Interest Rates Doubts about the strength of the world economy have set back attempts to raise interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic as […]

US Interest Rates Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen reiterated last week that the US central bank was still poised to fire the starting gun on […]

Interest Rates US: Markets are braced for more volatility with the Federal Reserve’s pivotal decision on whether to raise interest rates for the first time […]

China The slowdown in China and the devaluing of its currency has led to chaos in financial markets with collapsing stock and commodity prices. China’s […]

Foreign Exchange China shocked the markets last week by devaluing its currency against the US Dollar on 3 successive days. Unlike most currencies, the Chinese […]

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 […]