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While it has revised lower its earnings expectations for the US market Standard & Poor’s continues to see most sectors lifting earnings this year, with growth stocks preferred.

Danske Bank suggests the ongoing financial crisis and the emergence of inflationary pressures is likely to have an impact on foreign exchange markets going forward.

As the Fed becomes more hawkish, is there a risk that runaway inflation forces central banks across the globe to suddenly start hiking aggressively?

Weekly musings from your editor. Three taxi drivers told me this week they are buying banking stocks “for the longer term”. Are there any conclusions we can draw from this?

Consensus at a gathering of hedge fund managers is that the credit crunch will continue and probably get worse.

There will be no immediate oil price relief from increased Saudi production, leaving the Fed with a difficult rate decision on Wednesday.

Weekly musings by your editor. The world is changing and so are investment views. Overall risk appetite has become the main victim.

The RBS has advised clients to brace for a fully-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets in the next three months.

A divergence of monetary policy between the Fed and the ECB is threatening the very existence of the euro as a currency.

Having been in an uptrend for the past 25 years Macquarie suggests there are a number of issues likely to now weigh on global corporate profit growth.