Equities Equity markets have rallied strongly over the past couple of weeks recovering sharply from the bank credit concern inspired sell-off of a couple of weeks […]

Equities Last week global equity markets fell with a ferocity similar to the 2008 financial crisis.There was no clear single catalyst but rather an accumulation […]

China & Oil Continue To Drive Markets China’s GDP growth last year was 6.9%, very healthy by Western standards, but the slowest rate of growth by […]

  Since the start of the year the China sell-off has sparked carnage across global financial markets. Equity indices in Japan and Europe have lost […]

In some ways this is going to be a watershed year. Having flirted with deflation, most developed economies will now experience a return to more […]

Interest Rates Markets finally witnessed the first rise in US interest rates for over 9 years with the US Federal Reserve increasing the ‘Fed Funds’ […]

December is likely to be a crucial month for financial markets, setting market direction for the rest of this year and early 2016, as there is […]

Fixed Income There is some evidence of giant investment funds quietly switching out of government bonds, perhaps the most overpriced assets on the planet. Nobody […]

Soaring US jobs growth in October and falling unemployment have strengthened the case for the US Federal Reserve to start raising interest rates next month. […]

Interest Rates US:Interest Rates could rise as soon as December, the Federal Reserve has said, as the central bank becomes less concerned over turmoil in […]