Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHigher ground – equities rise on rate hopes and merger activity
Stocks in the US hit another all-time high on expectations that the Federal Reserve will fight the slowdown in jobs growth with interest rate cuts. U…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
French government collapses as Bayrou loses confidence vote
French Prime Minister Bayrou lost the confidence vote yesterday, triggering the collapse of his government. European markets had no chance to react, …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Japan’s stock markets rally after PM resigns
The Nikkei 225 was up around 1.5% and the Topix hit a record high this morning after Japan’s prime minister resigned over the weekend. It’s hoped tha…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
A new all-time high in time for the labour market report
The S&P 500 is trading at fresh all-time highs ahead of today’s crucial US non-farm payrolls report, which iswidely seen as the final piece of the pu…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
US tech rally can’t help Chinese stocks
Google avoiding worst-case penalties in its antitrust case lifted tech stocks yesterday, which drove the good performance of both the Nasdaq Composit…
10 months ago
Long term yields spike on fiscal concerns – stocks dive and gold rallies
Global long-term government bond yields spike amid renewed concerns over fiscal sustainability. This has put pressure on equities, which declined bro…
10 months ago
Start of September brings gains for European equities and gold
With US markets closed yesterday for a public holiday, attention was firmly on European markets, where equities began the new month on a positive not…
10 months ago
Precious metals shine as markets open September
August saw strong gains in global equities, particularly in the Dow Jones, as well as indices in both China, and Japan. Gold has hit a four-month hig…
10 months ago
Fed independence in the spotlight as markets await key inflation gauge
Yesterday saw a flurry of economic data releases, accompanied by significant political developments. The US economy demonstrated stronger-than-expect…
10 months ago
Nvidia beats but its share price tumbles in after-markets trading
French stocks have staged a modest recovery following the recent sell-off, while government bond spreads relative to neighbouring Germany have contin…
10 months ago