| 6 Jan 2009 |  |  |
Daily London Outlook |
| | European bourses are expected to open higher this morning after mining and oil stocks all rose during Asian trading. |
| 18 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | The Federal Reserve reached the end of the road of conventional policy easing last night, effectively lowering the Fed funds target to close to zero and signalling that rates would remain at 'exceptionally ... |
| 17 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Markets will be awaiting the FOMC meeting this evening, where the Fed is widely expected to cut its official interest rate by 50bps to 0.5%. |
| 16 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Futures point to firmer openings on European bourses this morning and in the US this afternoon after the White House indicated that it would help the struggling US auto manufacturers following the Senate's ... |
| 9 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Global equity markets look set for a strong start to the week after Asian bourses soared. Investor confidence was boosted by a series of fiscal packages. |
| 8 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Central banks met expectations yesterday with the MPC cutting by 100bps and the ECB by 75bps. The Riksbank surprised many by cutting by 175bps earlier in the day, taking its rates down to 2%. |
| 5 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | The raft of gloomy economic data across major economies continues; boosting bond prices with little help from aggressive interest rate cuts. |
| 4 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Although Wall Street rallied overnight ass markets anticipated a $34 billion bailout of US car manufacturers, equity markets remain in a distinctly bearish mood as the evidence of the global slowdown ... |
| 3 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | After last week's positive run, equity markets turned south and risk aversion rose amid deteriorating economic data. |
| 2 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Global stock markets look set to grind lower as the analyst community continues to revise down earnings estimates for next year. |
| 1 Dec 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Asian equity markets moved modestly higher, carrying on the generally positive sentiment from Thursday's thin US absent session. |
| 28 Nov 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | The Thanksgiving holiday is likely to drain liquidity out of markets today as risk is removed. We had thought that any squaring of positions should give the dollar a small boost today, but instead we ... |
| 27 Nov 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | Wall Street closed slightly higher overnight as the Treasury announced yet another package to help the financial system. |
| 26 Nov 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | European bourses are expected to open lower today as the enthusiasm following the US government bailout of Citigroup is moderated by continued concerns over the global economy. |
| 25 Nov 2008 | | |
Daily London Outlook |
| | The US Treasury acted to support Citigroup last night, by announcing a guarantee on $300billion of its troubled assets. |
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