Presidential homecoming boosts sentiment
US President Donald Trump returned to the White House yesterday after a few days in the hospital for...
US Open – Some good news to start the week
Downside risks remain A promising start to the week, with stock markets making healthy gains as i...
Week Ahead – Markets hate uncertainty
Or so the old saying goes You're going to be hearing the word uncertainty a lot over the next mon...
Stimulus concerns stimulate the US dollar
Hopes fade over fiscal stimulus package Currency markets remained for the most part, in a range-t...
Stimulus impasse weighs on markets
Having built hopes higher steadily over the past few sessions that the US Republicans and Democrats ...
Gold Correction Run its Course?
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam discusses gold as it flirts with $1,900 and asks whether the...
Business Breakfast Podcast (Episode 79)
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam previews the day's business and market news with Jazz FM Bus...
US data lifts holiday-thinned Asia
US GDP slumps, ADP Payrolls shine US markets quickly put the first presidential debate behind the...
US Open – The great disappointment
Everyone loses It is often the case that the more hotly anticipated an event is, the more of a di...
US dollar falls on month-end flows
US dollar loses ground to majors overnight Despite a gloomy session for Wall Street equities, the...
Exhausting television
Watching the first US presidential debate in full flight, and although the content and the process h...
USD profit taking eases pressure on gold and oil
$40 a happy compromise for oil Oil prices are continuing to hover around the $40 mark after final...
US Open – The great debate
Trump vs Biden - Take one! Stock markets are struggling to capitlize on their strong start to the...
Flattering to deceive
The buy everything trade returned with gusto overnight. Equities rose strongly in Europe and the Uni...
US Open – Strong start to the week
Presidential debate takes the spotlight What a week we have in store and markets are off to a pro...
US Open – Risk appetite takes another hit
Downside risks a growing concern It's not taken long for sentiment to turn sour again in Europe, ...
Lots of noise, not much substance
The overnight session in New York was a noisy one, equities seesawing back and forth before closing ...
Fed’s gospel choir off-key with markets
Federal Reserve calls for additional stimulus By my count, the Federal Reserve Chairman and five ...
Stock market contagion spreads
About the only storm that doesn't appear to be getting stronger is Hurricane Beta, which made landfa...
Asia goes back to the futures
Asia looks set to go back to the futures again this morning, in this case, the US stock index future...