Over the last 8 weeks, the NASDAQ has rallied as much as 40%, from its lows on 23 March to a swing high at the beginning of last week. However, an analysis of the performance of high-yield corporate debt during the current equity market rally, as compared to how high-yield debt has performed in past […]

Stocks higher Stocks in London and elsewhere across Europe rose on Thursday morning, clawing back some of the losses from the previous session. The FTSE 100 opened up over half a percent, having slid by almost one-and-half-percent in Wednesday’s session. Shares have been assisted by a steadily rising oil price over the last week, though […]

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index plummeted by close to 10% on Tuesday as Beijing failed to offer stronger fiscal measures to accompany the wave of easing announced two weeks ago.

Equity markets are still looking for direction as they flit about the middle of recent ranges. Fear of a second wave of cases is denting the mood today, as the so-called R-number in Germany jumps to 2.88, US cases hit the highest level since early May, and Apple closes more stores in the US. White […]

A mildly positive start to the Friday session for European markets after Wall Street set fresh records, with the S&P 500 jumping to a new all-time high even as data showed US inflation surged in May. US CPI rose to 5% last month, whilst the core reading rose to +3.8%, the highest in 30 years. Core month-on-month […]