Alex Rankine

With Asia having dodged the worst of the pandemic and stockmarkets and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership promising a bright future, Wes…

The Turkish lira has lost more than 60% of its value against the dollar over the past five years, and it's all down to poor monetary policy.

After a second vaccine for Covid-19 was announced, stocks surged, with America’s S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index both hitting record highs on Monday.…

The Bank of England has expanded its quantitative easing (QE) programme. That bodes well for British stocks – which have not been this cheap compared …

America's Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates and launched unprecedented bond-buying programmes that stretched its mandate to its limits. More …

Hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine lifted oil markets earlier this week, with Brent crude jumping to $43 a barrel.

The news that 50 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of the year and 1.3 billion by 2021 has sparked euphoria on worl…

Thailand was once an economic tiger that rocked world markets. Not any more, with tourism decimated but the pandemic and GDP set to shrink by around 7…

While stockmarkets rallied over the summer, bond yields continued to send alarm signals.

The second wave of Covid-19 is buffeting global stock indices, while US markets remain focused on the presidential election polls.

The price of copper, hit $7,000 a tonne last week, driven by soaring Chinese demand. Other metals are also on the way up. But can it continue?

Private-equity groups are swooping on London’s property companies, which are trading on steep discounts to net asset value.

The economic cycle and America's central bank have a much bigger effect on long-term stockmarket returns than whether Democrats or Republicans are in …

The Bank of England’s governor says negative interest rates can encourage investment rather than having cash stashed in the bank. But is that really t…

US stocks enjoyed their best week in three months last week, with the S&P 500 advancing 3.8% despite deadlock in Washington over a new stimulus bill.

Investors tend to think that European stockmarkets are full of stale “old economy” firms while the US is full of fast-growing tech stocks. But Europea…

The UK budget deficit is on course to hit £350bn, and America’s federal deficit has hit a record $3.1trn. But the debt surge is a truly global phenome…

Value investors should look to UK stockmarkets, where some of the best bargains in global markets are available.

Massive monetary stimulus from central banks and governments stepping in with fiscal support have driven house prices higher around the world.

UK house prices rose 5% in the year to September, the biggest gain in four years.

China’s strong economic recovery has propelled local stockmarkets higher, with the CSI 300 index up 12% for the year-to-date.

The hints that negative interest rates are heading for Britain are now coming thick and fast.

A contested result in the US presidential election could bring months of deadlock in the stockmarkets. Investors should prepare for volatility.

The dollar is bouncing back from its recent falls, trading close to two-month highs this week. But could the slide restart?

The post-lockdown rally in the oil price has now stalled, with prices down by 6% since the beginning of September

As global stockmarkets tumbled this week, high-flying tech stocks such as Apple and Amazon gained again.

The US Federal Reserve – America's central bank – has said that it would become more tolerant of inflation and hold interest rates down. Others will f…

Speculation about a new lockdown in Britain saw the FTSE 100 slide 3.4% on Monday, its worst one-day loss since June.

Emerging markets saw net outflows of about $30bn last month, as investors took fright.

International investors have been buying into European stocks, driving the euro higher. But that surge now risks dampening the recovery that started i…

With India's BSE Sensex index up by 50% since the March lows, local investors appear to have caught stockmarket fever. Foreigners are also joining in …

China's benchmark CSI 300 stockmarket index has gained 12% so far this year and is up by 32% since 23 March as the country's industrial and consumer r…

Ordinary investors in the US are increasingly turning to options. And that's making the markets very volatile.

Indonesia hasn't lived up to the potential shown when president Joao Widodo came to power in 2014. But patient investors may one day be rewarded.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway group has spent $6bn on stakes in five Japanese trading houses, despite other investors souring on the world’s thi…

The oil-price rally has come unstuck, with Brent crude falling back by 12% so far this month to hit a two-month low.