Market Overview

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...

I suggested yesterday that the markets were not seeing the March FOMC meeting as a volatility event. With the benefit of hindsight, this was somewhat misplaced, especially if you were to look at the...

While the rise of online shopping has clearly posed challenges for many retailers and shopping centre owners, it has been a winner for industrial property.The growth in Australia’s global trade,...

XAGUSD* Silver is struggling to gain momentum * The precious metal has bounced off $15 support, but the recovery has been weak and bulls are struggling to gain the upper hand * A break below this...

An easier stance from the US Federal Reserve spurred markets overnight. The US dollar fell and bonds rallied as investors contemplated lower interest rates for longer. Shares rallied initially, but...

The focus of proceedings falls on the number of hikes implied this year through the ‘dots plot’ projections. Although, the Fed will try and downplay these changes and the market is more...

Major equity benchmarks like the FTSE 100, DAX and CAC 40 have reached five month highs as traders are in risk-on mode.Europe There hasn’t been any major macroeconomic or geopolitical news,...

Sentiment has taken a hit overnight courtesy of some unfavourable trade-war headlines.Another trade-war headline downs sentiment: There’s some news floating through the wires that sentiment has...

Overnight anonymous reports of trade tensions contradicted White House assertions that the talks with China are going well. A cautious calm dominated markets, with average daily trading ranges in the...

Originally published by Savings.com.auFrom January 2018 to 2019, 1.59 million Australians used ‘buy-now-pay-later’ digital payment methods such as Afterpay and Zip, according to Roy Morgan...

Expectations around the potential resolution of the trade dispute between China and the US were reset over the weekend. This means market attention turns to central bank activity. The US Federal...