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Bear market Friday

By Jeffrey Halley A massive risk aversion wave swept markets overnight, with the Bank of England raising rates by 0.25% to 1.0% in a split decision (three members wanted 0.50%), in line

6th May 2022

Markets/World

Emerging market banks face ‘high dollarisation risk’

The prospect of tighter US monetary policy increases the vulnerability of highly-dollarised emerging market banks to a spike in credit losses and pressures on their profitability, according to Moody’s. The rating agency

7th February 2022

Markets/World

Fed ‘spooking investors’ into adopting fundamentals

The Federal Reserve’s expected move on Wednesday to raise interest rates is spooking investors into doing what they should be doing already: ensuring their portfolios are properly diversified – and this is

26th January 2022

Markets/World

Markets cautious ahead of Fed, Russia-Ukraine tensions

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks flashed red Tuesday morning, alongside U.S futures after an explosively volatile session on Wall Street. Equity markets were flung on a chaotic

25th January 2022

Markets/World

Markets mixed ahead of key policy decisions

Stock markets will be mixed this week as investors brace for the crucial Fed meeting and rotate towards value stocks, according to the chief executive of a leading financial advisory and fintech.

25th January 2022

Markets/World

Stocks walloped by Fed tightening fears

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group Stocks are taking a beating this week amid a surge in US Treasury yields as markets brace for the tightening of Fed policy.

19th January 2022

Markets/World

Markets wary of oil and bond yield highs

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian shares were a mixed bag on Tuesday due to the absence of cues from Wall Street, following a national holiday in the United

18th January 2022

Markets/World

Risk-taking pauses ahead of FOMC minutes, NFP

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group The risk-on start to 2022 is taking a breather, with Asian stocks seeing mixed performance while US and European equity futures are in

5th January 2022

Markets/World

Market mood improves on recovery hopes; Gold eyes $1800

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Markets in Asia were higher on Thursday, tracking the positive overnight cues from Wall Street as investors evaluated the U.S inflation data and latest

14th October 2021

Markets/World

After the Fed’s reassurance, it’s time for fiscal policymakers to deliver

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, did a credible job on Wednesday of keeping monetary policy unchanged, while still managing to meet markets expectations in

30th July 2020

Markets/World