Turkey posts budget surplus in November
December 15, 2020US stocks closed mixed on Monday as New York and parts of Europe tightened COVID-19 restrictions even as a vaccine rolled out in the US. The DOW retreated from an…
Ghana Likely to Look to the Capital Markets In…
December 9, 2020S&P 500 futures ticked higher after the benchmark closed at an all-time high gaining 0.3% on Thursday, boosted by positive vaccine news and seeming progress on U.S. stimulus talks. The…
South Africa GDP rebounds in Q3
December 8, 2020The NASDAQ inked yet another record on Monday albeit in a depressed session for stocks amid continued delays in the next US stimulus package and increasing COVID-19 cases. The NASDAQ…
Another renewed stimulus hopes, HERE WE GO AGAIN!
December 2, 2020Renewed stimulus hopes added to optimism over progress on coronavirus vaccines may have led to the biggest spike seen in a year with the 10-year treasury yield. As the 10-year…
Eventful week with OPEC meeting and Non-Farm payrolls
November 30, 2020We start this eventful post US holiday week with a Cyber Monday and futures pointing sightly down. It is a big week for US data with November jobs report on…
Markets ending the week on a cautious note
November 27, 2020With the US markets closed for Thanksgiving yesterday, markets were quiet with little movements across the board. In the Asian markets, the mood seemed to be mixed as China’s industrial…
Weak data from US pushed the markets lower
November 26, 2020US stocks traded lower on Wednesday as the jobless claims data and household incomes came below expectations: initial jobless claims rose for the second consecutive week – 778k vs 730k…
Investors Overlook Ivory Coast’s Political Upheaval to Chase Higher…
November 25, 2020Futures in New York climbed 1.4% after closing at an eight-month high. Overnight, we witnessed the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4% to close above 30,000 for the first time,…
Bank stocks higher as Turkey eases lending rules
November 24, 2020US stocks closed higher on Monday on reports that former Fed Chair Janet Yellen could become the Biden administration Treasury Secretary and positive results from the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The…
EU stimulus delayed after Hungary and Poland veto the…
November 20, 2020The nervousness in markets, spurred by the renewed public health restrictions around the world, dominated the sentiment yesterday, leading to profit-taking emerging in risk assets. Japan and South Korea raised…