Economies

The UK stock markets is one of the most closely watched in the world and has attracted a high number of Initial Public Offerings this year. It includes some of the world's most exciting companies, ranging from the new gig economy to the traditional banking and oil sectors. Below we take a look at some of the stocks that caught our attention recently and are keeping in our watchlist throughout…

Oil prices continued their rise yesterday, amid forecasts that climbing natural gas prices may drive a switch to oil. Oil prices have risen more than 15% since early September, largely due to the surging demand for natural gas and the search for cheaper substitutes. Natural Gas prices in Europe and Asia are at record highs, while U.S. prices have doubled this year. But what has been driving energy prices up?…

Netflix is once again the first of the FAANGs to release its quarterly financial results, as it reports on Tuesday October 19th, after the US markets close.

Investors turn to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting of September 21-22, to see if it will provide more clues around its tapering intentions.

The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to move forward with its plans to taper the pace of its Quantitative Easing program, but to also extend its duration.

Although the UK100 is off of its pandemic lows it has lagged other indexes such as the GER30 and SPX500. Nevertheless, there are certainly companies which are performing well with potential upside ahead. In this article we look at 4 companies that either have good fundamental underpinnings, share price momentum, or significant company changes that may unlock shareholder value. Moreover, the following 4 companies are well placed to take advantage…

After the markets close on Monday August 30th, Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.us) will release its financial results for the three-month period that ended in July (Q2 FY2022).

The second quarter earnings season was very good with over 80% of S&P 500 companies reporting an earnings surprise. Moreover, stock indexes performed strongly with FXCM's SPX500 up 8.25%, the NAS100 up 11.5% and the US2000 coming in at 4.3% During the pandemic period, growth companies have outperformed their value counterparts. This is largely due to the benefit that these companies have received from the lower rate environment as central…

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand opted to keep rates unchanged on Wednesday August 18th, in the aftermath of recent lockdown measures in the country.

The Fed is currently injecting $120bn into the economy every month via its quantitative easing programme. It is doing this by buying $80bn of Treasuries and $40bn of agency mortgage-backed securities and is committed to this until it has achieved "substantial further progress" on meeting its mandates of price stability and full employment. However, substantial progress does seem to have been made in this regard. The payrolls number for July…

NIO Inc. (NIO.us) reported solid financial results for the second quarter of the year , after the US markets closed last Wednesday