In the US the S&P 500 Index closed up 0.3%, with all 11 of the major industry groups rising, led by the energy and real estate sectors. The Nasdaq 100 Index climbed 0.3% as yields steadied above 3% and the Dollar fluctuated. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%. After a blisterin...

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The main news item over Friday and the weekend was the July non-farm payrolls report from the US. The increase was 528k, much faster than consensus for 250k and compared to 398k in June. This was the strongest payroll gain in five months and the release noted widespread job growth led by gains in le...

European equity markets were relatively muted on Friday, with the FTSE All-Share modestly up +0.2% and the STOXX 600 up +0.3%. However, US equities fell, selling off through the day, led lower by growth sectors after disappointing earnings reports, particularly in social media. The S&P 500 ended...

US equity Indices slumped on Tuesday as traders await inflation data that could add to fears of higher interest rates pushing the economy into a recession. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were in the green this week, but European contracts dipped. The S&P 500 Index pushed lower in the after...

In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell almost 2% on Thursday to close out its worst month since the early days of the Covid pandemic with the Index falling more than 5% over the month of June. US equities rebounded to break a four-day skid in a thinly-traded Friday session that featured multiple flips between...

Equity markets ended last week on a positive note, with rises across the board on Friday, including the FTSE All-Share and Euro STOXX 600 which were both up +2.6% and the S&P 500 up +3.1%. The S&P ended up +6.5% for the week, the Dow Jones up +5% and the NASDAQ up +7%, making it […]...

Markets closed down significantly on Friday and have started this week poorly. US stocks entered a bear market, Treasury yields spiked to levels not seen in a decade and the Dollar rallied as the fallout from a hot inflation reading continued to rattle global trading already shaken by worries the Fe...

Recently the term “bear market” appear more and more in conversation. But what does it mean?  Bears and bulls are common animal metaphors used in the stock market. Think about how these animals attack their prey: a bull would raise its horns upward, while a bear reaches with its head downward. ...