Historically, September has been a relatively weaker month in the financial world. What are the key events and releases could potentially influence the global markets this September?
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Investor Spotlight reviews the results of Commonwealth Bank, Woolworths and Appen, and analyses their stock’s charts.
IG Analyst | Publication date: Wednesday 30 August 2023
In this week’s bonus edition of Investor Spotlight, we review the results of three companies from the ASX reporting period and analyse their stock’s technicals.
Wall Street took comfort from several downside surprises in US macro data overnight, with the data taming some rate hike bets and saw US Treasury yields decline.
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Explaining the significance of semiconductor companies, and a rundown of some of the best semiconductor stocks to watch. These companies have been chosen for their historical earnings growth, market size, and sector dominance.
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Tentative signs of stabilisation in AUD/USD’s recent slide; AUD/NZD rebounds from key support and AUD/JPY flirts with key resistance.
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Wall Street gained for the second straight day, as US Treasury yields took a breather after touching their recent highs.
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The Week Ahead Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week Week commencing 28th Aug.
Axel Rudolph's insight
Following last week’s Jackson Hole symposium with its central bank guidance on monetary policy, this week’s focus will be on European and US inflation, consumer confidence and unemployment data. China and US manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMIs) and Japan/German retail sales will also be of interest to market participants. Although earning
Nvidia has delivered an impressive quarterly result for Q2, 2023. So, what does Nvidia's financial report indicate, and can this upward momentum in its stock price be sustained?
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Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 28th Aug 2023. These are projected dividends and are likely to change. IG cannot be held responsible for any changes made.
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The resumption of the FANG stocks long-term uptrend calls for new record highs.
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The Federal Reserve's central banking symposium gets underway today in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The big question is, will it clear the air for the markets on interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic going into Autumn?
Jeremy Naylor | Analyst, London | Publication date: Thursday 24 August 2023
It was a very different story last year where central bankers were fighting runaway inflation and the message was t
Technical overview remains cautious on the daily time frame, while bullish on the weekly and, in sentiment, retail trader sell bias rises.
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Monte Safieddine | Market analyst, Dubai
Outlook on FTSE 100, DAX 40 and S&P 500 amid S&P Global U.S. bank downgrades, U.S. long dated yields surging higher and Zoom beating estimates.
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Axel Rudolph FSTA | Senior Financial Analyst, London | Publicat
Stocks yielding a reasonable dividend often make solid additions to the portfolio. These 10 dividend stocks have been selected not just on yield, but also on their ability to reliably continue paying out.
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Major US indices were subdued to end last Friday, but nevertheless, it reflected an attempt to stabilise following three straight days of heavy losses.
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Crude oil faces some challenges with China’s outlook in focus; higher Treasury yields and the China situation might be related and the PBOC is poised to ease policy today.
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The AUD/USD marked its fifth consecutive week of losses, beset by a constant barrage of negative news both from within Australia and abroad.
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The Week Ahead Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week Week commencing 21st Aug.
Chris Beauchamp's insight
This week’s Jackson Hole meeting will see central bankers from around the globe meet to discuss the outlook for the global economy. Flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMIs) will be the key event earlier in the week, along with the German IFO report. Earnings season is winding down, but Nvidia’s earnings will be in focus given the excitement aroun
Please see the interest rates that are used when IG calculates the overnight funding rate (per annum) on shares and indices. This does not include the IG admin fee. The information provided is an indication as of 21st Aug 2023 and will be published weekly on Mondays.
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UK retail sales fell more than expected in July, down 1.2% month-on-month, as the unusually wet weather saw shoppers stay inside.
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Jeremy Naylor | Analyst, London | Publication date: Friday 18 August 2023 12:23
Economists had expected a drop, but by a far smaller -0.5%. As IGTV’s Jeremy
Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 21st Aug 2023. These are projected dividends and are 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. The amount in brackets is the expected adjustment after special dividends are excluded (where shown on major indices). Dividend adjustments due to be
Walmart, an all-sessions stock, has upped its full-year forecasts as lower prices lured shoppers, but its CFO John David Rainey said "I don't want to declare that we are out of the woods here.’’
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Angeline Ong | Financial Analyst, Presenter and Content Editor, London | Publication date: Thursday 17 August 2023 17:27
Outlook on the Nvidia share price ahead of its upcoming Q2 results.
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