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10 August 2020

Trump’s executive orders provide pandemic (& investor) relief

Stocks are higher and yields are flat on Monday in response to US President Trump issuing executive orders to extend economic relief to Americans.

9 August 2020

Stocks ・

9 August 2020

Swiss unemployment & Barrick Gold, Novavax

In the day ahead there is China inflation data, Switzerland’s unemployment rate and earnings from Barrick Gold, Marriott and Novavax.

Stocks ・ ESG

7 August 2020

Sustainable investments: how to select the “cleanest” funds?

Over the past years, tens of billions of new investment dollars have flowed into the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and sustainable space.

Stocks ・ Macro

7 August 2020

Trump TikTok WeChat ban shouldn’t worry China tech

A new executive order from US President Trump banning any US transactions with TikTok and WeChat is unlikely in our view to dampen China tech shares growth.

Stocks ・

6 August 2020

Video Gaming ETFs

Not surprisingly, video gaming ETFs have performed remarkably well since the start of the year. Below, we review the performance and differences of four ETFs exposed ...

Stocks ・ Forex ・

6 August 2020

Non-farm payrolls: EUR/USD trading strategy

We review the price action on EUR/USD from the past three non-farm payroll days to help us find reoccurring patterns of behaviour ahead of the August 7 NFP release.

Stocks ・

4 August 2020

Coronavirus vaccine stocks to watch

Investors are racing to invest in vaccine-producing companies, sending the shares higher on hopes for a profit windfall from selling a COVID-19 vaccine.

4 August 2020

Stocks ・ Forex ・

4 August 2020

ADP data & Moderna, BMW, Square Earnings

US July ADP unemployment and global service sector data is out Wednesday while Moderna, Square, BMW and Nikola are reporting Q2 earnings.

Stocks ・

4 August 2020

Australian shares ready for catch up after RBA

Australian blue-chip shares jumped 2% in response to the RBA restarting bond-buying while the state of Victoria battles a second wave of the coronavirus.

3 August 2020

Stocks ・

3 August 2020

Disney & BP Q2 Earnings

Disney and BP are expected to report huge earnings declines in Q2 thanks to the pandemic. Popular COVID stock Royal Caribbean Cruises also reports.

Stocks ・

3 August 2020

US Q2 earnings season: so far so good

Last week was a very busy one in terms of US corporate news as a flood of quarterly earnings reports were published.

Stocks ・

3 August 2020

TikTok and Microsoft

The TikTok saga continues. What's next and what could an acquisition mean for Microsoft?

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