Markets

China is using the Yuan to combat risk of a market meltdown

China has an insurance policy against a full-scale market meltdown: the daily currency fixing. With stocks and bonds in retreat…

Major blue chips record growth on NSE

Major blue chips have recorded price appreciation on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, lifting the market indices by…

Concerns over Trump dent stocks, dollar

Concern that U.S. President Donald Trump's reform agenda could be slowed down, and that Trump himself could even face the…

Zinc: Does the predicted deficit mean higher prices in 2017?

The International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) recently released its annual demand/supply forecast for the zinc market. The group…

Hot spots in emerging markets this week: Turkey, Ivory Coast

After another week of gains for emerging markets, much investor focus will be on Turkey, whose leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…

US: Technical stand out amid a quiet market

As the strongest earnings season since 2011 draws to a close, and with the S&P 500 .SPX and Nasdaq Composite…