Given all the negative news headlines covering the coronavirus outbreak; rising unemployment; US/China tensions; and the protests across America, you might expect that global equity markets […]

US equities had a volatile day yesterday (1 June 2020). Reports that China was suspending purchases of US agricultural products in an escalation of the geopolitical […]

Yesterday’s (28 May 2020) economic data was very encouraging with clear green shoots of a post-lockdown recovery. US weekly initial jobless claims continued to trend down, […]

Global equity markets continued to rise yesterday (27 May 2020) as economic reopenings, stimulus measures and optimism about efforts to find a treatment and vaccine for […]

US equity markets opened up strongly yesterday (26 May 2020) and at one point the Dow Jones traded above 25,000 for the first time since 10 […]

Yesterday’s (21 May 2020) US initial jobless claims data came in at 2.44m for the week ending Saturday 16 May 2020.  As last week’s initial claims […]

US equity markets yesterday reversed Tuesday’s (19 May 2020) late sell-off, with the Dow Jones ending the day up 369 points, or 1.52%, while the broader […]

US equity markets fell heavily in the last hour of trading yesterday (8-9pm UK time, 19 May 2020), after Stat, a medical news site, published an […]

A week may be a long time in politics, but it is an eternity for equity markets. Reports yesterday (18 May 2020) that the US biotechnology […]

The pessimistic “sell everything” mood seen over the last couple of days is thankfully showing signs of easing, as the FTSE-100 is edging higher this morning […]