investingLive European markets wrap: Dollar steady ahead of ADP, precious metals cool off
Headlines: Markets: USD mixed, overall FX little changed European equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.1% US 10-year yields down 3.7 bps to 4.141% Gold down 1.1% to $4,447.09 WTI crude flat at $57.01 Bitcoin down 1.4% to $91,948 There wasn’t too much in the headlines in European trading today. The handover from Asia saw […]
ADP December national employment +41K vs +47K expected
Prior was -32K Goods-19 versus -19K last month Service -13K versus -13K last month small business vs -120K prior (6 of the last 7 months have been negative) medium businesses vs +51K prior large businesses vs +39K prior The next Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) non-farm payrolls report (Employment Situation) is scheduled for Friday, January […]
Rumble and Tether launch digital wallet for crypto payments to creators
Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski reacts to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looking to mend fences with the Trump administration on ‘The Big Money Show.’ FIRST ON FOX: Rumble said Tether announced Wednesday the launch of a new digital wallet system that would allow users and creators to send, receive and store cryptocurrency directly on […]
Line-ups, stats and preview for Supercopa semi-final
Real Madrid take on city rivals Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa semi-finals on Thursday. Read our in-depth preview here City rivals Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will renew hostilities on Thursday evening when they meet in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final. Atleti are bidding to win the competition for the fourth time in their history, […]
Rogue Planets And The “Einstein Desert” Mystery: The Unexplained Gap Between Low And High Mass Objects
The first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet was announced in 1992, when astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail reported two or more planet-sized bodies orbiting pulsar PSR1257 + 12 using the Aricebo telescope. The first confirmed discovery of a planet orbiting a main-sequence, Sun-like star came a few years later in 1995, in the form […]
See what £10,000 invested in red-hot Ocado shares just 1 month ago is worth now…
Image source: Getty Images Ocado (LSE: OCDO) shares are going gangbusters. The UK stock market is flying, but Ocado’s success is on a different scale. Is 2026 the year it finally fulfils its potential and makes investors rich? I hold Ocado shares myself, so I’m loving this moment. But I’m also wary. The FTSE 250-listed grocery […]
Despite all the de-dollarisation talk, the greenback held steady for more than 9 months
In 2025, the most important event was Trump’s “Liberation Day” in April where he announced the reciprocal tariff rates for pretty much all the countries in the world. The tariffs were set so high that they surprised everyone and led to risk aversion in the markets. Given the strong selloff in the US dollar in […]
Meet The Psychedelic Earth Tiger, A Funky Addition To Fauna & Flora’s “10 Species To Watch” In 2026
Some animal names really like to keep you guessing. Just take the “psychedelic earth tiger,” for example. Not a hallucinogen, planet, or tiger, but in fact a very cool spider. Also known as the LSD earth tiger, or Indian rainbow tarantula, this vibrant species has earned itself a spot on Fauna & Flora’s 10 Species […]
The Burberry share price is going bananas – what’s happening?
Image source: Getty Images Every time I check the Burberry (LSE: BRBY) share price, it’s doing one of two things. Bouncing up, or bouncing down. Lately, it’s been moving by several percentage points almost every day. What’s it trying to tell us? The FTSE 100-listed luxury fashion retailer has a lot of explaining to do, given its recent […]
US ISM services set to reflect a slowdown in activity towards the end of last year
The estimate is for the headline PMI reading to drop to 52.3, down from 52.6 in November. That will point to a further moderation in business activity to round up the year, as reflected in the S&P Global PMI report yesterday here. If the ISM print matches the estimate, that will be the softest reading […]
