Market Updates.

The pessimistic “sell everything” mood seen over the last couple of days is thankfully showing signs of easing, as the FTSE-100 is edging higher this morning […]

The FTSE-100 has opened lower again this morning after US equities fell following cautious comments from the Fed Chair, Jay Powell. Jay Powell predicted the unemployment […]

The FTSE-100 has opened around 1% lower this morning after US equity markets fell in the last hour of trading yesterday (12 May 2020). The Dow […]

Global equity markets ended yesterday (11 May 2020) virtually flat, with the FTSE-100 up just 3.75 points or 0.063%, while the S&P 500 was up 0.52 […]

This morning’s attention has all been on the BoE. Although the decision by the BoE policymakers to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.1% was fully expected, […]

The FTSE-100 is little changed this morning at 5,850 after US equities closed off yesterday’s highs in the final hour of trading. Although the Dow Jones […]

Equity markets opened lower yesterday after Donald Trump reignited tensions with China. Obviously, the prospect of mixing the negative theme from 2018/19 (the US/China trade war), […]

After initially trading sideways yesterday morning (30 April 2020), the FTSE-100 rapidly started to lose altitude mid-morning as economic data and company results continued to paint […]

Global equity markets brushed aside US Q1 GDP data and the Fed’s downbeat economic assessment and instead focused on a potential new drug which helped coronavirus […]

To regular readers this week’s commentary is starting to look like a broken record, as equity markets continue to look past the poor company earnings reports […]