News and Analysis

Often, members of the financial community talk about “the stock market” and mean Wall Street. However, there are numerous other stock exchanges around the world, many of which...

Stock markets in the US, UK and Europe jumped yesterday and this morning on several pieces of news. First up, retail sales in the US mounted a comeback in May, jumping by 17.7% in...

After opening sharply lower on Monday morning, US stocks staged a comeback over the course of the day, with the S&P 500 finishing the day 0.8% higher and the tech heavy Nasdaq...

Markets in Asia sold off overnight and the US was poised to open lower later today as fears of a second wave of infections from coronavirus mount. Overnight Japan’s Nikkei slid...

After powering higher in recent weeks, stock markets fell backwards on Thursday, with the S&P 500 down 5.9% and the FTSE 100 ending the day 4% lower. Investors had been...

Last week the US Department of Labour announced that 2.5 million new jobs had been created in the US in May. This was in stark contrast to expectations that the US economy would...

Investors eyeing whether some recent pieces of promising economic data might cause the Federal Reserve to accelerate a return to interest rate increases got their answer on...

In mid-March, investors around the world were shaken by the seemingly unstoppable spread of coronavirus as the economic impact of the pandemic was yet to be truly understood - but...

In lockdown, we have been fortunate to be able to buy most things online, which has helped keep cabin fever at bay until high streets reopen.  But what about buying a car?  ...

Oil and gas exploration company Occidental Petroleum, or Oxy as the company is known, has had a rough ride so far this year. The outbreak of Covid-19 caused the price of oil to...