As if the problems with Eurozone debt and growth, along with the impositions of patchy banking regulations across the globe, weren't enough to give the markets the jitters, now the tension between North and South Korea are adding to the  volatile mix.

Concerns in the Eurozone were once again the order of the day for equity and currency markets throughout yesterday, and have continued as such early today. The euro came under renewed attack on Monday as concerns over Europe’s fiscal problems intensified after Spain’s central bank took control of a savings bank.

As many people get back to their desk this morning brightly patterned with patches of sunburnt skin, the good weather may be making them feel a bit more optimistic, and the markets are offering a little to sustain the mood.

It was another day of turmoil in the markets yesterday as fears over the drag on global growth from the struggling Eurozone nations, and the seemingly ad hoc way that financial regulation is being introduced, has caused panic.

Markets worldwide endured a turbulent day's trading yesterday as investors reacted to the ban on naked short-selling by German financial authorities. Rather than producing the desired stability for the Eurozone, this left the Euro in the firing line as a way for investors to further express their negative sentiment towards...

The big event of yesterday came after the close of European trading as Germany announced a ban on naked short selling 10 different German financial institutions as well as Euro bonds and credit default swaps. Naked shorting is selling an instrument or share without holding or borrowing what you are selling.

George Osbourne's speech didn't announce any immediate cuts, and was instead used to announce measures that had already been promised such as the timing of the emergency budget and the creation of a independent forecasting body, in an attempt to do something similar to Labour's creation of the independent MPC.

With the election over and the make up of the government finally decided, the news media has turned back to it's previous obsession, the ash cloud, grounded flights and the BA strike. The new government have already started to talk about cuts, wasting no time in blaming the previous administration...

Over a week after the election and some may have thought that the markets may have died down a little by now. We had an extended period of volatility after the election due to the hung parliament and the inevitable haggling afterwards, and although the coalition that formed was the...

Sterling's jump after the announcement of the new government proved to be short lived. Although the Pound did jump up almost 2c against the Dollar after the government was formed, it soon started to drift down, and even the charm offensive that Cameron and Clegg went on yesterday didn't help.