An uneasy stand-off in the trade wars

“A latter-day Rip Van Winkle… napping since the start of the year, might think not much had changed” over the past six months in financial markets, says Randall Forsyth in Barron’s. The S&P 500 index

A 4.1% unemployment rate suggests little need for rate cuts from the Fed

Issue of the week: renewed tariff turmoil ...

The global electricity grid is expanding fast, says Ole Hansen of Saxo Bank. Copper – “the world’s most efficient and versatile industrial conductor” – lies at the centre of a commodities megatrend fu

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Stocks are living their best life while the dollar is having its worst year since 1973