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Lothar Mentel, Tatton Investment Mgt, says the ECB rate decision may bring a tapering of its bond buying. However, he says, in the event of a big ‘No’ vote in the Italian referendum the ECB will want to ‘play down any excitement’. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom […]

Ron William, RW Advisory, discusses a bullish dollar. Ron looks at testing multi-year highs for DXY, a bullish dollar pushing EUR/USD to parity and, despite an overbought momentum indicator, a continuation of the trend in USD/JPY. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a […]

Mike Ingram, BGC Partners, says that while a ‘No’ vote is now priced into the markets for the Italian Referendum, there may still be volatility in the event of a ‘No’ vote as the political manoeuvring will then start. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 […]

James Stanley from Daily FX explains what is behind the recent move up in the US currency. James also discusses the points to watch as a basis for where the dollar goes from here as traders await the US jobs report and rate decision. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 […]

Jeremy Naylor looks at the apparent success of the Black Friday experience here in the UK and the follow on Cyber Monday and suggests the FTSE 350 retail sector may not benefit. Jeremy also charts Amazon, Apple and Walmart in the US. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom […]

Malcolm Pinkerton, Kantar Retail, says retailers will have been working hard to prepare the ground for cyber-Monday to enable them to entice shoppers online while at the same time maintaining as much margin as possible. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a global […]

It’s the decision the markets are desperately trying to predict, whether or not OPEC will agree to cut the production of oil. But, as Abhishek Deshpande from NATIXIS points out, OPEC is not the only player in this game. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 […]

Bryan Noble, TraderNoble.com, highlights his most recent trades where he’s buying gold, buying EUR/USD and buying S&P 500. The comments in this video do not constitute investment advice and IG accepts no responsibility for any use that may be made of them. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom […]

IG analyst Chris Beauchamp says, despite the rise for GBP/USD in the wake of the UK’s autumn budget statement, sterling lost all of its gains in the wake of a far stronger US durable goods number, highlighting USD dominance. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 […]

Global markets will be watching British chancellor Philip Hammond this Wednesday as he takes to the box to reveal his tax and spending plans for the British economy and any word on the Brexit procedure could create headwinds. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG […]

Sean Corrigan, Hinde Capital, looks first at the implications of the steepening yield curve and then turns to China. He says China’s reserve drain has coincided with a ‘market acceleration’ in money supply, causing another bubble. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a […]

Ursula Marchioni, chief strategist EMEA iShares BlackRock, says the ETP flows are heading into developed market equities and outflows from fixed income, EM assets and commodities. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a global leader in retail forex, providing fast and flexible access […]

Orkan Kuyas is a scalper, he explains how he uses pivot points to direct his trades. Kuyas was speaking at World of Trading where he was one of the speakers at the IG exhibit. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a global leader […]

Malcolm Graham-Wood, HydroCarbon Capital, says Donald Trump’s oil strategy has the potential to put prices under pressure as he opens up drilling opportunities in the US and looks to help settle some of the strains in the Middle East. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 […]

Malcolm Graham-Wood, HydroCarbon Capital, says OPEC is currently speaking to its members and will want to deliver the promised cut in production. Malcolm says, though, when it comes to it will members implement the cuts agreed? Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a […]

Warren Buffett is now keen to snap up airline stocks despite vowing just three years ago to stay clear of them and warning others to do the same. Russ Mould from AJ Bell explains the change in direction for this embattled industry. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom […]

Despite stock price pressure for some retailers John Stevenson, Peel Hunt, says consumers remain upbeat. John says, though, 2017 could be a difficult year for retail as shoppers will be increasingly reluctant to pay higher prices. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a […]

Ron William, RW Advisory, looks at past experiences around the US presidential elections and highlights the downside risk as we look to 2017. Ron considers possible long drawn out declines through 2017 and, possibly, into 2018. More on the US election: https://www.ig.com/uk/us-presidential-election?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom […]

Peter Dixon, Commerzbank, says Trumponomics represents ‘good old fashioned economic pump priming’. As such it will expand the economy, but at the expense of an already overstretched budget deficit. More on the US election: https://www.ig.com/uk/us-presidential-election?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a global […]

As gold approaches $1207 support, Jeremy Naylor looks at the MACD, relative strength index and price action and highlights the moves for the commodity across a weekly, daily and hourly time frame. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-tr… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047… IG is a global leader in retail […]

Steven Woodcock, Plutus FX, discusses his bullish stance on the dollar especially against EUR and JPY. His long-term call for 150 on USD/JPY remains, but he’s looking for slow gains rather than moving back down towards 100. More on the US election: https://www.ig.com/uk/us-presidential-election?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-tr… LinkedIn: […]

All sessions stock Walt Disney reports after the Wall Street close today. Chris Beauchamp and Jeremy Naylor look at the potential for the numbers themselves and the price action on the chart. More on Disney: https://www.ig.com/uk/ig-shares/disney-DIS-US?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-tr… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047… IG is a […]

Financial market undergo one of the biggest reversals ever, with the market seeing growth as a result of Trump’s polices. Chris Weston takes a look at the moves and what are the investment and trading opportunities as a result. More on the US election: https://www.ig.com/uk/us-presidential-election?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… iTunes: […]

Despite the fears and warning of market turmoil in the event of a Donald Trump victory we are yet to see this emerge either side of the Atlantic. Mr Trump was uncharacteristically calm in his acceptance speech and perhaps has muted the reaction. Mike Ingram, Market Strategist at BGC Partners, comments Trump’s success and the […]

Richard Hunter, Wilson King Investment Management, offers his thoughts on the Trump speech and those stocks he’s watching; including pharmaceuticals, miners, luxury goods and retailers. More on the US election: https://www.ig.com/uk/us-presidential-election?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-tr… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047… IG is a global leader in retail forex, […]

Dr David Paul, VectorVest, runs through four stocks that have been picked out from the VectorVest platform that David says show promise. Here he runs through some of the technical analysis that backs up the trade ideas. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is […]

Dr David Paul, managing director VectorVest, discusses his call for another slide in ‘cable down to around $1.12’. He explains how this could feed into another record high for the FTSE 100 through the commodity sector. Website: https://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9&SM=YT Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a […]

As the Bank of England prepares to release a slew of data for ‘Super Thursday’, Charles Dumas, Lombard Street Research, tells IG there’s too much talking the economy down and it may take time to work through this attitude. Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 […]

Richard Mallinson, Energy Aspects, says with more oil on the market OPEC has a ‘lot of work to do’ if it is to deliver its promised cut in production. Richard looks at the pressures on the cartel ahead of its meeting on 30 November and says if it fails to deliver oil will fall. Website: […]

Charles Dumas, Lombard Street Research, says the US is ‘so far behind the curve’ rates should rise today and again in December. He says rates need to be closer to 2%. Website: http://www.ig.com/uk?CHID=9?QPID=1414138388&QPPID=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGcom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IGcom Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd&hl=en_GB iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ig-trading-spread-betting/id406492428 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/igcom Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108999047065291192896 IG is a global leader in retail forex, […]