Investor confidence has crumbled off the back off a couple of weak US data prints, whilst impeachment talk and geopolitical troubles from Hong Kong to North Korea are not helping. European investors also battling the real prospect of a no-deal Brexit and worries about a new tariff war with the US after the WTO back […]

IAG shares just took off on reports the US is set to ease restrictions on UK and EU travellers. Double-vaccinated passengers will be able to fly to the US, ending a total ban that has been in place since the pandemic, according to a report from the FT. BA-owner IAG is a clear winner from […]

Stocks are in a bit of a chop mode now having run up pretty well this year. The FTSE 100 is higher this morning by about 0.5% led by basic resources and oil after a decline of 1% yesterday, which shaved its YTD rally to about 4%. Shares in Frankfurt also rose having declined more than 1.7% on Thursday, still up more than 7% YTD.

On the agenda this week: We bid farewell to Angela Merkel as Germany faces a future without her leadership for the first time in over a decade. We’ve also a range of big data releases from the US including the Fed’s preferred inflation metric – and Canadian GDP stats. Will it backslide again?  We all […]

The New Zealand dollar slipped against the greenback on Wednesday after the country’s central bank kept its key interest rate steady.