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An Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

In this knowledge blog post, we discuss what is the purpose of financial statement analysis and the 5 key questions to be asked when it comes to assessing a firm’s operations. We also address briefly the limitations of financial ratios ...

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Plasma stocks soared on FDA announcement

President Trump announced yesterday an emergency authorization for Blood Plasma as Treatment for COVID. Below we discuss into more details this surprising announcement and the stocks which are likely to benefit from it.

Stocks

Tesla, the "short burn" of the century?

Tesla shorts are down more than $25 billion since the start of the year as the stock is up almost 400% year-to-date. But despite this massive short squeeze, Tesla remains the biggest short in the U.S. market. There are always two sides to every ...

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US Housing stocks: winners and losers

With the pandemic forcing many people staying confined in their living spaces, homeowners, homebuyers, and homebuilders have each been impacted in different ways. Below we look at how the different segments of the US Housing markets are ...

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Fortnite “Battle royale” against Apple and Google

Fortnite-maker Epic Games decided on Thursday to play hardball against the two Tech giants Apple and Google by adding its own in-app payment system to bypass the "App Tax."

StocksForex

Basics of Harmonic Patterns & Harmonic Trading

Harmonic Trading is a way to analyse financial markets by recognising specific price patterns and the alignment of Fibonacci ratios to determine potential ...

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Electric Vehicles: NIO, the 'Tesla of China'

More and more companies are racing to bring all-electric vehicles (EV) to market as consumer tastes shift and investor enthusiasm for the space grows. In this blog post, we take a closer look at China-based EV company NIO, a company which is ...

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‘Apple One’ could get Apple to $2 trillion- and hurt Netflix, Spotify

Apple will launch Apple One alongside the new iPhone 12. That could take its valuation to $2 trillion, while hurting prospects for Netflix & Spotify.

12 August 2020
StocksBonds

NetEase earnings, jobless claims & debt auctions

Looking at the day ahead I’m watching earnings from NetEase and TUI - as well as US jobless claims and the third big day of US debt auctions.

11 August 2020
StocksMacro

Tencent earnings & UK GDP to crash 20%

Things to look out for in this day ahead are earnings from Tencent, Cisco and Lift - as well as the RBNZ rate decision, UK second quarter GDP and US CPI.

Stocks

Room for Russian stocks to outperform with first coronavirus vaccine

Russian stocks might have just gained an edge in global markets after Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

10 August 2020
StocksMacro

Biden's VP Pick, UK unemployment & SoftBank earnings

In the day ahead I’m looking out for are UK unemployment and German ZEW data, earnings from Softbank as well as who Joe Biden picks as his VP running mate.

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