RE: Double digits8 Jun 2020 15:42
strange (bigger picture) times indeed and I'm sure you will get there in the end fecm but for me there are a few key market announcements due this week which will influence (and could negatively impact) the wider market so I made a conscious decision over the weekend to pare back my exposure in all but one share this morning.
UK:
Important figures around gross domestic product (GDP), industrial and manufacturing production for April, as well as trade balance for April, are expected 12 June.
EUROPE:
GDP and Germany trade balance: Europe’s Q1 GDP figures are expected 9 June while Germany’s trade balance data for April is set to come out 8 June. This will give investors further information on the impact of lockdown across the region.
US:
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting: A key event of the week ahead will be the latest FOMC meeting with updated US economic projections, meant to take place 10 June.
Markets will be looking closely for any change in the Fed's stance alongside its updated economic projections, which will set out the expected depth of recession and speed of recovery, IHS Markit said.
Labour Market: The JOLTS labour market survey is due out 9 June. Those will be followed on June 11 by weekly initial jobless claims data. Last week, claims hit 1.9 million.
CPI: Data that sheds light on inflation in May will be published 9 June.
as I said its best never to get too greedy as unsettled markets can have a nasty habit of hitting you hard in the pocket when you perhaps least expect it.
and with the news just in of BP announcing 10,000 jobs are to be axed its sometimes all to easy to get carried away and complacent in a rising / recovering market thinking that there will be plenty more pounds and pennies still to come.
GL