After dipping below the key parity level, the EUR/USD has roared back to life with a 10% bounce from its 20-year low. Here are three key things to watch for in 2023.
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US equity markets continue to drift slightly lower overnight, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq delivering its fifth consecutive day of decline while the DJIA eked out a flat close.
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Rolls-Royce, Legal & General, Avacta, and Diploma could constitute four of the best UK shares to watch early next year.
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The festive season is upon us, with changes to our normal trading hours. Take note of these changes listed below (UK time) so you can plan your trading activity in advance.
Date
Market hours
Friday 23 December
UK markets close early at 12.30pm. FX and our out-of-hours markets close at 10pm
Saturday 24 December
All markets are closed
Sunday 25
The dollar has started to reverse towards year end, but what does 2023 look like for the all-important greenback?
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There’s a growing sense that, if Chinese government sticks to the reopening path, China’s economy will have the greatest potential to deliver a strong rebound throughout the 2023, given that it has been so damaged by the pandemic.
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This was a year of heavy declines for many tech stocks, but will 2023 be better?
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While US equity markets managed to pare the bulk of their losses last Friday, they failed to hold up into the new week in light of the upside surprise for US November ISM services PMI.
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While Asian equity markets are showing early signs of a trend reversal, regulatory risks remain and the region’s property sector is still a weight on China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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As the Reserve Bank Board of Australia prepares to meet on Tuesday, we look at what to expect and how the latest decision could impact the ASX 200.
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With the year coming to a close and a new chapter just around the corner, let’s take one more look at the journey travelled and see what we can expect for the 2023.
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WHY DO TRENDS IN MARKETS FORM?
Technical analysis is often a misunderstood discipline, and even misrepresented by some of its biggest proponents. Technical analysis doesn’t so much drive the market (although there is an element of technically-driven trading occurring), but is a way to analyze market participants’ collective perception of the underlying fundamental drivers and catalysts, or fundamental theme when one develops. You can think of the primary tool of technical analysis, a chart,
Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 5th December 2022. These are projected dividends and likely to change. IG cannot be held responsible for any changes made.
Dividends highlighted in red include a special dividend, therefore some or all of the amount will not be adjusted. Amount in brackets is the expected adjustment after special dividends excluded (where shown on major indices). Dividend adjustments due to be posted o
After the recent stellar gains from Fed’s peak hawkishness, major US indices largely took a breather on some profit-taking overnight despite the US dollar and Treasury yields heading lower.
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Friday’s US jobs report could see job growth suffer, but the market response can be hard to predict
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The US equity markets started off on a muted tone but soared after Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell took the stage.
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Crude comes back into focus this weekend, with the OPEC+ production decision coming ahead of the expected G7/EU price cap on Russian oil
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Copper, Gold, and Lean Hogs could be the three best commodities to consider trading through Q4.
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Major US indices failed to follow through with the positive moves surrounding Chinese equities yesterday.
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Major US indices reversed course to kickstart the new trading week as an 8% jump in the VIX reflected heightened fears in reaction to recent protests in China, which weighed on China-exposed companies such as Apple (-2.6%).
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Tested technicals, unfavourable fundamentals, and sell sentiment amongst CoT speculators.
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The holiday-shortened trading week saw major US indices inching higher amid thinner trading volume, with a series of US labour data in focus this week to provide greater indications for market direction.
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