading came to a close. Starting the day off with a fall of 0.3%, to 5,867 points, the FTSE has since recovered, up 0.26% to 5,900 in the afternoon. Meanwhile, having fallen […]

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Gaining as much as 3.4% last week, global equities optimism remained largely in place as the week’s trading kicked off, with considerable rallies in the US and Asia leaving their European counterparts trailing behind. Up 0.89%, to 28,842, the Dow Jones hit 28,842 points, a new five-week high. Moving ahead even more bullishly, the Nasdaq […]

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Global equities appeared by-and-large unmoved on Tuesday, though hopes of a renewed Federal Reserve stimulus package gave European markets enough momentum to finish in the green. As stated by Spreadex Financial Analyst, Connor Campbell: “Now that Trump, irresponsibly or otherwise, is out of hospital and back at the White House, hopes appear to have been […]

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After starting the week on a bright note, the FTSE looked set to repeat yesterday’s regression. That was, before the Dow Jones opened with a relatively meagre rally, that proved enough to give the FTSE a burst of energy and finish the week in the green. Having dropped by just under a percent by midday, […]

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The FTSE 100 led the European equities rally for a second consecutive day on on Wednesday, following the public address by Boris Johnson the previous evening, in which the prime minister reiterated his reluctance to implement a second lockdown. With promises to “keep the economy open” and “wrap [his] arms around workers and industries”, the […]

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In a week of sharp ups and downs, global equities were perhaps ready for a quiet day as Friday swung around, and a quiet day is what they got. The Dow Jones led the pack, up 0.81% to 27,756 points – or put another way, just shy of the 28k mark it has seen as […]

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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits reached 1.314 million in the week ending 4 July 2020 – a grim total compared to the mere 209,000 applications this time last year – according to statistics released by the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday. The figures do, however, come in at fewer than the expected […]

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After a somewhat sore day of trading, global equities were shown mercy with a (very) partial recovery towards the end of the Tuesday session. After being forecast to drop over 200 points, the Dow Jones dipped and then regained ground, down 140 points to 26,147. In the meantime, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq played the […]

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The FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE: UKX), DAX (INDEXDB: DAX) and CAC 40 (INDEXEURO: PX1) all opened with an underwhelming performance on Monday morning, dropping over 1% as markets responded to mounting fears of a second wave of coronavirus. By mid-morning, both the DAX and the CAC 40 had recovered, up 0.4% – however the momentum trailed […]

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After the leap year horror show took its fair share of casualties, global equities were keen to defiantly claw back ground, only to be halted as Coronavirus fears gripped the hearts of investors once again. Despite becoming apt at finding any source of optimism to grab onto, markets were knocked back into correction mode on […]

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The FTSE 100 has received a bruising over the last few weeks, as the coronavirus has continued to take its’ toll on global markets. Data from the FTSE Russell confirmed that there had been some shifts within the FTSE 100. Three big names in Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF), TUI AG (LON:TUI) and NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC) […]

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Coronavirus hasn’t yet had its fill of using equities, assets and national economies as chew toys, and will almost certainly weigh on people and capital the world-over, for a good chunk of 2020. One asset class I can’t help but feel sorry for (in the midst of the biggest dips since 2008) are sustainable and […]

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After inklings of monetary policy responses began trickling out of central banks over the weekend, in an effort to fight the effects of the Coronavirus threat, the huge rallies enjoyed during the Monday session were somewhat hampered by the best efforts of international organisations. The WHO fulfilled its usual obligation – remind everyone the situation […]

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Manufacturer of specialist products Morgan Advanced Materials (LON:MGAM) reported on Tuesday that it booked a solid set of fundamentals for the full-year ended 31 December 2019, and that the reduction of its leverage had continued to illustrate its strong trajectory over the last three years. The company took in £1.05 billion of revenue, up 1.5% […]

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Despite the potential for a wobble being brought on by inflation figures and the sluggish Dow Jones open, the FTSE crossed the finish line of the Wednesday session at the head of the pack. Falling just short of a one-week high, the FTSE finished the session at 7450, following a 1.2% bounce. The index’s success […]

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After hitting or flirting with all-time highs towards the start of the week, global equities floated towards the finish line without any sort of direction or order. Eurozone indices were a mixed bag, but the biggest loser was the Dow Jones, falling 60 points after the bell and missing the chance to beat the record […]

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Western equities were soothed by the WHO statement on Coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon, which stated that ‘we are not in a pandemic’. After worries of a potentially deadly virus spreading across the Eurasian land mass, the trends so far appear to suggest the illness lacks the potency of previous pandemics such as Ebola, and doesn’t […]

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With Chinese stock exchanges shut for an additional two days and the most recent death toll standing at 81 (likely to be well over 100 when the next reported figure is announced), equity markets have been left shaken by the potency and reach of the Coronavirus. It was confirmed on Monday that Canada had identified […]

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Asian markets have continued to suffer worst from the spread of Coronavirus, with investors fearing tentative attitudes towards trade and travel with China and surrounding regions. The situation was also dim for European indices, with the FTSE and DAX also suffering losses after trading began, though this was also caused, in part, by the back-and-forth […]

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European equities looked slow off the blocks on Monday as they mulled over the absence of their trend-setter. The Dow Jones will get to enjoy a day of reflection upon last week’s successes, alongside time to remember and heed the messages of one of the seminal figures in civil rights advocacy, Dr Martin Luther King […]

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I can already picture the excited hand gestures from POTUS Donald Trump as he lauds the Dow Jones success story on Thursday. The index hit 29,200 points, beating the record set the day before and exceeding the 29,100 projection set by analysts before trading began. This followed yesterday’s completion of phase one of the US-China […]

