Trump tariffs now in effect, however markets have generally priced this in.
Fed hints at last nights FOMC that it could raise rates twice more this year. Greenback gains removing some of the earlier gains from GBPUSD.
Carney warns that Trumps trade tariffs could damage the global economy knocking up to 2.5 percentage points of global growth over three years, but has warned Trump that these tariffs will hurt the US the most. Carney still upbeat about UK growth.
New figures sh
Asian markets fall for the fourth day and major currencies are generally trading in a tight range.
MSCI Asia-Pacific index down 0.5% whilst Japan's Nikkei (the Japan 225) loses 1%.
USD slightly softer going into US Initial Jobless Claims and FOMC minutes later today.
Gold is holding steady before Fed minutes, whilst copper and zine are stuck near their one year lows on trade woes.
Oil prices fall as Trump slams OPEC on twitter and blames the cartel for rising gas pri
Asian overnight: Another bearish session overnight saw Chinese and Hong Kong indices lead the decline, with the first round of tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect on Friday. The recent decline in the yuan was arrested, with strong dollar selling pressure from Chinese banks looking like intervention from the Chinese authorities. Australian data came in mixed, with a strong retail sales reading counteracted by a lower than expected trade balance figure. Meanwhile, the Chinese Caixin servic
Asian overnight: Sharp declines overnight are pushing the bulls out the way and the overnight session looks to be paving the way for a bearish start to the week in Europe, with circa 2% losses across Japanese and Chinese markets. The Hang Seng market was closed for a bank holiday while the Australian ASX 200 managed to limit the losses. Trade wars are back on the agenda as a key concern for markets, with a European Commission statement against car tariffs making little difference to sentiment fo
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Asian overnight: A wildly varied session overnight saw losses for the likes of the Nikkei 225 and ASX 200 counterbalanced by strong gains in the Shenzhen composite (2%) and Hang Seng (1.3%). The euro gained sharply overnight, as an agreement at the EU summit over immigration was seem to appease hard line anti-immigration leaders, and crucially ease the pressure on Angela Merkel. On the data front, a raft of Japanese economic figures saw improved inflation, unemployment, industrial production, an
Asian overnight: A mixed session in overnight markets came after the White House pulled plans to restrict Chinese acquisition of US technology, helping ease trade war fears that continue to dominate market sentiment. Interestingly, we still saw Chinese stocks fall, with the Shenzhen and Shanghai composite indices trading within the red. Once again, we saw the Australian ASX 200 gain ground amid a resurgence for crude prices. The Yen was largely flat over the session, with a weak retail sales rea
Chinese markets hit with yuan slipping to 6 month low and stock market and leading index falling.
Oil sees significant positive price action as US pressures allies on Iranian crude oil.
Trump hits out at Harley Davidson motorcycles for planning a move of U.S shores on the back of trade tariffs. 'Trading the trade wars' video by IGTV and Bryan Noble is today's featured video below.
Gold slips as investors turn to rival safe haven assets.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency cons
USDJPY falls on the back of an intensifying trade war dispute.
‘Fang’ stocks and the heavily tech centric Nasdaq slump on the same trade war fears.
Turkish lira gains from yesterday gives further reason for overseas investment in Turkey to remain wary. USDTRY looking like it could have entered a period of consolidation after rising nearly 25% from the beginning of the year.
Oil prices rise on the Libyan oil export uncertainty, however OPEC still the overarching dampener with
Global equity markets falter on trade war talk.
Turkish lira gains on a presidential win for Recap Tayyip Erdogan.
Oil sheds it's gains as OPEC agree on output hike.
Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on female drivers which could generate up to $90bn for their economy according to Bloomberg Finance
Britain sees its two year anniversary from the Brexit referendum vote. GBP down 11% in that time helping buoy the FTSE and companies who generate the majority of their revenue fro
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Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing the 25th of June 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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Oil seeing volatility ahead of a crucial meeting for OPEC on production. 'History of Crude Oil' video below.
Emerging markets aren't helped by trade war talks and slip to a 9 month low.
Trade war fallout starting to be seen with Daimler's profit warning likely to be linked to the imposed tariffs.
Relatively large macro economic day today. Give a once over to the calendar below and plan your day.
Asian Overnight: Asian markets were largely back in the red overnight, as
Trade war continues with EU initiating retaliatory tariffs from tomorrow. 25% will be levied against products from whiskey to jeans and motorbikes.
GBPUSD hits 7 month low on fears May will be ousted as PM over Brexit.
FTSE index buoyed by a depreciated Sterling.
Disney ups the bid to eclipse Comcast’s $35 a share cash offer for Fox with a $71bn deal, about $38 a share.
Trump crumbles to international pressure and signs an executive order stopping the separation of i
Asian market bounced a little on Wednesday morning on continued trade war talks. In the Chinese markets regulators sought to calm the markets.
Those with large Chinese export books such as Boeing and machinery manufacturers Caterpillar were hit the hardest with Trump's threat of further tariffs. These may be ones to watch going forward as the trade war unfolds.
The ‘big four’ accounting scandal continues with internal report from a Lloyd’s bank employee detailing allegations of mis
Asian stocks slide on further trade war tariffs.
Yen, treasuries and gold gain as traditional safe havens.
UK incomes for those in employment rise at the highest rate since the financial crisis according to IHS Markit yesterday.
CYBG confirmed yesterday it had agreed a £1.7bn tie up with Virgin Money.
Oil prices whiplash, but ultimately fall on expectations that OPEC and Russia will gradually increase output after withholding supply since 2017.
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Asian shares fall as the Trump 'tit-for-tat-tariff' goes ahead. China responds.
Ex-Japan Asia down 0.5%, Nikkei down 0.7%. China and Hong Kong markets on holiday.
Dollar eased from it's 3 week high, whilst euro remains subdued.
The World Cup has kicked off with a record 32 teams taking part. Pared with great weather so far this month, and a strong forecast going forward, pubs have the potential to thrive.
OPEC members in Vienna are to meet this week to decide on wheth
Expected index adjustments
Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 18th June 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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No special dividends expected this week.
The ECB announced the end of QE with plans to half asset purchases starting in September.
ECB interest rates left unchanged, but hints at "the summer of 2019" for a change. Euro slides.
Trump plans to impose $50bn in tariffs on China, met with a pledge of retaliation.
BoJ to keep stimulus unchanged.
Brent continued declines as Saudi Arabia and Russia hint that production figures could rise.
Unilevel is "extremely unlikely" to remain in the FTSE after it's plan
Fed raised rates as expected last night, and sees more hikes likely this year.
Trade war tensions between US and China continue. Trump to meet top trade advisors today.
Surprisingly weak data out from China regarding retail sales.
South African rand hits a 6 month low whilst the Mexican peso continues to fall to a 16 month low.
Oil largely unchanged, but larger than expected decline in US inventories, and an unexpected drawdown in g
US equity markets traded firmer overnight whilst Asian markets, for the most part, trade lower this morning
Fed rate hike and FOMC meeting later today seems priced in
US tariffs on Chinese goods reiterated by Washington
Bitcoin falls to a 2 and a half month low on regulatory concerns
PwC facing a £10m fine over their poor BHS audit
Tesla cuts 9% of staff with a refocused goal of profitability
UK, US and Europe: A mixed affair in Asia saw gains in Japan ov
Expected index adjustments
Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 11th June 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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Special Dividends
You can see the special dividends listed
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