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Global markets traded in a narrow range overnight as investors await a heavy week in terms of earnings announcements in the US from the likes of Apple and Tesla. As we touched on yesterday US profit figures have been sound so far, with 73% of major US com

Global markets were generally lower on Friday although the US Dow Jones index managed to touch a new high. US quarterly profit reports continue to dominate news flow especially as investors have been counting on earnings to support the relatively high val

Global markets were generally lower on Friday although the US Dow Jones index managed to touch a new high. US quarterly profit reports continue to dominate news flow especially as investors have been counting on earnings to support the relatively high val

Global markets were mixed overnight as Wall Street reversed gains in early afternoon trading on Thursday as tech stocks, including heavyweights Apple and Google parent Alphabet, edged lower. A Tourism boom across Australia and New Zealand is one of our k

Global markets continued to rally overnight as investors digested more quarterly earnings figures and the US Federal Reserve made an interest rate announcement. Wall Street was in positive territory and at record highs before the Fed announcement given a

Global markets were higher overnight as investors digested more quarterly earnings figures and commodity prices jumped. Strong earnings from the likes of McDonald’s and Caterpillar bolstered optimism on Wall Street.   Moves higher in iron ore, copper, and

Global markets were mixed overnight as the Nasdaq (US Technology index) hit a new record high. Quarterly earnings announcements on Wall Street continue to dominate investor focus. This morning, Google’s parent Alphabet announced earnings figures which see

Global markets were generally lower on Friday, while local currencies moved higher as the US Dollar continued to slide. Both the Australian Dollar and NZ Dollar have surged to recent highs of 79 cents and 74 cents versus the US dollar respectively. The mo

Global markets rallied overnight as investors digested corporate earnings season and a move higher in the price of iron ore supported resource stocks. Both the Australian and NZ markets were higher yesterday led by positive sentiment across the big Aussie