The markets have continued to move positively, driven in part by second-quarter results which have so far been relatively supportive.
Jubilee Financial Products is delaying the strike date on its suite of four structured products until 25 September in anticipation of a market correction.
Over the past few weeks, the UK market has been experiencing some broadening out, and we have seen the defensive sectors playing catch-up with good share price rises in tobacco and food producers, for example.
The battleground of fund charges is beginning to gather momentum and is set to only accelerate as the industry comes to terms with the market volatility and its effects on investor behaviour.
While virtually anonymous to the UK market before its SGAM takeover, Pierre Lagrange's GLG is letting its performance do the talking
It was not that long ago I found myself writing for this column and since then it feels like markets have been running on slick tyres in the wet; in other words, working quite hard without much progress, and conditions proving to be quite dangerous and...
What started as a valuation-driven rebound following the excessive de-rating of Asian equities in late 2008 has generated additional momentum on the back of more compelling evidence of an economic turnaround.
The Dow Jones held its level in early trading today, despite worrying results from Morgan Stanley.
The Dow Jones was up 50.03 points (0.57%) at 8898.18 this afternoon, following a volatile start to trading as US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke forecast unemployment would remain high into 2011.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones followed gains in stock markets across Europe.