October 9th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
As I am sure you will have noticed, Brett Kavanaugh was voted on to the bench of the Supreme Court over the weekend. The votes in favour and against were almost...
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October 8th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There was some good news and some bad news for the US on Friday. Non-farm payrolls in September increased by 134,000, which was some way below the 185,000 the markets...
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October 5th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
August’s US factory orders were released yesterday and showed an increase of 2.3%. This was a significant about turn from the 0.8% decline we saw in the previous...
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October 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The US stock market opened higher yesterday as optimism around the Italian budget row increased and filtered through. This helped drive the Dow Jones industrial average...
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October 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
With no major releases from the US, attention was understandably drawn to the Conservative Party Conference and the Italian budget row. Still, despite the quiet day for...
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October 2nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The biggest ever trade deal was agreed between the US, Canada and Mexico yesterday. At least, that’s what Trump would have us believe. The markets reacted...
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