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Key economic events and reports of the upcoming week
Key economic events and reports of the upcoming week

Monday, January 6, 2020 - Composite PMI (Dec)(GBP), Services PMI (Dec)(GBP).Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - CPI (YoY) (Dec), ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Dec)(USD), Ivey PMI (Dec)(CAD).Wednesday, January 8,...

OPEC Doubles Down on Production Cuts, Paving way for a Faster Market Rebalance
OPEC Doubles Down on Production Cuts, Paving way for a Faster Market Rebalance

New, extended quotas for output cuts comparing to old ones from October 2018 will come into force on January 1 under the agreements of the OPEC + countries. The deal to reduce oil output by 1.2...

Baltic Dry Index Tumbled 10% - What’s Wrong with sea Freight Traffic?
Baltic Dry Index Tumbled 10% - What’s Wrong with sea Freight Traffic?

While gold and other defensive assets are responding to short-term disturbances in the news background, whether it is the killing of a senior Iranian general in Iraq or North Korean leader preparing...

The Friday Forex Takeaway - Episode 15
The Friday Forex Takeaway - Episode 15

Key Points From This WeekTrump Announces Trade Deal Signing DateGlobal investor appetite was strengthened this week in response to Trump’s announcement that the US and China will now sign off on the...

Eurozone, UK PMIs: Weakness will feed into Q1 2020
Eurozone, UK PMIs: Weakness will feed into Q1 2020

Eurozone manufacturing sector reiterated that it is not ready yet to render support to the broad economy in the first quarter of 2020 - including December, activity fell for 11 consecutive months, and...

The Crude Chronicles - Episode 19
The Crude Chronicles - Episode 19

Opportunities & Risks For WTI In 2020The CFTC COT positioning report showed that WTI traders increased their positions by 13,700 contracts last week, taking the total position in WTI to 550,077...

Top Market Themes 2020
Top Market Themes 2020

Rather frustratingly, it seems that many of the big themes set to dominate 2020 will really be an extension of the stories that took centre stage over 2019.US-Sino Trade Negotiations.With an initial...

Best Performing Currencies 2019
Best Performing Currencies 2019

British Pound 3.84%It's been a classic comeback story for the pound this year. After spending three months in free-fall against the dollar, spiralling lower from 1.33 – 1.20 (which actually...

The IndeX Files 31-12-2019
The IndeX Files 31-12-2019

Equities End The year At HighsGlobal benchmark equities end the year well into highs with asset markets around the globe celebrating the beginning of the end for the US-Sino trade war, the evasion of...