Global equities were hushed on Monday as the US enjoyed its first national holiday of the year, leaving the rest of the markets to stroll through their quietest trading session of 2021. It was a sign – if one was even needed – that Europe lacks direction without the US at the helm to direct […]

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Western markets look set to end the week on a sour note, with the FTSE slipping to a 9 day-low as trading closed and both its US and European equivalents weathering similar drops. The FTSE is among the worst casualties of the day, contemplating the new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data revealing that UK […]

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Equities around the world rose on ‘Super Thursday’ as a slew of major companies posted festive trade updates, and anticipation continues to mount for the announcement of President-elect Joe Biden’s stimulus package. With inauguration day fast approaching, it is expected that the new administration is ready to implement the multi-trillion dollar package passed by the […]

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Mounting fears of a no-deal Brexit scenario have caused UK equity funds to shed more than $2bn in the past two months, as investors opt to put their money elsewhere amid doubts over a sustained FTSE recovery. Data from financial intelligence agency EPFR Global revealed that $2.4bn has been withdrawn from funds exposed to the […]

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Trading platform, IG Prime, published a white paper laying out the views of 253 hedge fund managers, on which sectors are most likely to grow over the next twelve months. Within the 41-page document, titled ‘Hedge fund trends: Covid-19 vs the global financial crisis’, 73% of those surveyed said that health and pharma will increase […]

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US blue chip equities index, the Dow Jones, set a fresh all-time record, as it bounced over 440 points and hit 30,034 points. Beating its previous record of 29,989 points booked at the end of 2019, the US index was buoyed by rallies posted by COVID-suffering equities in finance, commodities, air travel and film. Chevron […]

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Tech and growth stock-heavy index, the Nasdaq Composite, escaped the market correction on Thursday, as virus fears crunched over-extended value equities. European equities fell sharply during the morning, with the DAX and CAC falling 0.88% and 0.67% apiece. Following was the FTSE, who, having suffered 5% losses by Kingfisher and Johnson Matthey, extended yesterday’s losses, […]

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Pfizer’s vaccine announcement saw gold and gilts sell off, while European equities rallied by 5% on Monday. Meanwhile, the tech stocks that boomed during the pandemic – and last week – saw the Nasdaq drop by 1.5% on the same day as Eurozone markets flew. Fast-rising home delivery stocks, Ocado and Just Eat, shed 5.21% […]

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Shrugging off some of last week’s losses, global equities decided Monday was a time to be bullish. Given the broad macroeconomic and political outlook, you’d think they wouldn’t have much to be positive about, but perhaps that’s just it – they priced in potential downsides too hard before trading. Alternatively, things are set to get […]

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Portfolios have had to use their back-up parachutes this week, having used their first ones on March’s market free-fall. After three days of consecutive losses, global equities pretty much held their ground on Thursday, thanks to ECB stimulus and GDP announcements. Speaking earlier in the day, IG Chief Market Analyst, Chris Beauchamp, said: “A degree […]

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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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Having posted some painful losses on Monday, continued second wave fears saw European equities lead the downward-facing indexes on Tuesday. Speaking on the day’s performance, IG Chief Market Analyst, Chris Beauchamp, commented: “A small overnight recovery for stock futures has been rapidly given back as the session got underway, and so far there is no […]

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With something of a mood change from Monday’s drop, the FTSE escaped the fates of its Eurozone counterparts, and enjoyed modest gains as trading came to a close. Starting the day off with a fall of 0.3%, to 5,867 points, the FTSE has since recovered, up 0.26% to 5,900 in the afternoon. Meanwhile, having fallen […]

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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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Online trading and investment specialist, Saxo Bank, published its fourth quarter outlook for equities, FX, currencies, commodities and bonds, in which it assessed forward-going risks, such as the impact of the upcoming US presidential election. Speaking on the unsettling effect the 2020 election might have on markets, Saxo Bank Chief Economist, Steen Jakobsen, said: “We […]

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Speaking on one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies, Fund Manager of the India Capital Growth Fund (LON:IGC), David Cornell, told the UK Investor Magazine what to be excited about as India recovers from the Covid slump. What makes India’s economy tick, and how is it innovating? According to Mr Cornell, India’s tech sector […]

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After starting the week on a bright note, the FTSE looked set to repeat yesterday’s regression. That was, before the Dow Jones opened with a relatively meagre rally, that proved enough to give the FTSE a burst of energy and finish the week in the green. Having dropped by just under a percent by midday, […]

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In a week of sharp ups and downs, global equities were perhaps ready for a quiet day as Friday swung around, and a quiet day is what they got. The Dow Jones led the pack, up 0.81% to 27,756 points – or put another way, just shy of the 28k mark it has seen as […]

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Bitcoin – the world’s largest cryptocurrency – rose above $10,000 on Monday for the first time in more than 6 weeks, alongside risk asset gold hitting an all-time high of $1,940. According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin opened at $10,169 at 6am in New York, wavered a little in the early trading hours before rallying to $10,335. […]

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The US Labor Department announced a non-farm payroll jump in June, with a monthly all-time-high of 4.8 million jobs created. This surge was led by the reopening of factories and restaurants, and far surpasses both the 2.5 million joining the labour market in May, and the 3 million forecast for new jobs in June. The […]

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The FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE: UKX), DAX (INDEXDB: DAX) and CAC 40 (INDEXEURO: PX1) all opened with an underwhelming performance on Monday morning, dropping over 1% as markets responded to mounting fears of a second wave of coronavirus. By mid-morning, both the DAX and the CAC 40 had recovered, up 0.4% – however the momentum trailed […]

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Buckle up! Normally we dole out quaint titles like ‘Black Monday’ to mark the pinnacle of a market peak or trough, before some sort of consolidation. Well, in that case, we’ve thrown out convention. Thursday marked the most drastic losses for the FTSE since 1987, bringing it down 9.3%. The index now clings on for […]

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Black Monday offered volley upon volley of bad news for investors, with the worst dip in global equities since the financial crash, and the biggest Dow Jones dip in its century-and-a-half-long history. With Brent Crude diving by a third and the Dow shedding 2,000 points after the open, Monday offered little in the way of […]

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After the leap year horror show took its fair share of casualties, global equities were keen to defiantly claw back ground, only to be halted as Coronavirus fears gripped the hearts of investors once again. Despite becoming apt at finding any source of optimism to grab onto, markets were knocked back into correction mode on […]

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Coronavirus hasn’t yet had its fill of using equities, assets and national economies as chew toys, and will almost certainly weigh on people and capital the world-over, for a good chunk of 2020. One asset class I can’t help but feel sorry for (in the midst of the biggest dips since 2008) are sustainable and […]

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With the Chinese Communist Party ousting its provincial leader in Hubei, and the Coronavirus death toll going past 1,350 on Wednesday evening, equities recoiled once again. Markets were seemingly getting used to the idea of the virus, despite some experts predicting that 60% of the world will have contracted the illness before its day is […]

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I can already picture the excited hand gestures from POTUS Donald Trump as he lauds the Dow Jones success story on Thursday. The index hit 29,200 points, beating the record set the day before and exceeding the 29,100 projection set by analysts before trading began. This followed yesterday’s completion of phase one of the US-China […]

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