Market Overview

"Today's living wage policy announcement by the Federal Opposition would have perverse impacts on the Australian labour market and it overlooks the significant increases to the National Minimum Wage...

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...

Ray Dalio built Bridgewater Associates into the world’s largest hedge fund, on one simple idea -- safe assets can give big returns if lever them correctly. Yes, yes, yes. I know that Risk...

By Geoffrey SmithPrime Minister Theresa May arrived in Brussels without a Plan B, so the European Union wrote her one and sent her back to London with it. The plan buys a couple of precious weeks more...

Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Eurozone shares fell slightly, other major share markets rose over the past week helped by Fed dovishness. From their December low US...

This is the first article in the “Essentials of a Trading Plan” series. We will explain why it is important to have a trading plan and what questions you should ask yourself.We will begin...

After the stunning US equities received following the US Fed's more dovish-than-dovish policy meeting yesterday, seemingly traders have leapt back into stocks.US equities bounce backAfter the stunning...

A strong performance from the mining, energy, consumer and healthcare sectors ensured the FTSE 100 outperformed today.EuropeThe DAX and CAC 40 are in the red, but both markets are off the lows of the...

Stronger European and US data complemented confirmed Federal Reserve dovishness to drive assets higher in overnight trading. A modest lift in the US dollar saw most commodities retreat from recent...

Even as they lowered forecasts for growth and inflation and raised their projections for unemployment, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers yesterday spelled out as much monetary accommodation as they...