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Stocks slumped and havens rallied on Friday amid jitters over US economic outperformance. Another quiet data docket awaits this week

Another lively start in a week where Trump will be everywhere, including a key announcement detailing reciprocal tariff outcomes

The focus shifts to pricing and positioning for fallout from Trump’s weekend tariff announcement and the risk of tit-for-tat countermeasures

President Trump’s first week left market participants largely unperturbed, though the week brings a busy calendar of policies and earnings

Stocks & Treasuries gained last week after cool US core CPI stats, while UK economic ‘doom and gloom’ persisted.

2025 looks set to be 2025 looks set to be interesting, volatile, and maybe chaotic. Henrik Mikkelsen explores the possible outcomes

US CPI is the marquee data risk as we look at the week ahead for traders

Our regular look at the trading week ahead shows a busy data docket, highlighted by Friday’s US jobs report

Canal+ debuts on the London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq listings market looking hot and Rally plans December IPO of a dinosaur.

Thanksgiving on Thursday marks the time when most start to close up their books, but we still have some risk events to come before New Year's

Thanksgiving on Thursday marks the time when most start to close up their books, but we still have some risk events to come before New Year's

Thanksgiving on Thursday marks the time when most start to close up their books, but we still have some risk events to come before New Year's

Nvidia earnings take centre stage as the lack of marquee event risk due this week may come as a welcome relief

We head into the eye of the storm, with traders keen to price a US election outcome and move on from a polarising election campaign

We head into the eye of the storm, with traders keen to price a US election outcome and move on from a polarising election campaign

As the US election noise ramps up, traders also face the challenge of messy US nonfarm payrolls and a massive week of US corporate earnings

The event risk calendar errs on the lighter side this week, which could result in a greater focus on the increasing slew of company earnings, as well as US election risk

Those set in long positions in a select number of equity indices and USD should still be feeling good about life

Stimulus from China, coupled with rate cuts elsewhere, re-affirmed the policy put last week

Stimulus from China, coupled with rate cuts elsewhere, re-affirmed the policy put last week

We continue to digest the FOMC’s ‘jumbo’ 50bp cut, as a lighter economic docket awaits, plus end of month/quarter flows are in the mix

US large-cap equity markets last week navigated the US CPI report and the Trump vs Harris presidential debate with ease

Key event risk in the week ahead includes the Harris/Trump presidential debate, an ECB meeting and Apple's Glowtime event

With the market looking for a reason to sell the NASDAQ further, technical analysis supports short term positive moves

Fund managers are rotating out of Magnificent Seven stocks into smaller companies in anticipation of Fed rate cuts this year

Data published by Charles Schwab indicates that investors were turning more bullish on stocks in June, thanks in part to GameStop.

Some wealth managers are advising clients to diversify away from US assets as we get closer to the election in November.

Key event risk in the week ahead includes the ECB meeting, US nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate, plus Swiss CPI inflation

Markets start the week on a slow note with the US and UK sessions limited by Memorial Day and the UK public holiday on Monday.

Key risk events are US and Canadian CPI announcements, and Nvidia is set to turn the dial on US indices already at all-time-highs

The Hang Seng gained 8.8% last week helped by 20 straight days of inflows into Hong Kong equity funds from the China mainland

For traders compelled to buy the Nasdaq dips, waiting for the rip after early traders buy in seems the higher probability play

US stock indices are trading higher after a set of US unemployment data which managed to signal an increase in jobs and unemployment.

Long equity hedged with gold exposures seems the play, and looking at the charts, onwards and upwards feels like the path of least resistance

The US Dollar continues to perform; Nvidia results to keep focus on the Nasdaq and Chinese equities off to a solid start for the new year

It's another busy week. Watch for moves in Chinese markets, US earnings season big hitters are in play and energy commodities are on the move

With 16% of the S&P500 reporting this week, earnings and corporate outlooks will play a significant role in market sentiment

This important figure for US employment is frequently cited by analysts - we take a look at why

Big US tech stocks have managed to recoup ground lost earlier in the year and are set to continue their strong performance going into 2024

The week ahead will refocus trader attention on global growth dynamics, with China, Europe, and the US in the spotlight

Investors will be looking to corporate earnings to have a more positive effect on the markets and stabilise sentiment

Data reveals strong correlation between Google search trends for Tesla, Gold and the Nasdaq and the trading behaviour of UK clients

The start of 2023 has marked the return of tech growth stocks alongside the surge of generative artificial intelligence.

