November 24, 2016 by: Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator Thursday 08:30 GMT. European equity markets are trading cautiously in the wake of solid US data that bolstered the case for a near-term rate rise…
Mid-morning last Friday, as Tokyo’s foreign-exchange traders were contemplating lunch, the first pictures of Donald Trump meeting the Japanese prime minister,…
At the Bundesbank’s Frankfurt offices, its dealers sit in front of rows of Bloomberg and Reuters terminals and search for €10bn-worth…
Mexico can expect a windfall of as much as $2.9bn next month from its annual oil hedging programme, but that will…
Impala Asset Management, the $2.2bn hedge fund run by George Soros’s former chief investment officer, is benefiting from bets that an…
Eurozone corporate bond risk premiums have jumped to their highest level since July, as Donald Trump’s victory in the US election…
A record run of declines; its worst performance since last year’s surprise devaluation and eight-year lows plumbed on a near-daily basis.…
China’s handling of its state reserves of raw materials such as cotton and sugar will be a key factor shaping the…
The overview Wednesday 2.20am GMT Asian equities continue to rally on Wednesday after Wall Street notched up another set of record…
Global lenders’ need to cut the mounting cost of running their swaps portfolios has turned what was once a cottage industry…
Donald Trump on Monday posted a video describing plans for his first 100 days as US president. “On energy, I will cancel…
Small-caps and banks in heavy demand, but once high-flying tech stocks being shunned Source link
Investors were set to push US equity benchmarks further into record territory on Tuesday, buoyed by higher oil prices and expectations…
Tuesday 08:00 GMT. European stocks are following a positive Asian session as global investor sentiment is buoyed by simultaneous record highs…
The UK’s Autumn Statement arrives laden with investors waiting to see whether the British government will make good on recent heavy-handed…
The dollar’s post-US election surge has investors contemplating not whether they have overdone the rally but just how far the greenback…
When a man goes bankrupt it happens in two ways: first gradually, then suddenly. Those who look to financial markets for…
Wall Street is betting big on small. US president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to ignite faster economic growth has put the shares…
Investors, central bankers and policymakers are once again talking about investing in infrastructure as a way to stimulate flagging economies around…
November 21, 2016 by: Peter Wells in Hong Kong and Michael Hunter in London Monday 08.00 GMT. Oil prices are making…
The Malaysian central bank’s moves to curb what it describes as “speculative and damaging” offshore trading in the ringgit are causing…
Here are the questions being asked at FT markets as a new trading week begins after the pronounced swings in equities,…
The global bond market rout triggered by Donald Trump’s US election victory looks overdone, according to bond investors now betting that…
Our round-up of the week’s best comment and analysis from the Financial Times focuses on how Donald Trump’s election produced an…
China’s domestic stock markets look set to be denied entry into international benchmarks for the fourth year in a row next…
The pace of global debt sales this year is running at a record level, surpassing $6tn this week, as companies from…
Greencore, Britain’s biggest sandwich maker, has been planning to “deepen its leadership of food-to-go”. As Lucy Kellaway has pointed out, sandwiches…
The Trump trade — sell government bonds because his policies might cause inflation and require huge new borrowing — has already…
