Macro observations 82 days after the triggering of Article 50, and the beginning of the UK’s exit form the EU, Brexit negotiations finally get underway in Brussels. Diplomats from both sides of the channel now have a little over 500 days until the EU’s head negotiator Barnier’s self-imposed November 2018 deadline for an informal deal to be…
Tesco shares offered two textbook trading opportunities for traders today. So long as they were quick, and prepared to look through the gloss of a quarterly trading statement. And take the latest “everything is rosy” management spiel in the context of recent macro data, uncertain Westminster politics and most of all the shares’ technical set-up….
With the UK election excitement now all but over, markets now have an event of far greater significance to turn their attention to. Having been officially triggered back in March, Brexit will begin with a bang when UK-EU negotiations get underway in Brussels next week. These negotiations, expected to be completed by then end of…
Today, both Germany’s DAX and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index have traded at their highest ever levels, hwile the UK’s UK 100 failed to even reach its best level this week. So we’re asking, “how and why has this happened? The UK Index versus the DAX Both indices are made up of companies that are…
Tonight sees the culmination of the latest US Federal Reserve’s latest Federal Open Monetary Committee (FOMC) meeting and, despite markets widely expecting an interest rate hike when the policy update is announced at 7pm, it is still uncertain as to what the effect on markets may be. In order to assess what impact the meeting will…
Housebuilder Bellway (BWY) is the biggest gainer this morning, helping bigger peers (BDEV, TW, PSN) to the top of the UK 100 . This comes after a trading statement highlighting strong sales, upgraded guidance and soothing rhetoric about robust demand for new homes across all regions despite political uncertainty. Reservations +13% Feb through June allows…