The US stock market suffered its largest decline this year, alongside investors snapping up protection against a possible rise in volatility, pointing towards the nervousness over the recent rally. The S&P 500 dipped 0.6…
January 31, 2017 by: Hudson Lockett in Hong Kong Tuesday 01:50 GMT Overview A shaky Monday for US stocks rolled into…
Microsoft was finalising plans to borrow at least $14bn Monday, in what will be the largest corporate bond sale of the…
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income has always been driven by efficiency, but we’ll begin to see data science…
Aberdeen Asset Management and Franklin Templeton Investments are among asset managers pushing Mexican authorities to overhaul two practices they say are…
Monday 08:30 GMT Overview The dollar and Wall Street equity futures are under pressure after data last week showed slower than…
A sell-off in eurozone government bonds has left German yields at their highest level in a year, challenging investors who have…
To make money in the Trump era, it pays to practise what you might call “reality-based investing”. Regardless of how the…
Investors sought US technology shares this week, underlining the degree to which money managers are broadening their search for sectors that…
The rebound in Brazil’s economy that many expected following last year’s change of government has failed to materialise. GDP will grow…
Mexico has been in the crosshairs this week as US president Donald Trump held true to his campaign rhetoric and ordered…
Mi dispiace, ho sbagliato numero* Well, what did BT’s chief executive, smouldering Gavin Patterson, expect? Italy is ranked 60th out of…
Donald Trump’s first week as US president has re-energised Wall Street bulls while sharpening concern about the risk of higher inflation…
Friday 08:25 GMT Overview The US dollar is in the ascendancy as the currency once again benefits from hopes for a…
January 26, 2017 by: Adam Samson and Mamta Badkar in New York The Dow Jones industrial and transportation averages on Thursday…
If protectionism is about to be unleashed by Donald Trump on America’s closest trading partners, foreign exchange traders are acknowledging the…
January 26, 2017 by: Eric Platt and Joe Rennison in New York The combination of rebounding commodity prices and hopes for…
January 26, 2017 by: Peter Wells in Hong Kong Thursday 05.15 GMT Overview Market spirits are buoyant in Asia after the…
It is difficult to understand why Donald Trump’s campaign promise to “make America great again” resounded so deeply with so many.…
The New York Stock Exchange is planning a direct challenge to its smaller rival IEX with a “speed bump” at one…
Dow 20,000 is here at last. No regular reader — or indeed, any sentient and sensible human being — should base…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday rose above 20,000 points for the first time marking a milestone for Wall Street’s…
Bloomberg has gone where MSCI feared to tread, becoming only the second major index provider to include China’s onshore markets in…
Wednesday 05:05 GMT Overview Major stock markets across Asia were mostly positive, buoyed by a record high for the S&P 500…
Trading on Wall Street was dominated by earnings announcements from blue-chip companies on Tuesday, while big carmakers rose off the back…
Of the many quandaries investors must grapple with this year, high on their list is Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin.…
Here are the market-related questions FT reporters will be examining this week, the first in which a Nato-ambivalent son of a…
After years of excess supply the global aluminium market may be turning a corner, as China seeks to cut capacity and…
