Winning streak coming to an end?

By Craig Erlam   Asia has ended the week in negative territory, while Europe and the US may be on course to end their winning streaks amid choppy trade. August can often be

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An underwhelming start to the week

By Craig Erlam   It’s been an underwhelming start to the week in financial markets with the eternal optimism of investors clashing with the reality of Chinese economic data. There’s a ​ bizarre

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Welcome relief

By Craig Erlam Investors are in a more upbeat mood Thursday as the relief from the US inflation data ripples through the markets. Positive surprises have been hard to come by on

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Markets cautious post-jobs report

By Craig Erlam A relatively slow start to the week as investors continue to digest Friday’s jobs report and what it means for financial markets, just as some optimism was returning. The

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A debatable recession

By Craig Erlam It’s been quite the 24 hours in financial markets, one I feel many will be trying to work out for many weeks to come. The Fed on Wednesday raised

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Busy day for central banks

By Craig Erlam A plethora of central bank meetings and the maintenance completion of Nord Stream 1 have guaranteed another frantic session in financial markets on Thursday. The resumption of gas flows

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Choppy trade ahead of ECB

By Craig Erlam  Stock markets are understandably choppy so far this week, as Europe posts small gains with Italy being the outlier on Tuesday, up more than 1%. It’s shaping to be

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Confidence returns to Bitcoin

Bitcoin investors and traders were cheerful Tuesday as the prominent cryptocurrency maintained its price near $22,000 for the first time since June. The Bitcoin price has settled above the $21,500 resistance zone,

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