Paul McCormick; Trader Morgan Stanley, Barclays, JP Morgan /Chase. Commodities Commodities are driving many markets right now with prices continuing to head lower resulting in […]

Equities Greece: Equity markets have been very volatile over the last fortnight with Greece continuing to dominate the news. At the last minute a deal […]

Europe Greece votes ‘no’ in overwhelming rejection of bailout proposals. Greece decisively rejected the bailout terms put forward by its international creditors. The Greek people […]

United States The US markets remain focused on the timing of the first post recession interest rate rise. Last week the FOMC (Federal Open Market […]

Fixed Income Bonds markets have continued to hit the headlines over the past fortnight with European bond yields rising sharply. The yield on the 10 […]

The second half of May has been a lot calmer than the first which saw a number of equity markets posting sharp losses (Germany and […]

It has been a dramatic couple of weeks in the bond markets – equities, FX and commodities relatively calm. Fixed Income The European Central Bank’s […]

Equities The overall investment climate remains positive although major equity markets have treaded water over the last couple of weeks close to, but below, recent […]

EQUITIES Global equities are in bull market mode right now supported by – a world awash with funds due to Quantitative Easing by all of […]

  Interest Rates US: The big question remains “When will rates start to rise in the US?” heralding the start of an interest rate tightening […]