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18 September 2020

USD/JPY sub-105 & UK retail sales

For this day ahead I'm watching the dollar-yen exchange rate which dropped below the 105 level – there is also UK and Canadian retail sales reported today.

Stocks ・

17 September 2020

5 highly traded entertainment stocks

Entertainment is more important than ever in the COVID era and evidence suggests a new influx of retail investors are trading the companies that are keeping them entertained.

Stocks ・

17 September 2020

Top ETF sectors of 2020

Sector performance since the start of the year: who are the winners and losers?

17 September 2020

Stocks ・ Forex ・

17 September 2020

Central bank double trouble (BOJ & BOE)

It’s central bank double trouble – the Bank of Japan and Bank of England decide interest rates also UK catalogue retailer Next reports interim earnings.

Stocks ・ Technology ・ Covid-19

16 September 2020

AstraZeneca: the new potential healing druid

The pharma giant AstraZeneca is working on a new vaccine for Covid-19 and could be well on its way to success.

Stocks ・

16 September 2020

WATCH: Video where motorless Nikola EV truck rolls down hill

Watch the 2018 promo video for the Nikola One truck, which the company now admits features a motorless truck which had been rolled down a hill in Utah.

16 September 2020

Stocks ・ Forex ・ Investing

16 September 2020

Fed meeting & Buffett-backed Snowflake IPO

For this day ahead I’ll be focused on potentially the biggest software IPO ever – Snowflake as well as the Federal Reserve rate decision and UK CPI data.

Stocks ・ Technology

15 September 2020

Snowflake IPO about to make it rain!

Snowflake just boosted its IPO price yesterday, meaning that they will most likely raise more capital with a higher company valuation than initially expected.

Stocks ・ Technology

14 September 2020

TikTok rejects Microsoft’s offer and goes to Oracle

TikTok was in discussions to sell its music-video app on the US market, with Microsoft Corp as the most plausible candidate, but they recently decided to build a partnership with Oracle instead. Reasons for this sudden change are still ...

Stocks ・ Technology

14 September 2020

Arm sold to Nvidia for $40 billion

Nvidia communicated yesterday that they were acquiring chipmaker Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion, 4 years after Softbank had acquired it for $32 billion.

Stocks ・ Technology

14 September 2020

Apple product launch (Sept 15) and what it means for Apple stock

Apple has named the product launch on September 15 “Time Flies” - suggesting the Apple Watch will be the main event - not a delayed iPhone 12.

14 September 2020

Stocks ・ Macro ・

14 September 2020

Brexit bill 1st debate & tech stock sell-off

Themes for the day ahead are ongoing sell-off in US tech stocks and the first debate on the Brexit-inspired ‘internal markets bill’ in the UK parliament.

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