Financial Market Comment 22nd August 2008

Financial Market Comment 21st August 2008

Thursday, and the boredom on the corporate front will be lifted slightly with the builder, Persimmon, stepping up to the mark for their interims.

Financial Market Comment 20th August 2008

Markets look to be on the up this morning after the Far East refused to join in the negative momentum from the US.

Financial Market Comment 19th August 2008

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are, not exactly surprisingly, back in the news after reports that they the chances of them tapping into Treasury fund...

Financial Market Comment 18th August 2008

One of the more boring weeks of the year kicks off today with the conjunction of summer holidays (most of Europe remains ‘sur la plage’) and lack...

Financial Market Comment 14th August 2008

The city may be basking in the early morning sunshine today however on the markets there is very little to be cheerful about.

Financial Market Comment 22nd August 2008

Ronald Regan may have moved on to pastures new, however his vision of a 'Star Wars' missile defence system, which was first c...
22 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 21st August 2008

Thursday, and the boredom on the corporate front will be lifted slightly with the builder, Persimmon, stepping up to the mark...
21 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 20th August 2008

Markets look to be on the up this morning after the Far East refused to join in the negative momentum from the US.
20 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 19th August 2008

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are, not exactly surprisingly, back in the news after reports that they the chances of them tappin...
19 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 18th August 2008

One of the more boring weeks of the year kicks off today with the conjunction of summer holidays (most of Europe remains ‘sur...
18 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 14th August 2008

The city may be basking in the early morning sunshine today however on the markets there is very little to be cheerful about.
14 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 13th August 2008

As the FTSE struggles to maintain the rallies of the last week traders try to add in the effects of 4.4pc inflation
13 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 11th August 2008

After last weeks quiver full of information this week looks a tad light on the corporate data front.
11 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 8th August 2008

After my comments yesterday that pressure on the dollar appeared to be easing and that sellers of the Greenback seemed to be ...
08 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 7th August 2008

Strength overnight has turned to weakness this morning after the Far Eastern markets failed to follow through after the stren...
07 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 5th August 2008

Not much to smile about yesterday after the HSBC numbers came in slightly better than expected but then Chairman, Mr Stephen ...
05 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 4th August 2008

Another big reporting schedule over the next five days but many might feel that the thunder has already gone out of things wi...
04 August 2008

Financial Market Comment 1st August 2008

Non Farm Payroll day to kick start the month of August and forecasts were for a fall of some 75K. But, after the numbers out ...
01 August 2008

Market Comment 31st July 2008

Another big move higher in the Dow took the shorts by surprise and squeezed them mercilessly.
31 July 2008

Market Comment 30th July 2008

After the schizophrenia of the US markets showed through once again yesterday the FTSE is looking to open in the exact opposi...
30 July 2008

Market Report 29th July 2008

And so it goes on.
29 July 2008

Market Report 28th July 2008

And so begins one of the busiest reporting weeks of the calendar as most investors continue to count their losses.
28 July 2008

Market Report 22nd July 2008

The paucity of policy coming from the higher echelons of our political masters is making rather a mockery of the term Democra...
22 July 2008

Market Report 21st July 2008

Today see Domino Pizza report interims, IG report finals and Hambro Mining update on Trading.
21 July 2008

Financial Market Report 17th July 2008

An exceptionally strange day with European markets pluming the depths in the morning only for the US to some in and completel...
17 July 2008