By Jeffrey Halley New York had a relatively quiet session overnight, with Europe’s announcement that its next round of sanctions would include Russian coal imports, having no impact on energy prices. A
By Jeffrey Halley The FOMC minutes were released overnight and signalled a faster pace of balance sheet runoff than on previous occasions, targeting $95 billion per month from September, easing into the
By Craig Erlam Tuesday was another choppy day in financial markets with Europe ending a mixed bag and US indices all in the red, but to varying degrees. Markets are indicative of
By Craig Erlam European stocks were treading water on Monday and Wall Street was eyeing a similar theme amid another cautious start to the week. Pressure is ramping up on Brussels to
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at Exinity The first three months of 2022 have been one to forget. The S&P 500 ended the quarter down 4.95%, its worst performance since the
By Craig Erlam Stock markets across Europe were rallying on Tuesday, buoyed by positive noises coming from Turkey where Ukraine and Russia may be nearing a ceasefire agreement. While there are reportedly
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM A sense of positivity returned to financial markets Tuesday as the prospects of more ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine soothed investor jitters. Asian
By Craig Erlam Stock markets made decent gains on Tuesday, bouncing back quickly from the disappointment late Monday as Fed Chair Powell turned the hawkish dial up a notch. It didn’t take
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks were in the red on Tuesday as continuing geopolitical risks and surging Covid-19 cases in China dealt another blow to risk appetite.
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at Exinity US Treasuries came under pressure early Monday as investors saw some hopes for progress in the Russia-Ukraine talks, even as the war continues to
