The ratio of US non-farm, non-financial companies’ liquid financial assets to their short-term liabilities rose to its highest level in over fifty years in Q4 according to the Federal Reserve’s latest...

The devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck north-eastern Japan on Friday so far appears to have had remarkably little impact on financial markets in the rest of the world...

The underperformance of emerging market (EM) equities relative to developed market (DM) equities is showing little sign of drawing to a close. But we doubt it will last much longer. Admittedly, EM...

Another day, another $5 on the cost of a barrel of crude. At this rate it will not be long before prices revisit the highs above $140 seen in 2008. Given the pace at which markets are moving and...