22/12/2014: Support for oil keeping sentiment positive in the run up to...
Market Overview Market volatility has just begun to calm down a little after last week’s hectic trading. The markets on Wall Street closed a positive week with slight gains on Friday and with the oil...
View Article07/01/2015: Although the Eurozone could move into deflation, sentiment is...
Market Overview Despite an element of support yesterday in European equities, investors continued to prefer safer haven plays with sovereign bonds, gold and the Japanese yen more favoured. With Wall...
View Article19/01/2014: Volatility remains high as markets bet on ECB QE this week
Our weekly outlook is now available. Find out what Hantec Markets’ market analyst, Richard Perry, thinks of the SNB’s decision to abandon its policy of maintaining a floor of €1.2000 on Euro/Swiss and...
View Article26/03/2015: A decline in risk appetite sees a shift into safer haven plays...
Market Overview There was a real sense of concern that took over Wall Street last night that has driven a flight into safer haven plays. As the durable goods orders disappointed there is a fear is that...
View Article20/07/2015: Market sentiment settles as Greek banks re-open
Market Overview European markets continue to settle down as the new week has begun in a far calmer sentiment than any of the past few Mondays. Greece will re-open its banks today. The capital controls...
View ArticleChina remains key as market sentiment is still under pressure
The move into 2016 has hardly been a happy one for financial markets as sharp selling pressure has seen huge moves lower amidst a flood out of riskier assets and a desire for safe haven trading....
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