corporate earnings

While US stocks reached record levels over the summer months, political turbulence in the US, heightened geopolitical activity - as a result of increasing tensions with North Korea - and investor concerns about the costly impacts of Hurricane Harvey weighed...

Cornelian's Millar gives his view

Political and market shocks

So far this year, we have seen Japan's equity market rising on the back of a supportive global backdrop, a relatively stable currency and healthy corporate earnings growth.

'More consistent upward move euro has seen in years'

Fell 21.5% to $18.05

Michael Sayers, director of research for equities at Fidelity International, discusses the findings of the firm's 2017 Analyst Survey, which comprised responses from 17,000 meetings conducted with CEOs, CFOs and division heads throughout the year.

Optimism on the corporate earnings outlook in Europe for 2017 has become more consensual than contrarian recently, and with good justification.