The Nasdaq100 has rallied in the last 15 consecutive months of July and the odds are skewed for higher levels

Looking at price action in any of the US or EU equity indices you could argue that investor sentiment is bullish

Spectrum Markets has reported traders were shifting to more aggressive long positions on key indices last month.

Last week was a momentous week from a cross-asset basis. We take a look at what is to come in the financial markets this week

We look at the data underpinning the solid rise in this large cap healthcare technology stock, which we are buying this week.

We crunch the numbers on PayPal ahead of Tuesday's results and look at how the big buyers and sellers are positioned.

Wingstop the American fast-food chain publishes results; sales up 7.5% driven by increased franchising operations

Chris Weston offers insight into the economic events upcoming this week that will impact currency and forex trades

The Etcho app, an app for conscious investors developed by the London based start-up Etcho has come out this week.

Ethical investment specialist Wahed has launched an ETF on Nasdaq which is tracking the Dow Jones Islamic Market International Titans index.

Pepperstone Head of Research Chris Weston looks at the markets in the week ahead as US earnings season kicks in

If stock prices next year meet the Fed’s 2022 interest rate hike guidelines, we could see another bubble expanding for 2-3 years.

Given current expectations and a market short of USD’s, could the FOMC meeting prove to be a volatility event for traders?

Following a peak to trough slide of nearly 1600 points we look at why the NASDAQ has the makings of a medium term short side trade.

Atlassian has seen some excellent share price appreciation in the last six months but we think this Australian data services stock has more to give.

The US election is drawing ever closer. Six weeks out, we see a weaker US dollar and strong US equities. So how might markets respond to possible outcomes on 3 November?

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 7th September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 31st August

What is the current boom in tech stocks telling us about how the sector is performing against the mainstream market and does this mean a new approach?

The use of cash shells, that list on the stock exchange prior to making a strategic acquisition, is becoming more popular again.

The expanding US-China trade war has big implications for major economies and markets around the world. Here are the numbers

The tech-laden NASDAQ Composite has advanced a sizzling 22% this year, powered by an especially strong performance among the so-called FAANG stocks

Peter Watson reviews the news to bring you two of his favourite stories each day. Today he gives his take on Lyft's NASDAQ listing and Samsung's new bendy phone

Like Facebook it was really only going to be a matter of time before the shine came off Apple shares…

The US-China trade war continues to intensify. This week, the Trump administration slapped new tariffs of 10% on $200 billion of…

So, believe it or not, we're now in the longest running equity bull market in history (it has been 3,454…

With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the potential for a 'no deal' scenario in 2019 looking ever more realistic,…

Facebook has become one of the dominant social media platforms and a favoured investment among investors and traders, but there…

How a US small cap shook up the Russell 2000 index and had ETF funds scrambling around for shares.

Following approval of Trump's tax reforms at the end of last year, US companies will be paying less tax meaning a rise in earnings across the board

US Tax Reform Bill hold up keeps investors waiting as FTSE treads water. The Dollar is unmoved while the Pound awaits BoE Parliament address

Investors continue to focus on the US TAX Reform Bill which is likely to find approval later today

Progress on the US tax reform bill has boosted US and European equities

Dollar hindered by cautious US interest rate rise boosts the Pound, holding back the FTSE while US equities set more records

Strong first half lifts Ashtead while a major pipeline closure send Oil north and US equities continue their record run

US and European politics dominate this morning despite North Korea's best efforts to spoil the party with their latest missile test

Political risks are a looming cloud on Facebook's horizon, but right now investors are focused on advertising revenues.

China A shares were originally created for domestic Chinese investors - now it is becoming increasingly easy for foreigners to buy them too, but should you?

US tech stocks have seen plenty of volatility over the last few days. Is this the end of their stellar growth?

The President told the Wall Street Journal that he thinks the ‘dollar is getting too strong’

Yesterday's ADP employment data-inspired gains were reversed following some surprises from the Fed meeting minutes which will weigh on the markets today

I got talking to the Monaco Trader recently at a cars-and-coffee event and we struck up a conversation about trading and investing in general

Part 2 of a two-part discussion with Monacotrades, a prominent Twitter-based trader and investor from the UK