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Alphabet shares are falling after worse-than-expected growth in Q1 results. With fellow tech giants stuttering, the Google owner could be next.

Astrazeneca Q1 results are expected to see revenue and earnings growth despite slowing Covid-19 vaccine sales.

The Bank of Japan is set to hold their monetary meeting across 27 – 28 April 2022, with the meeting bringing updated forecasts on growth outlook and inflation.

Barclays’ share price entered 2022 at 183p, and shot up to 217p by 13 January. However, the FTSE 100 bank is now down 27% year-to-date, hovering just above 140p.

Apple Q2 2022 earnings to grow marginally against a strong comparative in the prior year

Earnings from the UK, Europe and the US come through thick and fast this week, and from a host of sectors. Big tech names like Apple report, along with UK banks and Sainsbury’s. Meanwhile initial readings on Q1 GDP dominate the latter half of the week and will provide interest and volatility for the dollar and the euro in particular.

Tesla has yet again posted another quarter of record production, revenue, and profit. Where next for Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar trailblazer?

The Bouhmidi bands ® were developed by Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi and are based on implied volatility. They calculate an expected daily bandwidth under the assumption of normally distributed returns.

Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 25th April 2022. These are projected dividends and likely to change. IG cannot be held responsible for any changes made.

What to expect and how to trade Microsoft’s upcoming results

Netflix’s share price has fallen by 67% since November to $226, after disappointing Q4 results in January, and even worse results this week.

The recent earnings and production reports from some of the world's biggest mining companies have been difficult to read, coming during a period in which metals prices have been holding up.

Production fell at its flagship Sukari gold mine in Egypt after it took over as owner-operator of underground mining operations.

Can the Legal & General share price regain its January all-time high or is a second, volatile quarter at hand?

Alphabet’s share price is down more than 10% year-to-date and sentiments have been largely mixed. Can its upcoming Q1 earnings provide a lift for its share price ahead?

Harbour Energy shares are up 43% year-to-date to 524p, as the largest UK listed independent oil and gas company delivered exceptional 2021 full-year results.

What now for the Tesla share price after its volatile first quarter?

In this article we balance some of the key supply and demand issues affecting the oil price and its outlook.

The Twitter board has rejected Elon Musk’s offer to take the social media company private, and instead implemented the highly successful poison pill defense.

What Is a Trading Strategy? By community member gabr2002dz5.
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Earnings season moves into full swing this week, with banks, tech names and Tesla all reporting earnings for their most recent completed quarter. Also on the calendar for the week are flash PMIs for April, along with GDP for China from Q1.

Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 18th April 2022. These are projected dividends and likely to change. IG cannot be held responsible for any changes made.

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Futures rise ahead of JPMorgan earnings, inflation data

Please see the expected dividend adjustment figures for a number of our major indices for the week commencing 11th April 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 on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day. 

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.

 


NB: All dividend adjustments are forecasts and therefore speculative.<br style="color:#353c41; font-size:14px; text-align:center">A dividend adjustment is a cash neutral adjustment on your account.

 

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