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In a day lacking a wow factor, global equities opted for tentative gains following the opening of the US market on Tuesday afternoon. We can offer something of a half-hearted celebration for this news, given that we started off the day with modest losses and ended up checking out in the green. In spite of […]

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The time is 12:30 on Thursday the 12th of December. I tell my colleague to bet on cable, shorting the pound until 20:00 – election day is always jittery. The time comes to 21:50, moments before the exit poll. I tell him to back Sterling with everything he’s got, he doesn’t, and minutes later I […]

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Investors spent most of the Tuesday session fretting about the absence of any phase one movement towards a trade agreement between the US and China. However, their worries were somewhat – though not completely – tempered by a report from the Wall Street Journal, which said that both sides were attempting to build foundations to […]

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After a sore start to December, the Eurozone were keen on forgetting yesterday’s losses. After the bell, indices across the continent looked determined to live by the mantra of ‘it can’t get any worse’, and subsequently decided to shake off Trump’s overnight threats to implement a series of tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of French […]

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Continuing to push against his unwilling adversaries, today president Donald Trump kept on attempting to bring his economic machinations into being. His thinking of ‘low dollar, plus protectionism, equals good trade for US producers’, is as simplistic as his drive to bring such maxims into being is relentless. Alas, in the process, he has done […]

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The story begins to write itself at this point. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) tells us that the negative impact of the US-China trade war will diminish in 2020, but the refusal of gold prices to stage any kind of concerted climb-down tells us the opposite story. As the Tuesday session lets out its final breath, […]

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In the aftermath of a roaring Monday for the Dow Jones, Tuesday was entirely underwhelming. While the DAX and CAC hovered near or above 17 and 12 year highs respectively, the Dow Jones decided to relax, while gold prices hit new daily lows. Speaking on the day’s movements, or lack thereof, Spreadex Financial Analyst Connor […]

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Doing little more than soothing uneasiness, last night’s Fed rate cuts was less of a tidal wave and more of a tide-over. J. Powell has already opposed what he views as overly exuberant accommodation, but the latest cut did enough to satisfy indices on Thursday. Phase one of tariff tension resolution will soon be underway, […]

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UK-based home furnishing retailer ScS Group PLC (LON: SCS) booked consistent full-year progress across its sales indices, despite a challenging market climate. The Company’s gross sales improved by £5.8 million year-on-year, to £333.3 million. This drove revenue growth of £4.6 million to £317.4 million, which in turn saw its underlying EBITDA rise by £0.6 million […]

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On the back of general election jitters, the Pound Sterling maintained its plateau. This, along with yet more empty words on the trade war situation from Donald Trump, saw the FTSE claim the top spot in Thursday’s winners’ circle. Despite being quoted by the NYT as having lied over 10,000 times during his tenure, markets […]

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In a nigh-on Mexican stand-off, markets and investors wait with bated breath as the US Fed makes its rate announcement. Despite pressure from Trump, Powell wishes to make only modest cuts in a strategy he described as not shooting his monetary bullets too early. Both fearing the impact of, and even potentially causing a recession, […]

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Largely following on from yesterday’s trends, market indices struggled to recover from the tensions in the Gulf and ensuing oil price hike. As if markets hadn’t taken more than their fair share of beatings and uncertainty, the jump in Brent Crude not only makes day-to-day activities more costly (the arbitrary case) but the events in […]

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Though perhaps one of the few yet to turn green at the sound of the name ‘Boris Johnson’, the prime minister decided the weekend was not for resting, and chimed in to tell the UK he would be like the Incredible Hulk and free the UK from the EU’s grip. On a slightly less amusing […]

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After preliminary optimism on chatter surrounding a return to more amicable exchanges between the US and China, the market’s reaction this morning was markedly more muted. This is perhaps unsurprising; not only will many assume the return of good will to be little more than hot air, buy yesterday’s index boom has left markets in […]

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With Italy’s Guiseppe Conte being given a shot at forming a coalition, the FTSE MIB led the continued rally of the European indices. The hollow victory of Sino-US tensions temporarily cooling off was still being enjoyed by markets, and the UK’s characteristically muted rally meant its performance lagged behind its mainland European counterparts. Speaking on […]

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Comments from China’s commerce ministry today have shown China is once again searching for diplomatic resolution of ongoing Sino-US tensions. Markets reacted positively during Thursday morning trade, all shaken by this year’s political tensions and ready to break down should the world’s parent countries continue arguing. Speaking on the market’s behaviour this morning, Spreadex financial […]

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Political tensions continue to weigh on market sentiment and dampen any hopes of a prolonged rally. Last Friday’s re-escalation of trade tensions and the Yuan falling to an 11 year low on Tuesday, was countered by the idea that both the US and China would be willing to return to the negotiating table again, and […]

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Ok, the bull may not be THAT appropriate. Last week we were told there is a one-in-three chance that recession is coming – sadly, markets don’t seem to want to get it over with. Manufacturing PMI is at its lowest level in months, miners are struggling (outside of gold and vanadium), the US bond market […]

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The Midterm election results have left the US with a Democrat majority in Congress, while Republicans maintain control of the Senate. In real terms this has meant European stocks trading up and US stocks up sharply in pre-market trading – with the DOW Jones industrial average up more than 200 points in early-morning futures trading […]

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After a strong start to 2018, emerging markets have faced a procession of headwinds, with the ensuing crises only set to worsen with the latest wave of currency sell-offs. Yesterday, the FTSE emerging index of the developing world’s largest companies saw its largest slump in three weeks, a dip of 1.6%, continuing the downward trend […]

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