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    • London's house prices - EMEA brief 21 Aug

      London's house prices - EMEA brief 21 Aug

      JamesIG posted a blog entry in Market News,

      Asian stocks generally up on hopes trade tensions may ease, with opes of a China - US trade resolution pushing up copper, often seen as a barometer for the economic outlook, dragging behind it miners such as BHP Billiton and Glencore. Venezuela have debased their currency taking off five zeros, along with increase minimum wage by 3000% in and effort to prop up their economy. Yesterday the world trade organisation confirmed that Turkey had lodged a trade dispute against the US. Gold gains as Trump's remarks weigh on the US dollar, whilst oil edges up on tighter US outlook and Iran sanctions. Finally, see what's going on with London house prices in the IGTV video featured video below.
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    • Oil prices slip - EMEA brief 20 Aug

      Oil prices slip - EMEA brief 20 Aug

      JamesIG posted a blog entry in Market News,

      Iran has stressed to OPEC over the weekend that no other member country should take up the slack for reduced oil exports in the face of Trump imposed US sanctions. Oil prices slip on concerns over slowing economic growth. Asia shares inch up with yuan ahead of Sino - US talks, whilst UK ministers are set to release their first ‘no deal’ Brexit documents on Thursday in an effort to prepare for a “worst possible” outcome. Persimmon results are expected tomorrow, with many in the sector looking to the release as a barometer for the wider housing sector and how a rising inflation rate will affect the market.
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    • Over Exposed Traders, Global Taper Tantrum, Jackson Hole - DFX key themes

      Over Exposed Traders, Global Taper Tantrum, Jackson Hole - DFX key themes

      JohnDFX posted a blog entry in Market News,

      There are a few undisputable and universal forces when it comes to the financial markets. One of those all-powerful winds is the concept of risk trends which is referred to by many names such as ‘risk on, risk off’ or referenced unknowingly when we blindly attribute market wide movement to animal spirits through technical cues, smart versus dumb money, panic to greed.

      Another of these truisms is the allocation of capital. While total wealth does grow and contract, it is apportioned to some market whether that is emerging market equities to US Treasuries to home mattresses. In a global market, there is also distribution to different regions according to what country or collective economy presents the best opportunities.

      And, from this parsing of investment preference; we can learn a lot about the market; but one of the most elemental solutions is the global market’s general bearing for sentiment (the risk trends referenced before). There are no easy, definitive measures for allocations across such a wide universe of markets, but there are various measures for specific areas and key ports for which to apply measure such that we come to a good understanding of the markets’ health.
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    • Expected Index Dividend Adjustments 20 Aug - 24 Aug

      Expected Index Dividend Adjustments 20 Aug - 24 Aug

      JamesIG posted a blog entry in Market News,

      Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 20 Aug 2018. If you have any queries or questions on this please let us know in the comments section below. For further information regarding dividend adjustments, and how they affect  your positions, please take a look at the video. 
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    • Swing vs Scalp

      Swing vs Scalp

      Caseynotes posted a topic in General Trading Strategy Discussion,

      How about a quick risk/reward calculation for Friday? Cast you vote in the following poll posted by Caseynotes on the general trading discussion board. Casey explains: "I saw this go through on twitter a couple of weeks ago and thought, yes, that's a good lesson. But looking at it again I just realised it was actually a poll with people voting on the answer. The results of the poll (over 16,000 votes) are a bit scary - I'll save that for later."
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    • How do I access IG Community via mobile?

      How do I access IG Community via mobile?

      JamesIG posted a tutorial in Community Tutorials,

      You can access IG Community from any computer, mobile device or tablet by going to community.ig.com, but you can also access via a mobile using the following methods for iOS and Android. Grab your phone now and try?

      Community is clever. If you are signing in with the same user details it will remember which content you’ve read, what your personalised search settings are, and how you have your notifications set up.
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