Federal Reserve

Asian markets enjoyed a mixed trading session at the start of the week, oscillating between gains and losses as the latest relief rally comes under pressure.

Investors should respond to the looming rise in interest rates with "equanimity" and carry on as usual, international investment strategist at advice firm deVere Group, Tom Elliott, has suggested.

The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

European markets are set to join the global rally which followed the release of a ‘dovish' statement from the Federal Reserve on monetary policy.

Dovish Federal Reserve minutes sent US and Asian markets higher overnight, allaying fears the Fed could raise rates earlier than expected.

The US Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen has hinted that interest rates in the US could start to rise in early 2015.

Japan's Nikkei has dropped another 2.5% overnight as equity markets move further into the red following a fresh tapering announcement from the US Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve saw jobs growth in the US as the trigger to begin tapering QE, and has raised its economic growth forecast, the minutes of the last Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting reveal.

The US dollar is closing in on a five-year high versus the yen, with gold heading towards a one-year low, ahead of the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's historic December meeting.

Jupiter's Peter Lawery has said the next five years promise to be uncomfortable for investors as they try to dodge 'punches' in the form of central bank policy moves.