Forex News A mixed reaction hit the markets on Wednesday as news that the underlying negative sentiment for almost everything European finally began to creep upon the largest economy in the region. Germany, who had seen a dismal uptake of under two thirds of its ...

Forex News The Euro had a confusing day today as the positive news that technocrat Mario Monti would lead the new Italian government was tempered by the surprise announcement that he too would be the new finance minister. Markets are generally fearful of anything ...

Forex News The Eurozone grew by only 0.2% in the third quarter, reaffirming the view that the region is potentially slipping towards recession. The omnipresent threat of debt is hanging like a grey cloud over many of the regions nations, exacerbated by low productivity ...

Europe Risk appetite returned to the markets today as investors felt a breeze of confidence from the EU crisis summit . The calming words from Mr. Barroso were the catalyst for a return to riskier assets for traders who had resigned themselves to a winter of ...

Forex News The value of the US Dollar against its major trading partner currencies is always in the news. Hawks in the US claim that the Chinese Yuan is artificially low against it which gives Chinese imports an unfair advantage in the US market. The Yen is near ...

Stock News Markets in the US continued to trade in a choppy manner as all eyes continued to focus on the outcome of this weekend’s EU summit.  Headline news, continued to drive the US equity markets despite better than expected manufacturing news, that reflects ...

Forex News If knowledge is power then lack of it must be fear. This is the assumption of many economic writers who claim that the trickle of information surrounding the European sovereign debt crisis has magnified the reactions of investors tenfold. To a degree ...

Forex News Stocks dive, risky assets plummet and the Eurozone inflation rate hits 3%. European stocks and currencies alike took a battering on Friday as any perceived confidence installed in the European markets, with yesterday’s German vote of confidence, quickly ...

Stock News Greek stock market is set to hit new lows on Monday, as more talk about Greece’s default emerges in Europe and media during weekend. Greek government confronted an angry crowd in the opening of International Fair in Thessaloniki on Saturday, but that ...

Stock News Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) paying $40 a share for Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE:MMI) led to a 60% climb at the Motorola’s stock chart this week, with MMI currently trading at around $38 having closed at $24 per share on last Friday. Meanwhile Google’s ...