On Friday March 10 the US will release it’s jobs report for February. In the Fed’s thinking a ‘tight’ (strong) labour market is inflationary. So, if the jobs print comes in above 325K and average hourly earnings above 4.8% the…
Whether the US has a hard, soft, or even no landing is a matter of debate. However, many analyst are expecting a slow down in the US economy and rising interest rates mean higher charges for customers who have credit.…
On Wednesday March 08 Jerome Powell will give his semi-annual monetary policy testimony to the House Financial Services Committee. This testimony is known as the ‘Humphrey-Hawkins’ testimony and it is a bi-annual report given to congress. The testimony is a…
McDonald’s is an American multinational fast food chain. It was founded in 1940 in California in the US. It is a US consumer discretionary corporation that has a strong seasonal patten approaching. With many analysts seeing a US recession approaching…
In this video, Giles outlines the different risk events that traders can search for using Seasonax’s risk event tool! This is a fantastic tool for searching a whole range of known market moving events. On Friday the US ISM Non-Manufacturing…
Best Buy is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer with its HQ in California. Best Buy sells a variety of different electronic goods from phones, video games, computers, and a variety of appliances. However, with some early signs this week…
Salesforce is an American cloud based software provider that has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company has cloud based applications that focuses on e-commerce, analytics, customer relationships and application developments. As future earnings move into focus with the…
Coca-Cola is a well known blue chip US stock that can tend towards gains during recessions. As a consumer staple the thinking goes that most western consumers can still afford a soft drink even though times are tighter. So how…
Booking holdings announce their earnings release after the close on Thursday and that means there could be some volatile trading into the end of the week. Booking Holdings is the world’s number one when it comes to online travel. It…
The FOMC minutes are due out at 1900 UK time on Wednesday. Since the very strong NFP print on February 03 economic data has been leading markets away from the idea of a Fed pause. More and more analyst are…
