Weekly Update – 12/02/2016 by Michela Jaccarini

February 12, 2016 Good morning! This week has been another risk off week with gold rising to a price of 1236 following increased uncertainty in the financial market. The turmoil hitting the markets and the banking stocks’ sharp plunge has sent worldwide warnings to investors about the future of the financial markets. EU Finance ministers however do not… View Article

Morning Update – 12/02/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

February 12, 2016 Morning all.. Another down day on Wall St but it was looking even worse before a suggestion that OPEC may be thinking of starting talks turned everything round into the close but S&P still closed down 1.23%. Oil rallied into the close and in Asia we have see a further 4% rally. This didn’t help… View Article

How low can the market drop? – by- Michael Oyebamiji

February 11, 2016 Market was expecting the FED chairman to save it from falling lower, unfortunately she disappointed the market. she mentioned the fact that the Federal reserve doesn’t have the power to impose a negative interest rate and there no reason to cut interest rate lower. On the back of this, the stock market plunged to the… View Article

Morning Update – 11/02/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

February 11, 2016 Morning all.. A wild NY session yesterday after Yellen statement and Q&A which saw the S&P up and down but closing near unchanged with the Dow down 0.6%. Asia saw Japan closed but HK re-opened and fell over 4%.. China remains closed till tomorrow. Overnight we also saw further steep losses on USDJPY making a… View Article

what has Yellen got for us Tonight? – by- Michael Oyebamiji

February 10, 2016 The FED chairman (Janet Yellen) will be testify before the US congress later tonight (15:00 UK). she is expected to shed light on the economic condition of the United States.Between December (when the rate was hiked for the first time in almost a decade) and now, a lot of things has shaped the global economy…. View Article

Morning Update – 10/02/16 by Michela Jaccarini

February 10, 2016 Good morning! This week has been a “risk off” week; we have seen the safe havens particularly strong. A risk off attitude is taken on when there is uncertainty in the market and global economic patterns. Due to market uncertainty, investors opt to take on little risk in their trades, and choose to invest in… View Article