At the start of the last full trading week before the holiday season, it's easy to see what topic is getting the most attention th...

Janet Yellen's term of office as Chairman of the Federal Reserve doesn't end until early February, but since Wednesday was h...

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Fed duly hiked rates by 25 basis points yesterday. In doing so they came through with what...

It's not as though Wednesday's rate decision from the Federal Reserve (19.00hrs, NYT) is likely to take too many people by s...

Since we seem to spend quite a lot of time pointing out how often the year-end forecasts of respected judges prove to be wide of the...

One of the most extraordinary things about the inexorable rise of stock markets in recent times has been the ability of investors to b...

Its good of the FT to highlight some of the issues of the day ..... we can check that we're at least vaguely "au fait...

On the move today so was going to pass on the blog entirely but in the event we felt that we just had to make sure that you'd cl...

With almost another week to go in November, you might think that it's a bit premature for institutions to start broadcasting the...

It's probably a generational thing ..... in fact, it's definitely a generational thing. For those still struggling to get t...

Compared to understanding some areas of financial markets, the principle that interest rate differentials should drive movements in...

An article from yesterday, but well worth going back to if you missed it .....  The reasons behind the spectacular bull run are ma...

  It's not a bad moment to take stock of what's gone and what might be in store, poised as we are between the anniversary of D...