Wall Street’s worst fears of a year-end funding squeeze never materialized thanks in large part to the quarter-trillion dollars the Federal Reserve stuffed into the market to ensure nothing became…
It looks like something has to give in global markets. Stocks and bonds around the world have rallied atypically together since the start of the year, rewarding investors both bullish…
Behind a record surge in cocoa prices this year, a corner of financial markets that drives the cost of chocolate underwent a seismic shift: the hedge funds that oiled its…
Public listings on Wall Street have seen a slow comeback in 2024 despite a resilient US economy, a long-awaited interest rate cut by the central bank and stock valuations hitting…
Markets are tentatively optimistic France’s budget may eventually pass through its fractured parliament, but remain sceptical about how quickly the country can tidy up its finances just as rating reviews…
There is reverse production. There is reverse marketing. There is reverse pricing. These are all functional decisions. They are based on adjusting to the market conditions. They are based on…
Britain’s borrowing costs have risen before the new government’s first budget, which could open the door to a big rise in debt sales - but investors are not betting on…
Government bond markets, which have enjoyed a summer of solid price gains, now face a reckoning with their bets for speedy central bank rate cuts and slowing inflation, not to…
ADVANCE market commitment (AMC) has proven to be a public health measure. It has done wonders in the area of vaccines, as has been the case with Covid-19. As an…
The euro is trading at its highest this year against the dollar, emerging as a clear winner from the recent ructions in global currency markets that have unsettled a strong…
