Solid start to trade in Europe on Monday morning after a rip-roaring close for Wall Street on Friday, repairing some damage done last week. Shares in Frankfurt +1.5% in early trade, London +0.3% with the FTSE 100 trying to recover 7,500, the futures trying to recapture the 200-day moving average…still on to be about the […]

Tokyo's headline inflation slowed slightly to 2.2% in July from 2.3% in May, while its core inflation rate — which strips out prices of fresh food — remained unchanged at 2.2%, in line with expectations.

Japan's share markets enjoyed a robust day, with the Nikkei climbing 2.6% to hit 37,317.39 and the Topix rising 2.41% to 2,627.18. This uptick came as the yen weakened against the dollar due to slowed expectations for future rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.

“I have some Bitcoin, and I have a very particular set of skills”. Ok, Ray Dalio didn’t say the second bit, but it would have been good if he did. The guy hates cash; we know this, but now he hates on bonds too. For the founder of Bridgewater Associates, even the most volatile asset […]

Although the JP 225 index rose to 38,141 points, it failed to hold above the resistance level. Investors await a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Symposium at the end of the week to obtain information on the possible timing of interest rate cuts.