Alex Rankine

The copper price has risen by 26% so far this year and is at its highest level in almost ten years.

With India the world’s third-biggest oil market, the economic slowdown driven by the pandemic will hit oil prices.

Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi hopes that his €222bn public spending plan, which includes high-speed internet, high-speed rail, and improving th…

India’s economy had been enjoying a strong recovery, driving optimistic forecasts for emerging markets. But then the latest wave of Covid-19 hit,

Mexico's economy shrank by 8.5% last year and has suffered one of the world’s worst Covid-19 death tolls. But things could be looking up.

Global stockmarkets have been basking in the post-Covid economic recovery as GDP, retail sales and manufacturing are all on the way back up.

First-quarter corporate earnings in the US beat analysts’ forecasts by a mammoth 30%.

A global shortage of semiconductors has collided with an unprecedented surge in demand. But the chip industry has always been highly cyclical.

Vegan alternatives are taking off, but the future of food technology lies in lab-grown meat – cultivating steaks and burgers from animal cells, says A…

While developed-world markets look forward to a recovery, emerging market stocks have tumbled as foreign investors pull out cash.

The US dollar enjoyed its best quarter since 2018 in the first three months of this year, driven by higher US Treasury bond yields. But the period of …

The FTSE 250 hit an all-time high at the end of last week, as investors look to a post-lockdown recovery.

The bitcoin price has more than doubled this year, but gold has disappointed.

Forget equities, the real post-pandemic action has been in property. And not just in the UK – it is a worldwide phenomenon.

With the gold price down by 9.5% in the first quarter of 2021, it has been a rotten start to the year for gold.

Stockmarkets continue their seemingly unstoppable rise, with US stocks up 5.8% in the first quarter of 2021, while German and Japanese stockmarkets bo…

On a cyclically adjusted price/earnings ratio of just 7.3, Russia's stockmarket is in an entirely different value category to the rest of the world. A…

The rise of electric cars and booming sales of games consoles, televisions and home computers is driving a global shortage of semiconductors.

The blockage of the Suez Canal has sent container shipping prices soaring and put global supply chains under unprecedented stress.

The People’s Bank of China, started to remove liquidity from the financial system at the start of this year, driving stock prices down.

Platinum has gained 63% over the past year but now it could be palladium’s turn to shine.

There is talk of the ten-year US Treasury bond yield hitting 2%, which would be enough to threaten stock prices.

The lack of speculative exuberance in European stocks compared to US markets bodes well for investors seeking less tech-heavy drama and more deep valu…

Turkey sacked its central bank governor after just four months in the job, sending the lira down by 15% against the dollar and stocks down by 9%.  

Brent crude oil had its worst week since October last week, tumbling by 7%, as continued virus restrictions in Europe weigh on demand.

Households across 21 rich countries have built up excess savings of $3trn because of Covid lockdowns and stimulus packages. And they're itching to spe…

With copper prices up by 75% over the past year, Iron ore prices up by more than 80% and aluminium gaining a third, we could be at the start of a majo…

The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 4.1% in the final quarter of 2020, and was forecast to regain pre-pandemic levels by the third quarter of…

China's CSI 300 stockmarket index has fallen by 10% from its latest peak. But investors may just be catching their breath. 

The yield on the US ten-year Treasury has risen from 0.9% at the start of the year to almost 1.6% this week, making stocks  – especially expensive tec…

Foreign investors have begun to pull cash out of emerging markets as they begin to look less attractive when compared to the rising return from holdin…

India's BSE Sensex stockmarket index has gained 93% since March 2020. But the gains are not justified by the economic fundamentals.

Bank of America thinks crude will hit $100 a barrel at some point the next five years as demand picks up.

The Bank of England's chief economist has warned that UK consumer price inflation will soon spike as the economy reopens, calling it a “tiger” that co…

SPACs are shell firms that list on the stockmarket in order to raise cash, then merge with another company. Once confined to the US tech scene, Europe…

Despite the shine coming off tech stocks this week, valuations have been boosted by loose money and government spending.