European stocks rose tentatively in early trading on Thursday, trimming some of their losses for the month after a solid recovery for Wall Street underscored the more risk-on tone to this week. The FTSE 100 is about 1% higher for the week, whilst DAX and CAC trade up closer to 1.5%. The S&P 500 is 2% higher for the week after rising 1.42% yesterday to surmount the 4k level.  

Global stocks were down by around 6% in May – can we get a better June? The runes are not looking great.  Futures indicate European shares are lower today as trade tensions continue to mount and investors exhibit greater fear about the global economy and the risk of recession. Asian markets were generally lower after […]

After a kneejerk bounce to fresh all-time highs, stocks on Wall Street ended the day lower as investors decided that Jay Powell is likely to tighten monetary policy more swiftly than Lael Brainard would have done.

Remember when we used to get up and the first thing, we would do was check what Trump had tweeted overnight? Those were fun times, contending with ‘Trumpremia’.

Financial markets agree, and on Wednesday kept bets the U.S. central bank, which has held its policy rate in the 5.25%-5.50% range for the past year, will cut borrowing costs again.