By Craig Erlam It’s been another wild session in financial markets and the ECB had the unenviable task on Thursday of making a decision on interest rates amid all of the uncertainty
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM The next few days promise to be wild and incredibly eventful for financial markets thanks to a string of central bank decisions, earnings from
By Craig Erlam It’s been a solid start to the year for equity markets, but that optimism appears to be fading as policymakers queued up in Davos to push back against market
By Jeffrey Halley Volatility was the winner overnight, with a multitude of data points and events leaving market price action messier than a teenager’s bedroom. The European Central Bank surprised markets by
By Jeffrey Halley Thursday is shaping up to be a frisky day for financial markets, but nothing was more important than the 6am news in Berlin that the official Nord Stream 1
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
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM A sense of caution has taken hold of financial markets as investors adopt a guarded stance ahead of another week packed with key economic
By Jeffrey Halley US equities struggled for direction overnight, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq almost unchanged, while the Dow Jones eked out a small gain. The outcome is hardly surprising with
By Jeffrey Halley Readers should stop watching US stock markets for economic wisdom, as the price action overnight confirmed that part of the financial world has as little future insight as anywhere
By Craig Erlam European stocks are making steady gains on Monday, recovering a small portion of last week’s heavy losses as economic concerns mounted. There’s been a shift in the market mindset
