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Dive into daily market insights and trading opportunities in equity, forex, and commodity markets with our esteemed analyst Giles Coghlan. His cutting-edge analysis has been featured in Reuters, Business Insider, WSJ, Financial Times Adviser, NBC, LBC Radio, CoinTelegraph, Guardian Observer, National Express, and numerous other prestigious financial outlets.

Nikkei seasonal patterns to note

Japanese stocks have been on a strong run this year on hopes that Japan may be exiting its stagflationary environment. Warren Buffet was positive over Japanese stocks earlier in the year and many US investors have been looking at investing…

August 11, 2023
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Proctor & Gamble’s strong seasonal trend approaches

Proctor & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods company that offers a wide range of goods across different categories. Many prod-ucts that the company sells are considered consumer staples such as beauty and grooming products, household care products, and over the counter medications including big name brands like Crest, Oral B, and Vicks.

August 10, 2023

S&P500 summer slide ahead?

There is longstanding Wall St. saying which says to, ‘Sell in May, and Go Away’. This is because summer has a reputation for being a weak time for US stocks. So, does that mean a summer slide is ahead for…

August 3, 2023
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Can gold gain through August?

On average gold has gained 1.87% through the month of August. The months of July and August tend to be strong for gold seasonally and the appeal of gold could be set to grow further over the coming months. Gold…

August 2, 2023
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Nasdaq weakness ahead?

Over the last 25 years the two strongest months have been in July and October. However, the weakest months come in February, August, and September.

August 1, 2023
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Will the GBPUSD fall out of the BoE meeting?

Next week the Bank of England meet and expectations in short term interest rate markets are that they will hike rates again. However, there is uncertainty about whether that will be a 25 or 50bps rate hike. The current expectation is around a 60/40 split in favour of just a 25 bps hike.

July 28, 2023
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Have you seen the ‘turn of the month dynamics’ for August?

From a seasonal perspective stocks tend to do well over the turn of the month from around the 26th to the 5th. The most likely reasons for this is due to fund inflows and index payments that occur around the turn of the month.

July 27, 2023
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Will the ECB send the EURUSD lower?

The stage is set for an ECB rate hike of 25bps on Thursday at 1315UK time, with both short term interest rate markets and econ-omists anticipating it. Christine Lagarde's clear signals have solidi-fied expectations for a July rate hike. Yet, the lingering uncertainty remains: What will the ECB reveal about its plans for September?

July 26, 2023
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Is the Fed set to send gold higher?

Short term interest rate markets are pricing in nearly a 100% chance of a Fed hike on Wednesday this week when the Fed meet. Interest rates are expected to rise to 5.375% from 5.125%.

July 24, 2023
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AUS inflation data could push the AUDUSD lower

Inflation data is a major focus for the Reserve Bank of Australia and a headline that prints below 5.8% and a trimmed mean below 5.9% will surprise markets and reassure the RBA that inflation is moving lower and would give the RBA confidence to remain on hold for rates.

July 24, 2023
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