Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchXi Jinping and Rishi Sunak … in with the old, in with the new
US stock markets rallied yesterday but Asian markets couldn’t quite make their minds up, underscoring investor nervousness following China’s twice-a-…
3 years, 6 months ago
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index spirals
After the end of the party Congress in China, big falls in Hong Kong stocks and mainland China markets today have seen the Hang Seng index drop to it…
3 years, 6 months ago
US equity markets fail to extend an early rally – and end the day near lows
Traders were probably less surprised about Liz Truss’s political exit than herself. However, this morning, it is economic data, which weigh on the Br…
3 years, 6 months ago
Equity market rally stalls and US Treasury yields surge
The equity market rally seen earlier in the week stalled yesterday and 2 and 10-year US Treasury yields climbed 13 basis points amid fears of a globa…
3 years, 6 months ago
Strong earnings boost stocks
Earnings reports in the US fuelled the rally overnight but the story was more mixed in Asian trading. Mathieu Racheter, Head of Equity Strategy expla…
3 years, 6 months ago
Will the global rally continue today?
The global stock market started the week with a big rally, which saw the Nasdaq Composite Index rise 3.4%. Reasons for the rally were the solid earni…
3 years, 6 months ago
China's Communist Party signalled no change in direction
At the 20th national party congress, President Xi Jinping indicated no change in course for the two major risk factors weighing on the Chinese econom…
3 years, 6 months ago
A rather unexpected market rally
Following the higher-than-expected US inflation figures, US stocks initially plunged but then rallied, which improved the overall risk appetite and b…
3 years, 6 months ago
Today, it’s US inflation day
The S&P 500 is at its lowest level since November 2020; the minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s September meeting show that it is committed to raisin…
3 years, 7 months ago
Bank of England sticks to its guns whilst markets wait for earnings to kick off
Stock markets continue to suffer in the face of inflation and recession risks but the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen insists that the US economy …
3 years, 7 months ago