Market Overview

Last night saw an absence of volatility on risk markets due to the lack of economic events and Wall Street being closed for a long weekend. Stock market futures look good for a solid bounce across...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe Federal Reserve delivered an aggressive rate hike last week, bumping up overnight rates by 75bps just a few weeks after Chairman Powell had...

The credibility of central bankers is on the line as they stand convicted of having ignored inflation for too long and now must try to contain it against long odds.While she is no longer chair of the...

Share markets are unsteady here in Asia as we start a new trading week, and head into the end of the financial year. All eyes are on the crypto crash over the weekend, with Bitcoin bouncing back...

Global marketsIt was another horror week for global equity (and bond) markets as the previous week’s hotter than expected U.S. consumer price index report led to fears that the Fed would hike by...

Friday night saw volatility remain across both sides of the Atlantic, but it was all intrasession instead of more downside, with some stability in the bond market helping. In currency land, the USD...

Stocks continue to get crushed, with the S&P 500 dropping below 3,700 for the first time since the winter of 2021. While stocks may be due for a corrective bounce, there remain very few signs that...

More falling share markets here in Asia to finish the trading week, after another bath of blood on Wall Street overnight, following the rate rises from the BOE and SNB. It was the BOJ turn today, but...

DXY fell last night despite heavy risk off:   AUD rose:Oil is proving to be an immovable object:Not so metals. Copper is at breakdown point:Miners (LON:GLEN) were hit:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM)...

Markets were looking good through the lunch sessions here in Asia, following the upbeat mood on overnight share markets following the FOMC meeting but have turned late in the session, with Chinese...

Yesterday the Federal Reserve hiked rates 75bps, the biggest single-meeting increase since 1994. Two days ago, the markets had incorporated an expectation for 50bps.After a well-placed Wall Street...

New data details the unemployment rate has remained consistent on April results, sitting at 3.9% for May.Remaining stable, seasonally adjusted employment increased by 0.5% or 61,000 people in...

As expected, the Federal Reserve hiked rates by 0.75% which had mostly been priced in by risk markets losing their you-know-what in the previous week of sell offs. This created a bounce opportunity...

DXY eased overnight as the Fed delivered its 75bps knockout hike:   AUD did the usual buy the fact:Encouragingly, oil did not:But everything else did: EMs (NYSE:EEM), miners (LON:GLEN),...