US President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law on Tuesday, providing $52 billion in funding for the country’s semiconductor manufacturing industry in an effort to boost national production. The Act is set to unlock $280 billion in funding to enhance US technology and manufacturing, as the country seeks to build its […]

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UK could now seek alternative arrangement Britain’s hopes of a post-Brexit trade agreement with America seem to have disappeared after news emerged that Joe Biden and Boris Johnson held talks on the matter. It is an issue which has been highlighted as a key selling-point of Brexit by Johnson, as it would have represented Britain’s […]

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Shares in leading western drugmakers down as Biden administration speaks out Joe Biden has given support to an effort to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for vaccinations as a means of supporting the supply of vaccines to developing countries. The President and his administration got behind calls for a temporary suspension of current rules as […]

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Other leaders from around the world made commitments to reduce emissions Joe Biden announced yesterday that America is committed to halving its carbon emissions by 2030. The President made the pledge during a global summit where the world’s leaders met virtually. Biden began his address by saying: “The science is undeniable.” “The cost of inaction […]

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There was widespread expectation, and concern on the part of the Republican Party, that Joe Biden would be soft on China during his presidency. However, the US President has been more hawkish than many anticipated. As tensions between the US and China continue to play out under the Biden administration, investors with exposure to Chinese […]

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Biden also confirmed intention to run again in 2024 Joe Biden announced in his first press conference as president that he had doubled his administration’s vaccination target to 200m during his first 100 days in office. “I know it’s ambitious, twice our original goal, but no other country in the world has even come close […]

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Biden stimulus adds “further fuel to the fire” of expected inflation Joe Biden’s $1.9tn coronavirus relief package is set to go through after receiving final support from the US House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill passed through the House by a narrow margin of 220 to 211 votes, with every Republican and only one […]

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Markets around the world are buzzing as Trump leaves the White House, paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden to take over in this evening’s long-awaited inauguration ceremony. After days of subdued activity across global equities earlier in the week – partly hampered by the US’s national holiday in commemoration of Martin Luther King – […]

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US President-elect Joe Biden has announced a $1.9tn economic relief package to boost the bruised American economy ahead of his inauguration next week. Although the plan still needs to be approved by Congress before it is implemented, with the Democrats holding slim majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate – the first […]

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Depending on your perspective, Chinese stocks like Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, NIO and Xpeng, are either tenacious super-growers or worrying adversaries. These super Sino equities have followed the lead of US ecommerce, media and EV titans, but all gained scale at frightening speed. The wind appears to have been temporarily knocked out of their sails, though, […]

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The FTSE 100 opened higher on Tuesday as markets continued to react well to the ongoing vaccine news. The FTSE 100 opened 55 points higher or 0.87% to 6389 in early trading, which was boosted by growth in travel stocks, energy companies and hospitality firms. In Europe, markets also opened higher. Germany’s DAX increased by […]

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Having fallen during the week before last, global equities have since been spurred by the Joe Biden victory and Pfizer vaccine hopes. On Thursday, however, some of the good-feeling steam wore off, as investors greedily priced in potential upsides in the short-term. Choosing to be overly optimistic in the moment, markets are now watching equities […]

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Monday morning saw the global stocks jump as investors welcomed the US Presidential election win. The blue-chip index climbed 94 points, or 1.6%, to 6004 points on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory over the weekend. It wasn’t just stocks in London that rose on the back of the news. Japan’s Nikkei stock surged 2% […]

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Despite being wrong about pricing in a decisive Democrat victory, markets were happy to settle with Biden as favourite to win the presidency, as they continued the boom started on Monday. Since Wednesday morning, investors have married optimism over a Biden win with lingering uncertainty, with the result being large buy-ups of monolithic tech equities […]

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On Wednesday, investors responded to election result uncertainty by heavily backing proven winners and market leaders, and this saw an enormous uptick in US big tech stocks. After making upwards movements of around 3% in futures, the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite then saw additional growth, up around 4% – at 11,605 points. This tech stock storm […]

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On the list of things markets hate, uncertainty, political conflict, and drawn-out disruption must all rank fairly highly among the top downside risk factors. Despite that, and ahead of what may end up being a closer-fought contest than many anticipated, global equities shot up at an unreasonable rate on the eve of the US Presidential […]

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The FTSE 100 has rallied ahead of the US election up 79 points or 1.4% at 5735. Almost every stock on the FTSE 100 opened higher on Tuesday morning, recovering from the 7-month lows. The FTSE 250 rose 1.35% to 17,412.93. It wasn’t just London that opened higher. Stocks across Europe climbed on Tuesday with […]

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With daily COVID cases breaking the 500,000 threshold, the final bell on Friday marks the end of a week that global equities would rather forget. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem likely, with a busy and nail-biting smorgasbord of headlines for investors to consider next week. For today, the picture was rather bleak. Despite Eurozone GDP posting […]

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It’s still an election, twenty new COVID policy measures, and a Christmas dinner away, but its worth trying to anticipate what equities will look like as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. And, here are three factors to consider. The Christmas COVID Crunch Despite the police commissioner’s misguided tough guy comments about breaking […]

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If you weren’t around to watch last night’s romp, you missed such Trump classics as: a declaration that windmills are carcinogenic bird-killers; that the US has some very nice ‘crystal clear’ water; and then responding to 500 children being separated from their parents by simply saying: “good”. On the other podium, Biden wasn’t exactly on […]

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Between the US economy being among the worst-hit by the COVID pandemic; the Biden poll lead narrowing; and Nancy Pelosi implementing a deadline for new stimulus measures to be announced, all US equities suffered on Monday. However, the Nasdaq led Monday’s losers, with the tech-laden index weighed down by the falls posted by big tech […]

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Gaining as much as 3.4% last week, global equities optimism remained largely in place as the week’s trading kicked off, with considerable rallies in the US and Asia leaving their European counterparts trailing behind. Up 0.89%, to 28,842, the Dow Jones hit 28,842 points, a new five-week high. Moving ahead even more bullishly, the Nasdaq […]

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With BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) having stated that Joe Biden remains ahead in national polling, data from marginal electoral states suggests that the gap has been closing ever since June – when concerns over the Trump administration’s handling of Covid-19 were at their peak. With some of that momentum having died off in recent weeks, however, two […]

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Following one of the biggest days across the US Election, Super Tuesday has now given the US electorate a clearer picture on the state of play. Super Tuesday is one of the biggest days in the US Election year, as 14 states all carry out their respective primary and caucuses to elect their party nomination. […]

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The US Election is transitioning very quickly – new stories, developments and pledges are changing everyday as candidates look to rally up support. The Democratic Party – who are challengers for the 2020 election to Donald Trump’s establishment are in a tough spot at the moment. Partisan divisions continue to surface around the blue party, […]

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