Market Overview

The see-sawing marketThe one-day-up, one-day-down pattern of trade on Wall Street continues. It’s playing-out so elegantly, it’s almost absurd. Yesterday was a “down” day, as...

by Blanche GattU.K. lawmakers have crashed headfirst into the Brexit brick wall once too often. In frustration, Parliament has now wrested control of the process from PM Theresa May’s...

With global growth slowing there is understandable concern that the decade long global bull market could be finally coming to an end. This note suggests, however, that bear markets still remain a...

Broad-based based bounce in stocks It was a buy the dip day yesterday, judging by price action in global risk-assets. As has been the theme this week, there wasn’t any meaningful macro-news to...

Markets recovered their risk appetite in overnight trading. Shares rose and bonds fell. The US dollar gained against the euro and yen, but commodity currencies featured as West Texas crude oil pushed...

“Changes to existing capital gains tax and negative gearing arrangements on residential investment properties proposed by the Federal Opposition will dampen first home buyer capacity to save for...

Stocks are set to finish the day on a positive note as traders have shrugged off the concerns about the state of the global economy.EuropeThe Japanese market ended the session over 2% higher, and that...

In Bulgaria, the country’s mobile or wireless phone operator Mobitel exhibited fifth generation or 5G technology during a virtual reality demonstration. Russian telecom Megafon and Qualcomm...

Markets trade-off Friday overhangMarkets traded in something of a vacuum Monday. The themes driving price action were more-or-less those that had determined activity to end last week. The effects of...

It was perhaps inevitable that the Brexit endgame would be a flurry of ultimatums, as the supposedly immutable deadline of March 29 has yielded to a deadline of April 12 for a no-deal Brexit and May...

Please click here to read part one of this seriesAfter covering the importance of having a trading plan, we will now discuss the structure of it. It is important to mention again that a trading plan...

Week in reviewGlobal equity markets nervously retreated on the back foot last week and bond yields dropped further – reflecting soft US and European manufacturing data, a surprisingly dovish...

A shocking slide in German manufacturing activity and weaker than forecast French and US manufacturing conditions hammered market sentiment on Friday night. The euro slumped and share markets...

Global growth the primary issue right nowThe monumental tug-of war between improving financial conditions and deteriorating economic conditions continues. On Friday, it was the latter that took home...