Ashraf Laidi

As the Nikkei loses 7% in a single session and the FTSE-100 posts its first 2.1% daily decline in exactly one year, questions abound about [...]

As the FTSE-100 hit its highest close since September 1999 at 6755.63,  the percentage of FTSE-100 shares standing above their 200-DMA rises to 84%. Notable [...]

Recent rallies in Non-USD currencies resulting from poor US data have not lasted long. And those rallies resulting from strong US figures via the indirect [...]

You’ve read all about the market story, now comes the macro story. The preliminary Q1 GDP figures from the Eurozone give reason of concern. France [...]

93% of shares in the S&P500 index are trading above their 200-day moving averages a level not seen since May 2011. The indicator (200-DMA participation) [...]

The combination of: i) rampant monetary easing; ii) passive currency depreciations and; iii) disinflationary economic data and; iv) soaring equities has produced the perfect storm [...]

A rare triple positive in US jobs report; strong NFP; strong upward revisions; lowest unemployment rate since December 2008 underlines the improving situation in US [...]

The ECB slashes the lending-deposit rates spread to the lowest level since 2008 as an effort to lift emergency lending Today’s dual rate cuts (-25 [...]

Regardless of whether the ECB has already decided on cutting interest rates this Thursday, ECB President Draghi now has little choice. In fact, Draghi is [...]