President Trump is due to sign the U.S. China Phase One trade deal today, 15th January 2020. The deal is clearly a positive move in the right direction and very welcome. It’s definitely injected steroids into the U.S. economy and helped stocks enjoy an end of year rally. But willRead More →
Investors have something else to fret about right now as they worry that U.S. – Iran tensions may escalate. Iran has threatened retaliation in response to the U.S air strike that killed an Iranian military commander in Iraq last week. Oil Oil prices increased initially after the attack, but haveRead More →
November 2019 saw U.S. stocks benefit from continued speculation surrounding the possibility of a U.S. – China trade deal. Positive comments such as, ‘trade talks progress’ and ‘we’re close to a deal’, blindly pushed U.S. stocks to all time new highs! The DOW, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all becameRead More →
Lets talk Where now for trade talks? The market is heavily preoccupied with the upcoming U.S. – China trade talks due to resume on 10th October in Washington. Every little nuance pushes the market. The tiniest whisper to an explosive news piece can dramatically move markets. So, where now forRead More →
Trump impeachment proceedings launched by the democrats Market moving news in brief On 25th September 2019 – reports stated that Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives announced that the U.S. Democratic Party had begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump – reportedly over allegations thatRead More →
What a difference a day makes – or a even a few weeks… Just a few week’s ago, President Trump was ramping up additional tariffs after China retaliated with a return salvo as new tariffs came in to force from both sides on 1st September 2019. Markets fell back afterRead More →
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 holidayRead More →
Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 29th 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 29th August 2019 Japan – bond investment dataRead More →
Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 27th August 2019 Company performance, economic and political events but especially market sentiment will always influence market movement, good or bad. Summary Economic news calendar 27th August 2019 main market moving scheduled events Quiet ‘scheduled’ news day…Read More →
Market moving daily news roundup – events & news likely to move markets 19th August 2019 Company performance, economic and political events but especially market sentiment will always influence market movement, good or bad. Summary Economic news calendar 19th August 2019 main market moving scheduled events Japan – trade balance,Read More →