Europe rather than the US is holding centre stage right now. UK This week’s surprise election call by British Prime Minister Theresa May helped briefly […]

US Interest Rates Ten days ago the US FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) raised the key ’Fed Funds’ rate by 0.25% to take the new […]

US Interest Rates  US Interest Rates dominated financial markets last week. Such rates are set by the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) which meets approximately […]

Equities US US stock markets are at record highs with the global equity gauge rising more than 8% since the US November 8th election as […]

Interest Rates US Interest Rates are set by the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) which meets approximately every 6 weeks. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen […]

Equities US:The Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed through the 20,000 level for the first time as Trump started to make his first moves as US […]

US Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election in November has driven investors out of bonds and into equities, accelerating a massive flow of […]

Donald Trump’s election victory has a major effect on US and global financial markets over the last couple of months.Bonds are out of favour, stocks are […]

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 […]