Biden and McCarthy agree to raise US debt cei...

Send us Fan MailStrong US jobs data boost dollar and Fed hike expectations. Rising Middle East tensions push oil prices higher. Gold falls as rising yields and strong dollar reduce its appeal. Wall Street tumbles, led by tech and AI stocks.Risk Warning: Our services involve a sig ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailFresh setback for US-Iran talks after Hezbollah rejects Lebanon ceasefire. Oil nevertheless pares some weekly gains. But AI stocks succumb to profit taking, crypto rout deepens. Dollar slips ahead of jobs report as Fed rate hike bets ease slightly.Risk Warning: Ou ...  Show more

In this episode, Piers and I catch up on what has been another busy week in markets where global stocks are on course for their best week since November 2020.

We catch-up on the latest news on Ukraine, where reports midweek suggested Ukraine and Russia have made sign ...

Yesterday the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75% in another hawkish pivot in their on-going quest to tame inflation. They also said they intend to raise interest rates a further 1.75% across their remaining four meetings in 2022

We discuss the market fa ...

The US dollar has been on a tear, just reaching a six-month high. It might be a sign investors and traders are getting used to the idea that US interest rates will be “higher for longer.” Today on the show, we look at the greenback’s continuing strength and try to understand h ...

Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock Chief Fixed Income Strategist, says his EM view has changed quite a bit in the past few months.Stefan Selig, BridgePark Advisors Managing Partner & Former Under-Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, says it makes no sense to think of our trade d ...  Show more