The five-session rally on London’s equities market faded on Tuesday, but well-received trading updates from High Street retailers kept overall losses small
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Car manufacturers provided a focal point for European equities on Tuesday after news that Porsche had achieved a majority holding in Volkswagen boosted both company’s share prices.
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US stocks struggled to cling onto a two-month high at the start of the first full trading week of 2009 after a fresh round of profit warnings and analyst downgrades greeted investors returning from their new year break
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The head of the Merrill Lynch’s ‘thundering herd’ of 16,000 financial advisers has worked at the group since 1982
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(CEP News) - Markets are currently pricing in the following probabilities for future interest rate moves as of the close on Monday:
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(CEP News) - The German, ten-year Bund was down 37.0 ticks to 124.28 with yields up 3.8 bps to 3.05%, while the 10-year gilt was down 18.0 ticks to 122.05 with yields up 1.9 bps to 3.17% following the downside surprise in euro zone inflation in December. The euro was down 2.42 cents to 1.3393 USD.
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Investment analysts Stephen Roach, Tim Bond, Mohamed El Erian, Ajay Kapur and Jim Paulsen with their views on the year ahead
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said it had started its $500bn plan to drive down US mortgage rates by buying securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, the government-run mortgage financiers
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The London market’s new year bounce continued into a fifth session on Monday, but Tate & Lyle missed the trend amid speculation its second-biggest shareholder might have to sell to meet redemptions
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European stocks continued their positive start to the new year on Monday after strong gains on the Swiss exchange helped drive the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index higher
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The Treasury Department said Monday it had invested $15 billion in another seven banks, including two companies that recently completed large takeovers of other banks.
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High-grade corporate bonds were the asset class most likely to see a rally in 2009, a survey has found
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European stocks continued their positive start to the new year on Monday after strong gains on the Swiss exchange helped drive the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index higher
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European stocks continued their positive start to the new year on Monday after strong gains on the Swiss exchange helped drive the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index higher
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(CEP News) - Markets are currently pricing in the following probabilities for future interest rate moves as of the close on Friday:
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The UK construction industry suffered another month of record decline in December, a survey showed, with all sectors of the industry suffering their worst ever contraction on record
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The UK construction industry suffered another month of record decline in December, a survey showed, with all sectors of the industry suffering their worst ever contraction on record
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Rest assured that banks will still offer big incentives to their best and brightest. The trick will be to keep compensation beneath the radar
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While state dollars may land in consumers’ pockets through rebates or tax cuts, it is money’s place in the overall system that will be in the spotlight
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(CEP News) - The Australian dollar has been trading at three-month highs against the U.S. dollar today, as positive market sentiment for 2009 sends Asian stock markets higher.
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