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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 08/02 – 12/02 | INVESTOR OPTIMISM SPREADS GLOBALLY, AS VACCINE ROLLOUTS MOVE AHEAD AT PACE, USD CONTINUES TO RISE VERSUS ITS PEERS

  Feb 5, 21 • 881 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 08/02 – 12/02 | INVESTOR OPTIMISM SPREADS GLOBALLY, AS VACCINE ROLLOUTS MOVE AHEAD AT PACE, USD CONTINUES TO RISE VERSUS ITS PEERS

  During the trading week ending February 5 equity markets have been mostly bullish, the reasons for the renewed risk-on sentiment are various. – Vaccine rolls outs in the United States, the UK and parts of Europe are moving ahead as planned and, in some...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 01/02 – 05/02 | LEADING EQUITY INDICES FALL DESPITE EUROPE’S GDP FIGURES FOR Q4 COMING IN BETTER THAN EXPECTED

  Jan 29, 21 • 912 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 01/02 – 05/02 | LEADING EQUITY INDICES FALL DESPITE EUROPE’S GDP FIGURES FOR Q4 COMING IN BETTER THAN EXPECTED

  It was a week of GDPs this week. The USA economy’s final GDP reading for 2020 came in at –3.5%, the worst performance since 1946 recorded during the aftermath of WW2. The Q4 metric for US GDP growth came in at 4%, right on the forecast and falling back...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 25/01 – 29/01 | USD HOLDS ON TO YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS AS US EQUITY INDICES RISE DESPITE WORRYING EMPLOYMENT FUNDAMENTALS

  Jan 22, 21 • 919 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 25/01 – 29/01 | USD HOLDS ON TO YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS AS US EQUITY INDICES RISE DESPITE WORRYING EMPLOYMENT FUNDAMENTALS

  While most central banks continue to run NIRP or ZIRP monetary policies (both negative and zero interest rate policies) to navigate the ravages of the pandemic, national currency values mightn’t diverge by significant amounts over the coming months....

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 18/01 – 22/01 | MARKETS LOOK TOWARDS THE BIDEN INAUGURATION WHILE EUROPEAN PMIS COULD PROVIDE SHOCKS

  Jan 15, 21 • 976 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 18/01 – 22/01 | MARKETS LOOK TOWARDS THE BIDEN INAUGURATION WHILE EUROPEAN PMIS COULD PROVIDE SHOCKS

  Although macroeconomic influence is still evident in market behaviour, fundamentals began to impact the week’s trading sessions. Data listed on economic calendars such as GDP results, import/export figures, sentiment, Fed and ECB officials’ speeches, and...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 11/01 – 15/01 | GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS ROAR BACK TO LIFE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 2021, AS INVESTORS BANK ON A VACCINE-BASED RECOVERY

  Jan 8, 21 • 871 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 11/01 – 15/01 | GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS ROAR BACK TO LIFE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 2021, AS INVESTORS BANK ON A VACCINE-BASED RECOVERY

  The primary US equity markets, the SPX 500, DJIA 30 and NASDAQ 100 all printed record highs during the first week’s trading of 2021. The reasons were various: the Biden-Harris inauguration approaching, the Senate run-off providing more certainty to the...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 21/12 – 24/12 | HOW WILL THE MARKETS FOR STOCKS, FX AND COMMODITIES BEHAVE DURING XMAS WEEK?

  Dec 18, 20 • 860 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 21/12 – 24/12 | HOW WILL THE MARKETS FOR STOCKS, FX AND COMMODITIES BEHAVE DURING XMAS WEEK?

  The week before Xmas is traditionally a quiet time for trading in the equity, FX, and commodity markets. However, this has not been an ordinary year. 2020 has been the definition of a genuinely extraordinary year. The tragedy of the Coronavirus has dominated...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 14/12 – 18/12 | EUR/GBP reaches high not seen since September as Brexit talks crash onto the rocks

  Dec 11, 20 • 701 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 14/12 – 18/12 | EUR/GBP reaches high not seen since September as Brexit talks crash onto the rocks

  There are times if you trade forex, indices and commodities when the macroeconomic issues overshadow the events listed on your economic calendar. The current situation should serve as a prompt that your fundamental analysis skills and knowledge must extend...

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  WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 7/12 – 11/12| THE COLLAPSE OF USD DURING THE PANDEMIC IS A STORY THAT NEEDS MORE EXPOSURE

  Dec 4, 20 • 871 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 7/12 – 11/12| THE COLLAPSE OF USD DURING THE PANDEMIC IS A STORY THAT NEEDS MORE EXPOSURE

  Several factors dominated the trading week ending December 4. Covid and the optimism of vaccines, Brexit, the dying embers of the Trump administration, and stimulus discussions by central banks and governments. These are ongoing macroeconomic issues that will...

• WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 26/2 – 2/3| A week of GDP figures for Canada, the USA, France and Italy, may indicate the strength of western global growth, whilst various CPIs will reveal the level of inflationary pressures

  Feb 23, 18 • 5918 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 26/2 – 2/3| A week of GDP figures for Canada, the USA, France and Italy, may indicate the strength of western global growth, whilst various CPIs will reveal the level of inflationary pressures

  North America’s GDPs will come into sharp focus during the week, Canada is currently producing excellent growth figures and at 3.5% growth, the Canadian economy is top of the growth charts, for the Western Hemisphere. The USA is currently printing GDP...

• WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 19/2 – 23/2|The latest GDP growth figure for the U.K. and the release of the FOMC rate setting minutes will be the most closely watched calendar events during the coming week

  Feb 16, 18 • 4903 Views • Is The Trend Still Your Friend • Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 19/2 – 23/2|The latest GDP growth figure for the U.K. and the release of the FOMC rate setting minutes will be the most closely watched calendar events during the coming week

  The U.K. economy has (arguably) held up well to the potential negative impact of Brexit. The current YoY growth figure is 1.5% and whilst it’s a fall from the figures of between 2.7%-2.0% that the country was reporting in 2015/2016, the economic Armageddon...