World Stock Markets On The Rebound After Fed Rate Decision

Stock markets around the world appeared to recover some ground throughout the morning’s trade, after measures in the US to increase bank liquidity.
After a week of almost blanket red trading, stock markets across Asia, Europe and the US have traded well over the course of the morning, despite some analysts predicting an overall downward trend […]

World Shares Bounce Back As Credit Crunch Threat Weakens

Shares on stock markets across the world have traded positively for the first time this week.  After days of sell-offs across the globe, most of the world’s major indexes were significantly up at the close of trade today.
The news from the US that the Federal Reserve has unpredictably cut the primary discount rate at which […]

UK Pensions Hit By Poor Stock Trading

Troubled UK pension funds have suffered significant losses with prolonged negative stock market trading, according to a report released today.
The report published by Aon Consulting covered 200 of the UK’s top employer final salary pension plans, and reflected losses of around £26 billion by the end of trading on Thursday.
The pension funds, linked largely to […]

Liquidity Nightmare Begins To Take Its Toll

Mortgage lenders across the world have seen widespread sell-offs in their shares on the major stock markets, after new fears over the impact of international finance markets.
Lenders have largely been unable to refinance debt, after a lack of liquidity has arisen in the finance market.  Despite the best efforts of the European Central Bank, the […]

Worldwide Heavy Losses Continue Through Morning

Stock markets across the globe have continued negative trading into the early part of this morning, at the start of what looks to be another bad day for stock trade.
Markets have been overwhelmingly down over the course of this week amidst renewed fears of an international credit crunch spawned from the ongoing US sub-prime saga.
The […]

Stocks Slightly Down After Mixed Day’s Trade

Shares on the world stock markets traded largely down today, continuing the trend of sell-offs through the course of this week.
After moderate trading performances during the day, most exchanges have closed or are trading negatively as the closing bell approaches.
Ongoing unrest in the US sub-prime mortgage lending market, and continuing fears of a global credit […]

Worldwide Stock Markets Rally To Close

Stock markets around the world have begun the long road to recovery after startling falls over last week, showing impressive growth over the course of the day’s trading.
Trading across all of the world’s major markets saw an upturn through trade today as investors snapped up bargain securities after last week’s sell-off.
The Dow Jones rallied to […]

World Stock Markets In Steep Decline

Stock markets across the globe have faltered for the second consecutive day after concerns about a potential worldwide credit crunch.
The news comes after yesterday’s large scale investment by both the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve, in which billions of dollars were injected into flailing banks and mortgage lenders to prevent global recession.
Today, even […]

World Stock Markets See Strong Morning Trade

Stock markets across the world have opened today with a bang, resulting in impressive rises in indexation according to figures from the world markets.
Morning trade across the board looked strong, as figures from the US reported an increase in labour productivity, and the Japanese economy maintained its moderate growth strategy on this month’s economic outlook […]

US Economy Doubts Send Oil Prices Tumbling

The price of crude oil has fallen considerably over the course of today, continuing the declining price trend of last week.
Oil prices, which have fairly recently broken all time record highs, have been dramatically impacted upon by poor US economic performance, causing prices to decrease in the face of recent trends.
Worrying results from Wall Street, […]

Gazprom Belarus Spat Looks Set To End

Russian state gas authority Gazprom has announced today that supplies through Belarus could be allowed to continue after tensions between Russia and Belarus over the last few months.
Gazprom, which is run by the Russian government, supplies much of the natural gas resources through surrounding, former Soviet nations like Belarus, and is considered to be essential […]

$80 Oil On The Verge Of Ruining US Economy

Oil price rises beyond $80 a barrel are inevitable, and will cause a profound effect on the US economy, a statement released today intimated.
US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman stated that prices in the region of $80 a barrel could hinder economic growth, and lead to inflation in energy prices and consumer products.
Analysts have forecast $80 […]

Share Prices Trade Down Again After New Mortgage Fears

Trading indexed across the world have again fallen sharply today, after news of additional mortgage troubles in the rocky US housing market were announced today. 
The news came alongside rapidly increasing mortgage defaults with one of America’s largest mortgage lenders, and substantial losses experienced by private equity funds in Australia.
Stock markets have seen very inconsistent trading […]

Oil Prices Smash Records

Oil prices have today smashed all time records, rallying to a high of $78.71 a barrel, surpassing the previous record of $78.40 set in July last year.
The news comes off the back of fears about a supply shortage, with continuing growth in demand from the East with supply problems in some of the world’s most […]

Worldwide Stock Markets Recovers After US Drop

Last week’s Wall Street downturn appears not to have affected worldwide stocks too badly, after markets across Europe and Asia performed with mixed results.
Wall Street saw the value of shares dramatically fall last week after ongoing controversy in the sub-prime lending market, and less than inspiring announcements from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  Experts predicted […]

Stock Markets Struggling Continues

Concerns spread over the chance of lower consumer spending due to possible higher rates that will hit takeover deals and corporate profits.
European markets were also hitting new lows, London’s share index closed down for another day, at its lowest level since mid march.
It has been warned that market values could stay volatile over the coming […]

Oil In Crisis Just One Cent Shy Of All Time Record

Oil prices have climbed to a fraction off the record high today, leading to further speculation as to the future of oil production.
The price of oil in New York closed today a mere cent off its all time high at $77.02 a barrel, reflecting a significant increase in the cost of energy. 
This could ultimately drive […]

Worldwide Stock Markets Plummet

Stock markets around the world have closed significantly down over the course of business today.
Market confidence plummeted with increasing interest rates worldwide, and the effect of interest rate rises on global company performance.
High consumer spending over the last few months have led to impressive trading on the world’s stock markets. 
However, concerns as to the health […]

IMF Announces Increased Global Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) forecast for the growth of the global economy for the year has been raised.
The IMF predicted a 4.9% global growth rate in April but has now revised this figure to 5.2% for both this year and the year to follow, based on the impact of several rapidly expanding economies worldwide.
Central […]

OPEC Officially Announce $60 Oil Target

In what has been a remarkably good week for oil prices and the future of the world economy, OPEC have officially announced a $60 target price for crude oil.
The announcement came within a Kuwaiti national oil report, which quoted OPEC’s research division as supporting a $60 price.
The $60 mark was said to be a ‘fair […]

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