Market Moving Events

It’s been a tale of two halves this morning, first off the market was spooked by a global stock market sell-off that saw stocks plunge […]

So, the minutes were considered dovish, which is no surprise since the meeting at the end of July allowed an element of doubt to be […]

Some people have been looking for the Fed to hike interest rates to help reignite the dollar rally. Bad news, some fairly basic analysis suggests […]

September 17th is a date to circle in your diary, it is the next FOMC meeting, when there is a chance that the Fed may […]

The big data drop from the Bank of England turned out not to be too difficult for the market to digest, after all: no change […]

With so much to digest from the BOE later today, we need to find easy ways to try and break it down to see what […]

Thursday 6th August is now being called Super Thursday, when the Bank of England will announce its latest interest rate decision, release the minutes of […]

In recent weeks the Greek crisis has receded into the distance, other concerns such as the volatility in the Chinese stock market and the timing […]

Ahead of this evening’s FOMC meeting, the pound is the strongest performer in the G10 FX space. Sterling is still benefitting from the decent GDP […]

Wednesday could prove to be a big day for financial markets ahead of the summer lull. Some major events are taking place, first up is […]

Shanghai stocks have jumped at the fastest pace for 7 years in the last two days. We had predicted a share price rise after the […]

After the Greeks voted No in Sunday’s referendum the focus has shifted to what happens next. Will its banks collapse? Will it have to leave […]

So Merkel and Hollande have decided not to go it alone on Greece and instead have called a leaders summit now that things are getting […]

This weekend’s (g)referendum is going to be a close call, with some opinion polls giving the No vote only a marginal lead, and others saying […]

An eerie calm has descended on the markets. News that the Greek PM had made an about-turn and decided that maybe he could accept his […]

Greece has reached D-day, they literally will default (or fall into arrears, in IMF parlance) if they don’t pay up some EUR 1.6 bn by […]

Only a few weeks ago it looked like the spectre of deflation had finally lifted from the Eurozone. However, today’s German CPI figures throw that […]

In a word, not yet. Yes, EURUSD gapped down at the Sunday open – the low was 1.0955, since then the EURUSD has managed to […]

The markets had a 2 minute bout of volatility at approx. 1120am, apparently EU officials said two contradictory things, one said that Greece’s latest reform […]

The Greek PM delivered a sour message earlier today when he said that Athens’ creditors had rejected the latest Greek proposals. After optimism about a […]

The dollar is back in vogue today as the EUR sells off. It seems like good news is bad news for the single currency, which […]

So, the all-important Eurogroup meeting has been and gone, and there is still no formal resolution to Greece’s problems. The latest headlines come from the […]