Deutsche Bank’s U.S. listed shares fell 10% in pre-market trading. European stocks came under pro-longed pressure Friday morning as banking sector woes fail to disperse. The DAX and FTSE 100 indices each fall by more than 2% in early morning trade. Central Banks Investors have been assessing the global centralRead More →

Stock Market

Scheduled events Australia unemployment data comes in far better than expected creating nearly 29,000 jobs against consensus of 15,000. EU – ECB interest rate decision due at: 12:45 GMT followed by monetary policy statement at: 13:30 GMT U.S. – Unemployment ‘jobless’ claim data due at: 13:30 GMT Japan – BoJRead More →

Global economy

Scheduled events 22nd January 2020 World Economic Forum at Davos. UK public sector net borrowing data due. Canada price index data and interest rate decision due. U.S. housing data. Shares in Asia made gains, as earlier investor concerns about the coronavirus in China eased. Netflix results Netflix reported results forRead More →

US and Iran conflict

Missile strikes Iran’s retaliation for the killing of its top military general came overnight as a number of missiles struck two U.S. bases in Iraq. Early reports appear to suggest that there were no casualties. President Trump tweeted, ‘All is Well!’ Oil prices increased as equities fell. Asian stocks pulledRead More →

Election

Finally the UK parliament makes a positive move to back Boris Johnson’s call for a December election. Will it deliver an opportunity to break the Brexit deadlock or will it deliver yet more uncertainty? Referendum by proxy? My worry is that the UK public will see this as a secondRead More →