Currencies
Trump Inauguration Takes Centre Stage
Market analysts at FXCM asses likely responses in major currencies and the gold price as the Trump presidency looms.
Jan 17 2017
May Slays The Pound
The British pound has tanked again ahead of Theresa May’s Brexit plan speech. Whereto from here?
Jan 16 2017
ECB: Alice In Wonderland
Kathleen Brooks of City Index dissects some of the bizarre implications stemming from late night’s ECB policy announcements.
Dec 09 2016
Previous Stories
A Tale Of Two Markets
Oct 24 2007
The Dow closed up over 100 points led by the tech sector, but those gains were already being given up in the after-market following the Amazon result.
Wall Street Rocks And Rolls
Oct 23 2007
It was a return to August-style trading last night as the Dow pulled back from the brink to post a 45 point gain. A bounce in the US dollar saw commodities heavily sold.
G7 Fails To Address The US Dollar
Oct 22 2007
The IMF is rapidly losing all sense of credibility and the G7 finance ministers failed to even mention the US dollar in their statement following last weekend’s meeting.
Happy Anniversary
Oct 20 2007
On the 20th anniversary of the crash of 1987, the Dow celebrated with a 367 point fall.
Greenback Slides, Gold Surges
Oct 19 2007
Stock markets again closed little changed last night as poor employment data sent the US dollar south.
IMF Downgrades Global Growth Forecast
Oct 18 2007
The IMF has downgraded its forecast for 2008 global GDP growth, but not by much.
Wall Street Falls On Credit, Oil
Oct 17 2007
US regional bank earnings reports reflected ongoing credit market concerns last night as oil pushed ever upward.
Credit Ghosts Spook Wall Street, Oil Surges
Oct 16 2007
The Dow fell over 100 points last night as Wall Street was reminded the credit crunch hasn’t gone away. Global tensions drove oil higher.
Retail Sales, M&A Lift Wall Street
Oct 14 2007
The Dow put on 78 points as retail sales surprised and M&A came back.
Nerves Hit Wall Street
Oct 12 2007
The Dow fell 248 points from its high to its low last night, finally settling down 63, as a tech sell-off revealed growing nervousness.
