EUROPE Italy’s December 4th referendum vote on reform of the Italian political system to give more power to central government to, in turn, make it […]

Equities US equity ‘Bulls’ continued their post-election rampage on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Index closed above 19,000 for the first time and […]

The Day After the Trump Win – 9/11, Never Forget. 11/9, Always Regret? On Wednesday morning we witnessed the final confirmation of what many call […]

US U.S. 3Q GDP Rises 2.9% as Economic Growth Rebounds. U.S. economic growth picked up in the third quarter after an uninspiring first half of […]

Market Trends US Markets give a 70% probability to a 0.25% interest rate (‘Fed Funds’) rise at the December Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting. […]

  Deutsche Bank has dominated the headlines over the past week or so with fears it would be unable to meet the $14 billion fine […]

September Market Events  Big 3 central banks meet and US candidates face off before possible oil output deal August was marked by tight ranges and […]

Equities The current combination of the US stock markets at record highs and expectations of volatility languishing near the lowest in a couple of years is […]

Stock markets around the world are hitting record highs. The global economy appears to have stabilised. Inflation is subdued, and there is still some growth […]

Equities UK FTSE 100 is up 2.6% since my last update and is significantly higher than pre Brexit levels. Why is this? A increasing belief […]