Company performance, economic and political events and especially market sentiment will always influence market movement. I have briefly summarised some events that may actively impact markets Market moving news roundup, 18th July 2019 Summary Japan exports fall. Sterling continues its slide. Bank of Korea delivers unexpected rate cut of 25Read More →
Closing positions of: DOW, FTSE 100, S&P 500, DAX, NASDAQ, NIKKEI & GOLD FTSE 100 – closed at: 7532 (up) DAX – closed at: 12387 (up) DOW – closed at: 27359 (up) – RECORD HIGH! S&P 500 – closed at: 3014 (up) – RECORD HIGH! NASDAQ – closed at: 8258Read More →
Closing positions of: DOW, FTSE 100, S&P 500, DAX, NASDAQ, NIKKEI & GOLD I trade these indices on a regular basis FTSE 100 – closed at: 7506 (down) DAX – closed at: 12323 (down) DOW – closed at: 27332 (up) – RECORD HIGH! S&P 500 – closed at: 3014 (up)Read More →
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 dueRead More →
Scheduled economic news most likely to move markets today Australia – consumer data – inflation and loans Germany – consumer price data due at: 07:00 (BST) UK – BoE governor speech and financial stability report due at: 11:00 & 10:30 (BST) EU – ECB monetary policy meeting accounts report dueRead More →
Headwinds brewing? Trade concerns and an uncertain economic outlook make a Fed July interest rate cut highly probable after Fed chair, Jerome Powell addressed his concerns to U.S. congress. Comments made by the Fed suggests that growth in the second quarter appears to have moderated, business investment appears to haveRead More →
Investors continue to fret over the possibility of a U.S. interest rate cut The main US indexes are down over the last three days as investors continue to fret over the probability of an interest rate cut in July, as an element of doubt was introduced by better than expectedRead More →
Scheduled economic news most likely to move markets today China – consumer price data UK – manufacturing, trade balance and industrial production data due at: 09:30 (BST) UK – GDP – Gross Domestic Product figures due at: 09:30 (BST) Germany – bond auction U.S. Fed’s chair Powell speech due at:Read More →
The U.S. earnings season is almost upon us and this data will likely move markets more so than usual My dilemma is what the Fed will do regarding interest rates in either of these ‘what if scenario’s…‘ And the dilemma is… First – What if we see weaker than expectedRead More →
Scheduled economic news likely to move markets today U.S. – an array of Fed speakers today with the Fed’s chair Powell speech scheduled for: 13:45 (BST) Summary Ongoing – U.S. & China trade war – talks progress update awaited. Fed July interest rate cut speculation has been dampened as betterRead More →