Good morning   Well let’s start with the most splendid news from last night.  Yes, Spurs beat Man Utd to win the Europa League final, in...

Good morning   Another reasonably meaningless day yesterday, European equities were generally higher led by the UKs FTSE 100 which posted...

Good morning   After a morning of USD selling yesterday following the downgrade of the US by Moodys, the markets calmed through the rest...

Good morning   I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was pretty full and I must admit to having over-indulged on more than one occasion...

Good morning   Well that was a pretty scorching weekend.  I have to say if we had those temperatures for the whole year I’d be pretty...

Good morning   BoE did indeed cut rates 25bps to 4.25% yesterday as had been expected but the voting was something of a surprise.  Two...

Good morning   VE Day today, the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, marking the formal acceptance of all Germany’s unconditional...

Good morning   GBP outperformed yesterday helped in no small part by the announcement of a trade deal with India following.  The...

Good morning   I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.  It did get surprisingly chilly but remained dry other than a couple of small...

Good morning   US and EU equities made small gains yesterday, while the US dollar gained into the London close, with GBPUSD trading down...

Good morning   Welcome to May.  We’re already one third of the way through the year and I feel it has come and gone very quickly.  Not...

Good morning   US equities had another decent day despite European markets looking more mixed yesterday.  Overnight Asian markets were...

European stocks were up around 0.5% yesterday, faring slightly better that their US equivalents.  Asian markets were also positive...

Good morning   I hope you had a terrific weekend.  Weather was good, and it looks like we’ll have the same, or warmer, for the coming...

Good morning   Global equity markets had another decent day yesterday as talk of US negotiating deals with other countries continued. ...

Good morning   Most global equity indices had a positive day yesterday, really only China markets were down in Asian trading overnight...

Good morning   It felt like a bit of a holiday day yesterday and judging by the number of email bounce backs I got from sending my...

Good morning   Welcome back to the real world after a long and rather lovely long Easter weekend.  Another weekend of birthday...

Good morning   I don’t think anyone will be sad to see the end of this week and a four day long weekend will be most welcome unless of...

Good morning   Yesterday saw global equities recede a little after a couple of days of gains and futures prices point to a lower open...