Fundamental Analysis

Dollar Finds Support The US index ended Monday’s session higher by 0.26% after touching the 92 handle. A shift in risk appetite led investors to initially move away from the greenback. However, strong flash manufacturing and PMI… Read More

Shares in US banking firm JP Morgan Chase & Co are trading a little lower pre-market on Monday. However, shares have been well supported over the last month. This comes following a better than expected set of Q3 earnings which propelled… Read More

Lockdowns in Germany have been reimposed following the rise in cases throughout the last month and a half. This is expected to sap investor and business confidence. The question for the markets is: by how much? And what does that… Read More

Last week’s highlights Japan GDP rises 21.4% in Q3 There was some good news from Japan with the latest economic data showing a rebound in economic activity. Official data for the third quarter showed that the nation's GDP rose by 21.4%… Read More

Shares Higher Pre-Market Shares in US tech leader Amazon, famous for its online shopping, are trading a little higher pre-market on Friday. Amazon’s shares have been lifted by the news this week that the company has launched an online… Read More

Gold Gold prices have continued lower this week despite weakness in both equities markets and the US dollar. It’s been a tricky week for traders. Establishing a directional grasp on the markets has been difficult given the mix of themes… Read More

Embattled Dollar Heads for Another Weekly Decline The US index fell a further 0.28% in Thursday’s session as the prospect of yearly lows becomes a reality. Not only are infection numbers on the rise in the US, but so is the death toll.… Read More

Shares in US pharmaceutical company Pfizer have seen plenty of action over the last week. The company announced last week that itself and its German partner BioNTech had successfully proven their candidate COVID vaccine to be over 90%… Read More

Tomorrow (and over the weekend) we get a fairly broad cross-section of data from around the world. This data could give us some insight into the real impact the second wave of covid could have on the economy. October is an interesting… Read More

Another Drop for the Buck The US Index lost further momentum on Wednesday as it ended the session 0.10% down. More ground was given up as the greenback now trades precariously towards the 92 region. Sentiment shifted on positive … Read More