Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 4th September 2019 Company performance, economic and political events but especially market sentiment will always influence market movement, good or bad. Summary Economic calendar – scheduled news and events 4th September 2019 Australia – GDP data due China – service PMI reading due EU – Lagarde speech due Spain – services PMI reading data due Italy – services PMI reading data due France – services PMI reading data due Germany – services PMI reading data due EU…
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New trade tariffs take effect. Daily market moving news & events roundup, 2nd September 2019
Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 2nd September 2019 Company performance, economic and political events but especially market sentiment will always influence market movement, good or bad. Summary Economic calendar – scheduled news and events 2nd September 2019 Wall Street closed for holiday Australia – manufacturing PMI data due China – manufacturing data due Italy – manufacturing data due: 08:45 BST France – manufacturing data due: 08:50 BST Greece – manufacturing data due: 09:00 BST Germany – manufacturing data due at: 08:55 BST…
Read MoreOptimism over potential U.S. – China trade deal talks returns. Daily market moving news & events roundup, 30th August 2019
Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 30th August 2019 Company performance, economic and political events but especially market sentiment will always influence market movement, good or bad. Summary Economic calendar – scheduled news and events 30th August 2019 UK – consumer confidence reading due Japan – consumer price index data due & retail trade data Japan – jobs, unemployment data due Germany – retail sales data due UK – consumer credit data due EU – consumer price index data due EU – unemployment…
Read MoreNews economic calendar 16th August 2019 market moving scheduled events
Main scheduled daily economic news and data most likely to move markets today, 16th August 2019 Japan – foreign investment data due South Korea – trade balance data due Hong Kong – GDP data due at: 09:30 BST EU – trade balance data due at: 10:00 BST U.S. – housing data due at: 13:30 BST Note Items highlighted in red are more likely to move markets, amber and blue less so. What I regard as the ‘main’ scheduled events are listed here
Read MoreEconomic calendar 30th July 2019, scheduled events
Main scheduled daily economic news and data most likely to move markets today, 30th July 2019 Japan – jobs data and industrial figures due Japan – Bank of Japan monetary policy statement and interest rate decision and press conference. France – GDP figures due at: 06:30 BST Germany – consumer confidence survey data due at: 07:00 BST EU – business/economic sentiment and consumer confidence data due at: 10:00 BST Germany – consumer price index data due at: 13:00 BST U.S. – personal income and expenditure data due at: 13:30 BST…
Read MoreEconomic calendar 29th July 2019, scheduled events
Scheduled daily economic news and data most likely to move markets today, 29th July 2019 Quieter on the economic news front scheduled for today. Japan – retail trade data due. UK – net lending and consumer credit data. Items highlighted in red are more likely to move markets. Note U.S. – closely watched FOMC two day meeting due to start Tuesday 30th July 2019. Investors eagerly await rate cut announcement.
Read MoreEconomic calendar 19th July 2019
Scheduled daily economic news and data most likely to move markets 19th July 2019 Germany – producer price index data due at: 07:00 (BST) UK – public sector borrowing figures due at: 09:30 (BST) Canada – retail sales data due at: 13:30 (BST) U.S. – consumer confidence report, Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index – due at: (15:00) U.S. – Fed members speeches Japan – Bank of Japan’s governor speech These are scheduled events that are most likely to have an effect on markets today. Please see our new section headed: Market…
Read MoreU.S. stock markets conundrum! Dark clouds gathering?
It’s a mad mad market when good news is bad and bad news is good If we are to believe that the global economy is weakening and slowing down, then why have stock markets rallied so dramatically this year, especially in the United States? We have a mad situation where, good news is bad news and bad news is good news! It’s nothing new though, just odd! In an ideal world, shouldn’t stock market ‘performance’ be driven mainly by company ‘performance’? Right now – (12th. July 2019) – the U.S.…
Read MoreEconomic calendar 12th. July 2019
Scheduled economic news most likely to move markets today 12th July 2019 Singapore – GDP figures Japan – industrial production data China – exports and trade balance data due at: 08:00 (BST) EU – industrial production data due at: 13:30 (BST) U.S. – producer price index, energy and food due at: (13:30) BST Ongoing and new U.S. & China trade war – talks progress – report of communication on Tuesday 9th July 2019 but no new detail since. Fed interest rate cut speculation jumped up a notch on 10th July…
Read MoreEconomic calendar 4th. July 2019 Main scheduled events likely to move markets today…
Quieter day on the economic calendar U.S. – Stock markets closed for Independence day holiday. EU – Retail sales data due at: 10:00 Ongoing – U.S. & China trade war uncertainty manifests – markets waiting for ongoing trade discussion updates, FED interest rate cut (July rate cut speculation increases due to trade talks and weaker than expected economic data). Geopolitical tensions (U.S. & Iran). UK Brexit. Potential global economic slowdown concerns linger. DOW & S&P 500 continue to set new records. And Trump tweets…
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