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Market outlook: Mulberry earnings in focus as Donald Trump’s Treasury pick could calm markets

There has been a flurry of earnings data in the UK on Tuesday. Mulberry reported a 19% drop in first half sales. The luxury sector as a whole has been plagued by problems, and sales in Asia were a weak spot. However, the home crowd also turned their back on Mulberry this year, and UK sales also dropped 14%.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 18/11/2024

4 days ago

Our daily digest of news from UK Small Caps

The Week Ahead: Powell stumps the US stock rally as Bitcoin surges, as we wait Nvidia earnings, UK CPI

4 days ago

The mood music is shifting for the Trump trade. Stocks fell sharply at the end of last week, led by big tech. The S&P 500 was down by more than 2% last week, its weakest performance in 2 months, while the Nasdaq was lower by 3%. The market has now given back half of the post-Trump election win gains.

Pound shrugs off weak GDP data for now

7 days ago

The UK economy barely registered any growth in Q3, rising a mere 0.1% QoQ. This is a sharp slowdown from the 0.5% increase in Q2. Growth faded during the quarter, and September GDP fell by 0.1% on the month, led by a subdued services sector.

Trump’s big win is set to dominate markets as Burberry sees more weakness in China

8 days ago

President Trump’s clean sweep at last week’s election has been confirmed with the Republicans winning the House. This was expected; however, it gave the dollar a boost overnight, and GBP/USD sunk below $1.27. If we don’t see a stabilization in the pound, then it opens the door to a further decline to $1.25.

Trump vs. CPI: CPI knocks the Trump trade, as dollar and Treasury yields fall

8 days ago

US CPI for October was exactly in line with expectations. The headline rate of CPI rose to 2.6% YoY from 2.4% YoY in September. The core rate remained steady at 3.3%. The detail of the report shows that the shelter index rose by 0.4% on the month, which accounted for 50% of the increase in all items on a monthly basis.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 13/11/2024

8 days ago

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Can Trump save the FTSE 100, as the dollar reigns supreme in the FX market

9 days ago

It’s not been a great first half of the week for UK asset prices. The FTSE 100 slumped 1.2% yesterday and fell to its lowest level since August. It outperformed other European indices, but it was still outshone by US indices, and they experienced a milder decline. However, at the start of trading on Wednesday, a recovery rally is taking shape. The pound has also suffered a bruising week so far, and GBP/USD is down more than 1%.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 12/11/2024

9 days ago

Our daily digest of news from UK Small Caps

UK unemployment rate jumps, as pound sinks, and $90,000 in sight for Bitcoin

10 days ago

The UK’s labour market data was notable for two things. Firstly, the unemployment rate jumped to 4.3% for the three months to September, this is the highest rate since March, and was above estimates. The second notable figure in this report was the wage data. The average weekly earnings figure for the 3-months to September was 4.3%, up from 3.9% in August.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 11/11/2024

10 days ago

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Week Ahead: The Trump continues to dominate financial markets

11 days ago

This time last week we were talking about how close the US Presidential election would be. How the swing states were neck and neck. How wrong the polls were. At the weekend it was confirmed that all 7 swing states, including Pennsylvania, the tipping point state, and Arizona, which was only called on Sunday, had been won by Trump.

China stimulus disappoints, as 6,000 on the cards for S&P 500

14 days ago

As if this week was not busy enough, China announced a $1.4 trillion stimulus package to support a slowing economy and the potential negative impact from Donald Trump’s economic policies.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 07/11/2024

14 days ago

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The impact of Trump in three charts and FOMC preview

14 days ago

The big victory for President Trump and the Republicans has had a massive impact on financial markets around the world. Treasury yields surged, stocks reached new records and the dollar was king of the FX space. Animal spirits were unleashed, however, asset prices are calmer today. US Treasury yields are falling slightly, the dollar is lower and US stocks are rising moderately at the open on Thursday.

Trump secures North Carolina, as financial markets price in a Trump victory

16 days ago

As the US election results trickle in, one thing is starting to become clear, Donald Trump is overperforming compared to 2020 by 3%, and he is performing better than expected in key Republican states. In contrast, Kamala Harris is underperforming Biden in 2020.

The Final countdown: US election checklist

17 days ago

The time has come for the US electorate to cast their ballots if they have not done so already. But don’t expect a winner to be announced in the early hours. It could be days before the winner is declared.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 04/11/2024

17 days ago

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The Week Ahead: US election and central bank meetings to test investor stamina

18 days ago

There is a formidable amount of event risk coming up for markets in the next few days, which will test the stamina of investors. The US election, economic data, earnings and two key central bank meetings. So, let’s jump into what to look for, and what this means for markets.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 31/10/2024

21 days ago

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