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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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US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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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Weekly Roundup & Look Ahead: The ECB hold off on adding further stimulus for the time being

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Synopsis of the week In total the ECB have purchased over €1 trillion of debt as they have remained firm in their efforts to stimulate the EU through Quantitative Easing. They currently have a mandate to purchase €80 billion of debt a month. ECB President Mario Draghi has not used this latest meeting to extend the current scheme beyond March…

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