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There have been a number of developments politically and economically overnight, with a lot more to come over the rest of this week and through the weekend.It's a big day for central bank meetings...

Yesterday’s positive momentum coming out of US gains that saw the Dow regain 21,000 and the NASDAQ Composite reach 6,000 propelled Asia Pacific indices higher overnight but enthusiasm has faded...

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...

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...

Crisis averted—for now. Last week President Donald Trump met for the first time with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's luxury Palm Beach estate Mar-a-Lago, where the two leaders discussed...

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...

With the reaction to Friday's shockingly low nonfarm payrolls and surprisingly positive unemployment rate drop having run its course, the focus of traders has turned to weekend and upcoming political...

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...