Equity

Investors switch focus from trade to fundamentals

Hussein Sayed
April 19, 2018
Equities in Asia received a boost today, as a result of higher commodity prices and strong U.S. earnings announcements. Energy and mining stocks are leading the gains this morning.

President Xi provided equity bulls a much-needed boost

Hussein Sayed
April 10, 2018
Appetite for risk bolstered Tuesday morning, as Chinese President Xi Jinping offered plans to further open up the second largest economy.

Bulls happier again, but...

Paul Rejczak
April 5, 2018
Bulls regained their strength on Wednesday, as stocks retraced Monday's sell-off following lower opening of the trading session. The S&P 500 index extends its short-term consolidation despite trade war, interest rate hikes fears. So, is medium-term bullish case valid again?

Stock markets crumble while Bitcoin fumbles

Lukman Otunuga
February 6, 2018
Global equity bears ran rampant on Tuesday as stock markets across the globe tumbled following Wall Street’s gut-wrenching declines overnight.

Markets adjusting to new reality

Hussein Sayed
February 5, 2018
When markets are priced for perfection, a slight shift in sentiment causes much damage. This is what we saw last week, after U.S. jobs report showed wage growth accelerated at its quickest pace since mid-2009.

More new record highs, but bull market may die on that euphoria

Paul Rejczak
January 29, 2018
The U.S. stock market indexes gained between 0.9% and 1.3% on Friday, extending their uptrend despite worse-than-expected advance GDP number release, as investors' sentiment remained very bullish.

More volatility and profit taking but still no fear

Paul Rejczak
January 25, 2018
The main U.S. stock market indexes were mixed between -0.6% and +0.2% on Wednesday, as investors took some short-term profits off the table following the recent record-breaking rally.

Fidelity slashes fees on stock and ETF trades to $4.95

Reuters
February 28, 2017
Fidelity Investments said on Tuesday it cut the price on trades for stocks and exchange-traded funds by 38 % for retail brokerage clients.

US data key as Fed's global fears ease

Craig Erlam
April 29, 2016
U.S. equity markets are expected to open marginally lower on Friday, ahead of the release of a number of pieces of economic data and some more first quarter earnings reports.

Fed officials set battle lines

Howard Schneider, Jason Lange and Lindsay Dunsmuir, Reuters
March 7, 2016

After a long wait for inflation to accelerate, U.S.