Market Overview

Manufacturing PMIs beat expectationsFinancial markets have had to cope with something most usual over the past 24 hours in 2020, a procession of good news. The efficacy of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been urging Congress to provide more fiscal aid, but a deadlock between Republicans and Democrats has blocked a second stimulus package.Against that...

The vaccine rotation trade got another burst of momentum overnight, with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine preliminary data indicating a 94.50% effectiveness. More importantly, it can be stored in a...

Equities extended their gains on Tuesday but currencies consolidated as traders worry about President Trump’s campaign to challenge the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...

Central banks around the world are pulling out most—but not all—of the stops to help their local economies soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Bank of England said last week it...

Federal Reserve policymakers were forced to tread water in their meeting last week, which came in the awkward interval between Americans casting their ballots in the presidential and congressional...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell picked just the wrong moment to reiterate his call for more fiscal stimulus last Tuesday, as his warning of “tragic” consequences came just hours...

“Free hand” was the phrase that jumped out to investors in the minutes from the September meeting of the European Central Bank policymakers released Thursday.Given the uncertainty of the...

The article was written exclusively for investing.comUS index futures, including the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ, fell overnight, so far unable to build on the mild gains from Thursday. European indices,...

The U.S. dollar finally came under some selling pressure on Thursday after the U.S. set another record high of more than 59,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The numbers moderated a bit today but...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comVery quietly, safe-haven assets have been rallying, and in some cases, to prices not seen in years. The big rally in assets like gold have come...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not an economist and his plain-speaking policy steers him away from “on the one hand-on the other hand” dichotomies, but his recent messaging has...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Crude oil and sugar fell to new lows in April Sugar is all about Brazil where the sweet commodity has a dual role The Brazilian currency is...

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is due to reveal its Q1 2020 report card for the fiscal quarter that ended in March on Thursday, April 30 after market close. The mammoth online retailer has accomplished what few...