Francis Dogbe / Blog
2016 has a been a jittery, volatile year so far for markets. The trouble began with circuit-breaker halts in Chinese stock markets and continued with a bank rout in Europe...
old futures dropped sharply on Monday on signs of growing appetite for riskier assets as Japanese stocks surged 7% and investors cashed in on recent strong gains for the metal. April gold GCJ6, -2.49% fell $28.20, or 2.3%, to $1,211.10 an ounce. On Friday, gold finished down $8.40, or 0...
An Australian mining company has just announced the discovery of an enormous 400-carat diamond, and its shares are going wild. The find – the biggest diamond ever unearthed in Angola – was announced by the Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company...
Despite the rout, strategists are largely bullish. They’re projecting a Stoxx 600 rebound of 23 percent from Friday through the end of the year on signs of an improving economy amid continued European Central Bank stimulus...
Market Overview The remarkable rally in the oil price has translated through financial markets and there is now an improvement in trading sentiment that is resulting in a sharp reversal of some of the huge flight into safe haven assets...
After another bruising few days global financial markets showed some degree of stabilisation after Friday's US retail sales data, but seven key factors are required to secure more than a brief respite from risk aversion...
The recent bout of global risk aversion stemming from a weakening global macro outlook has raised cross-asset volatility, leaving investors searching for havens...
There are two broad developments in speculative positioning in the Commitment of Traders report in the week ending February 9. First, the market turbulence saw speculators reduce exposure. Of the 16 gross positions we track, 11 were reducing positions by liquidating longs or covering shorts...