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The positive response by traders to the French first round election results and speculation the ‎pro-stability and market-friendly Macron will keep up his big second round lead has capital leaving...

Yesterday's first round of French Presidential voting saw the two leading candidates Centrist Macron and Euroskeptic Le Pen go through to the‎ second round. Although Macron finished ahead by a...

Stock markets around the world‎ have been trading mixed overnight and into this morning amid a number of developments.The Nikkei soared 1.0% overnight on better than expected Japanese flash...

Stock markets have been mixed overnight and into this morning. The Hang Seng rose 0.9% and US index futures are up 0.25%, but the FTSE, Dax and Nikkei are all flat. Crude oil has rebounded 0.9% on...

Markets have remained volatile overnight as the shockwaves from yesterday's announcement that the UK government is looking to hold a snap election on June 8, worked their way around the world. Hong...

Stock markets overseas had already been falling overnight on their return to trading from the Easter holiday weekend when surprise UK election news added gasoline to the flames of political...

Overnight trading continues to reflect an end to the recent bout of complacency and recognition of growing political risk. ‎Gold and the yen are consolidating yesterday's breakout rallies, while...

For the most part, stocks, commodities and currencies have been holding steady overnight and into this morning. US Index futures, the Dax, WTI crude oil and major currency pairs are all pretty much...

President Trump's overnight missile strike on the Syrian base that launched chemical weapons atta‎cks earlier this week sent shockwaves through world markets overnight. Stock markets around the...

Yesterday's big bearish reversals and late day selloff carried through overnight trading but appears to be tapering off this morning. ‎The Nikkei fell 1.4%, the FTSE and Hang Seng fell 0.5%, while...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCThis Friday we'll get the all-important Nonfarm Payrolls report (NFP). ADP came out yesterday with a barn-burner upside surprise of 263K versus consensus of...

It’s another big day for economic news that could potentially move the markets. Overnight, the spotlight has been on crude oil which has seen both Brent and WTI gain 0.9% and WTI put $50.00...

Stock markets around the world continue their move into April in ‎a slump. US index futures are down 0.2% while the Nikkei fell 0.9%. The Dax is flat while the FTSE is the only major market in the...

Stock markets around the world are steady to slightly higher as we kick off a big week for economic news.‎ US index futures, WTI crude oil and the FTSE are flat while the Dax and the Nikkei are up...