OPEC to the rescue, Democrats approach Super Tuesday, US Nonfarm Payrolls and more on Covid-19 Welcome to your guide to the week ahead in the markets. Watch the latest week ahead video in XRay on the platform now. OPEC to the rescue? Oil has been hammered as the coronavirus forced factories across China to cease production and […]

Stocks rose a bit in Europe early doors – London is mainly going sideways though. The US rallied again on Wednesday and most Asian markets were in the green.

Perhaps the single biggest question mark over the broader economic picture and the macro-outlook is one of inflation. This is the key doubt we might have about the current pace of Fed policy and its willingness to look through what it sees as temporary rises in prices. Over the next few months, we will get […]

Oil has reached new yearly highs following last week’s OPEC+ meeting. Can it keep its rally going? Meanwhile, in natural gas, we can see a thawing in both temperatures and hot prices.  Oil trading  The news from last week’s OPEC+ meeting was one of cuts, cuts, cuts. The cartel has committed to keeping its production […]

Britain’s economy contracted less than expected in January, but nevertheless showed the dire impact of lockdown on economic activity. The European Central Bank said it would speed up the pace of bond buying to lean against the rise in yields but didn’t provide an awful of clarity overall.