Investment funds are trying to get a handle on the policy plans of the anti-establishment party with the populists’ efforts to topple Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi gaining traction. Potentially triggering an election in early 2017, surveys signal opponents spearheaded by Five Star could...

As bets on faster U.S. growth and inflation lead investors to favor stocks over bonds, the long-awaited end to the more than 30-year-old bull run in bonds could be marked by Donald Trump's stunning victory for the White House.   Noting the worst rout in nearly 1-1/2 years, on bets that plans...

Moody's Investors Service has said very recently that amid expectations for low economic growth and high public-sector debt in the global economy as a whole, the outlook for global sovereign ratings is negative possibly until 2018.   Moody’s said that the largest proportion since late 2012...

With more than 40 percent of large companies scaling back, according to a new survey, since the vote to leave the European Union U.K. businesses have delayed or canceled investments worth 65.5 billion pounds ($82 billion).   According to the study published Monday by the Centre for Economics...

In October, the world prices for food products, particularly for sugar and dairy products, increased by 0.7% MoM and 9.1% YoY, as follow from the data of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This is good news for farmers, who have recently experienced problems due to...

All be it with a very new perspective, markets get back to the business of watching the Federal Reserve  after a historic week.   Wall Street expectations, not only regarding who would lead the country, but the market's reaction to that leader were defied by Donald...

Global stocks have made a comeback and have been rallying since falling sharply following Donald Trump's victory in the United States presidential elections which initially sent shockwaves through markets around the world. Some analysts simply feel that investors will wait and watch for clues from...

Not only Americans but also Europeans are tired from the annual Black Friday sales. Public polls show that less than a quarter of the UK population will be purchasing products on the "Black Friday" on 11 November. On the contrary, retailers hope to increase sales offers, which can lead to losses....

As exuberance shot through markets and reversed initial dives in reaction to Donald Trump's U.S. presidential victory, European stocks rose on Thursday following extraordinary gains in Asia and the United States.   Investors set aside for the moment longer-term worries about whether he will...