European stocks increased on Monday, recovering part of their sizeable monthly loss. Investor Analysts attributed the encouraging action in part to an enhearten finish on Friday for the U.S equities. Gains on Monday spanned across markets with gold, copper and soybeans all advancing. Commodity investors are catching a break as raw materials including oil gain […]
The Coin of the Year Awards 2014
In December 2013, it was announced that France had won the prestigious 2014 Coin of the Year Award sponsored by World Coin News. The Monnaie de Paris’ Yves Klein 10-euro silver coin features a distinctive blue hand design, which contrasts against the silver background of the coin. The French coin was announced as the favourite […]
Bernanke gets his wish
Last month I wrote about the reaction the market had to the FOMC statement which suggested that QE3 was off the cards. Implied volatility in Fixed Income markets spiked sharply higher and whilst last week’s FOMC statement was little different to the March statement, the press conference that Bernanke gave, has led to the risk […]
S&P not brave enough to downgrade Spain to junk yet
On Tuesday I said that Spain was set to be downgraded and overnight S&P took the decision to downgrade Spain two notches to BBB+, the outlook remains negative meaning that the chances are that another downgrade will come within 3 months as the rating agencies, once again, play catch up. Spanish bond markets have seen […]