The US Federal Reserve played its merry games with the markets as it added supposed clarity around the “tapering” of its QE4ever program with the statement that it could reduce the buying level in the “next few meetings” – or it could reverse any cuts or actually increase their bond-buying…

Market mood was complacently buoyant for most of March, until fundamentals hit the last day. It was a strange end to the quarter, when normally the bulls in an up market make one final push to mark the books in their favor. In the news, we all have heard more…

The mood of the markets turned a bit on edge in February as January’s giddiness subsided. This is not to say that results soured – the S&P 500 continued its bull run, although on lighter volume. But apart from approaching the psychological milestones of the previous highs, the real economy…