Hints and tips:
...Alistair Chisholm, who wrote about these shocking statistics in “I can’t believe we still do that”, an aptly named report for the Institute of Money Advisers, said: “The approach to council tax debts is...
...Alex Chisholm, permanent secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, confirmed to the business committee on Wednesday that the department was examining the proposed takeover...
Minutes of June Fed meeting have little impact
Treasury bonds, yen and gold gain ground
...performance, the pan-European Stoxx 600, which lost 3.4 per cent in the previous four sessions, is up 0.4 per cent as energy stocks welcome Brent crude’s 0.5 per cent gain to $47.32 a barrel, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...A pullback in the yen provided some relief for Japanese stocks, but the firmer buck can’t stop oil hitting an eight-week high above $50 a barrel, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...The broadly softer dollar and a dip in Treasury yields are boosting gold, with bullion adding $9 to $1,348 an ounce, writes Jamie Chisholm....
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...Equity benchmarks are mixed, government bonds becalmed and sterling has hit 31-year lows as broad dollar strength also hits the yen, reports Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets commentator....
...The dollar is steady and Treasury yields are nudging up as US monetary policy remains in focus ahead of Friday’s official jobs report, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...Mario Draghi also holding a press conference on Thursday, traders are wary that there is opportunity for him to address the possibility of tweaking his multibillion euro bond-buying strategy, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...Benchmark Treasury yields are nudging lower while sentiment is being supported by further gains in the oil price, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...A lack of fresh catalysts compounded by typical summer torpor is adding to the cautious tone, helping government bond prices nudge higher, reports Jamie Chisholm....
...begins later in the day, will feature a speech on Friday by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen — comments that investors hope may provide more clues to the trajectory of US monetary policy, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...deliver a rate hike next week, coming shortly after the European central Bank stood pat on its stimulus strategy, have sharply pushed up bond yields of late and rattled investors’ risk appetite, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...London’s FTSE 100 is slipping 0.4 per cent as miners dip and life insurance groups remain under pressure as 10-year gilt yields add just one basis point to 0.54 per cent, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...After a mostly positive Asia-Pacific session where trading was thinned by Japan’s closure for a holiday, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index is up 0.3 per cent as financials move ahead, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...post-Brexit rally investors enjoyed for much of last week has been shattered by renewed concerns over how damaging the UK’s decision to leave the EU will have on its economy and global markets, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...The tentative tone sees gold add $1 to $1,329 an ounce and the Japanese yen strengthen 0.2 per cent to ¥105.93 per dollar, writes Jamie Chisholm, the FT’s Global Markets Commentator....
...backdrop of the Brexit debate means investors are less focused on Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s semi-annual testimony to US congress yesterday, an event that is typically keenly watched, writes Jamie Chisholm...
...Wariness over the prospects for oil prices are also damping risk appetite in the session, which finishes with Apple announcing its results after Wall Street’s closing bell, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...Mr Chisholm has at least got one thing right: it is time to make the call....
...The US dollar is at four month highs, weighing on some buck-denominated commodities and leaving gold trading at $1,325 an ounce, down $6 on the day, writes Jamie Chisholm....
...investors have spent the last few sessions snapping up growth-focused assets, betting that fears the UK’s decision to leave the EU would badly damage the global economy had been overdone, writes Jamie Chisholm...
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