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US equity futures edge higher in a busy week for Wall Street

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Concerns about the Covid situation, a potential hike in US capital gains tax and overstretched valuations were some of the reasons for Wall Street’s

26th April 2021

Markets/World

US equities aim for new record highs as Fed sticks to stimulus

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM The Federal Reserve is in no rush to end its ultra-accommodative monetary support. That’s the conclusion from the latest minutes of the Federal Open

8th April 2021

Markets/World

Fed feelgood factor fades

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are in the red after US benchmark indices pulled back from record highs on Thursday, with stocks on the Nasdaq unable to hang

19th March 2021

Markets/World

Fed gives green light to resume risk taking

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Investors got the best possible outcome from the latest Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting. Economic growth, employment and inflation were all revised sharply

18th March 2021

Markets/World

What to expect from Fed meeting

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM It has been a year since the Federal Reserve was forced to lower interest rates to zero, joining other central banks in taking measures

17th March 2021

Markets/World

Are higher bond yields spoiling the risk rally?

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Astonishingly upbeat economic data out of the US failed to send equity benchmarks higher on Wednesday, as consumers across the States decided not to

18th February 2021

Markets/World

‘Buy everything’ trade taken down a notch

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM The S&P 500 fell 2.57% on Wednesday, its biggest single-day drop since October, as the benchmark index wiped out its year-to-date gains. Spot Gold is

28th January 2021

Markets/World

US equity futures jump as Biden tries to push through $1.9 trln aid

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM After a brief pause on Friday, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to resume their rally Monday with futures of

25th January 2021

Markets/World

Vaccine rally cools as markets look to economic data

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets have had a remarkable rally in November with three promising coronavirus vaccines due to see the light. US equities reached new highs

26th November 2020

Markets/World

Quarterly witching: dark spell ahead for US markets?

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are edging higher with the MSCI Asia Pacific index set to register its first weekly gain this month. However, the selloff in US

18th September 2020

Markets/World