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Weekly Roundup & Look Ahead: Equities set to dominate thinking as the US reporting season kicks off

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Synopsis of the week The FTSE 100, FTSE 250 & FTSE all share all hit intra-day highs on the same day for the first time since December 1999. Political statements continue to crush Sterling as GBPUSD hits a succession of new 30-year lows throughout the week. German business confidence figures came in much stronger than expected while Chinese exports drop…

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Share Radio: Global Perspectives – Sterling snoozefest

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Sterling has seen much politically driven volatility over the last few weeks, but today marks a relative snoozefest. Maybe traders have been convinced by Boris Johnson as he today dismissed fears over leaving the single market. The Foreign Secretary, speaking in front of the Commons foreign affairs committee, has claimed that the “term ‘single market’ is increasingly useless” and that…

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Weekly Roundup & Look Ahead: Sterling has a week to forget, as politicians pummel it

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Synopsis of the week Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative party conference casts doubts on the UK’s ability to maintain passporting rights with the EU sending Sterling spiralling lower. The collapse of the UK Pound against the US Dollar has boosted the FTSE as 80% of the companies in the index see their income derived from US Dollars. News that…

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Spotlight Report: How will the US elections affect Global investors?

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you’ll be well aware the two leading parties, Republicans and Democrats held elections earlier this year to decide who would be their nominated presidential candidate. The larger-than-life Donald Trump was the person most responsible for making events so watchable. However, expectations were that sooner or later his push…

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Weekly Roundup & Look Ahead: Fears surrounding German banks send volatility shooting higher

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Synopsis of the week Deutsche Bank has hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as markets squeeze the shares lower in both European and US trading. OPEC agree to cut output, but will not completely ratify or implement until its November meeting in Vienna. Having already seen April’s agreement fall apart and being reliant on Saudi Arabia and Iran…

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Weekly Roundup & Look Ahead: Like the ECB & Fed before, the Bank of England hold off adding further stimulus

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Synopsis of the week The Bank of England have decided not to add to the stimulus measure that they took in September. While at the same time they have reaffirmed their intentions to take further actions in the future if required. European equity markets spend the week drifting lower as weak economic data and a lack of stimulus can’t prevent…

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