London Stock Exchange Group publishes interim results for H1 2017
London Stock Exchange published interim results for the first 6 months of 2017. As press release states, all figures below refer to continuing operation...
Is the BoE ready to hike rates?
Sterling held above 1.32 against the dollar early Thursday as traders eagerly await the Bank of England's policy meeting today. Bond yields declined from...
Dollar Trend Remains Intact
Correction possible but no expectation for dollar strength.
The current dollar downtrend started just after Donald Trump's inauguration as President. Since June, the move has...
Manufacturing Surprise Lifts Pound
MPC facing conflicting factors
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meets tomorrow. Despite the fall in inflation recorded in May, it is likely to...
Former Fed Chair Greenspan Sees No Stock Excess, Warns of Bond Market Bubble
Equity bears hunting for excess in the stock market might be better off worrying about bond prices, Alan Greenspan says. That’s where the actual...
Probably Nothing to Worry About
Hi Everybody,
It's been almost 10 years since the stock markets peaked before the financial crisis. Back then financial firms were buying up assets called...
Trump Presidency in Disarray
“Traditional” economic drivers being ignored
An economy in which in interest rates are being increased and a currency that is seeing a widening of interest...
Iran – How Will the Markets Handle Hassan Rouhani’s Inauguration?
Iran is sitting at the centre of a geopolitical maelstrom. Its alliance with beleaguered GCC member Qatar, June’s terrorist strike on its Parliament building...
Euro Rises Above 1.1800 as Inflation Data Better than Expected – EURUSD, GOLD, GBPJPY
Daily Forex Market Preview, 01/08/2017
The US dollar weakened on the last trading day for July. The month end buying saw the greenback post fresh...
Happy Fork Day
Hi Everybody,
As many of you know, today the Bitcoin scaling debate will run up against a critical deadline.
This is sure to be the most...
