The long and short of it

Launch of Short and Leveraged Exchange Traded Products on top performing U.S. tech stocks

An introduction to GraniteShares short and leveraged daily Exchange Traded Products on U.S. tech stocks.  The ETPs are listed on London Stock Exchange and provide exposure to major U.S. tech stocks:  Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix, NVIDIA, Tesla, Uber.

Markets turn red on new tariff concerns

Investor concerns led to broad market weakness in the week ending 26 June.  Concerns were focused on a number of areas:  scope for a tit-for-tat trade dispute betweeen the US and the EU and UK over the subsidies to the aerospace sector;  growing rates of coronavirus infections in certain U.S. states; and initial jobless claims that continue to be in excess of one million.  Company focus is on BAE Systems, which issued a trading update, BP, which on 29 June, announced the sale of its petrochemicals business.

Markets going on a summer holiday despite growing debt pile

Markets rose over the week as investors focused on the positives but there are factors causing investors to be anxious, reflected in the VIX, the so-called fear index, trading above 30.  Rising debt levels and a second wave of Covid-19 are two of the factors that stand out.   Stocks mentioned this week include BP, Diageo and Glencore.

Back on the big dipper

Some insights into what caused markets to tumble last week, focusing on concerns about a second wave of the pandemic and a dovish Federal Reserve.  It was a week when many stocks delivered negative returns and in relative terms it was the defensive stocks that performed best.  Stocks mentioned this week include AstraZeneca, which is signing more agreements for the distribution of Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine, and BP, which is looking to reduce its workforce by 15% and is looking to make some big write-offs in Q2.  Listen to find out more.

Markets on a charge, the bulls are back in town

Some insights into what moved markets last week, including some surprisingly positive economic data, and oil prices rising boosted by news that OPEC+ is extending its production cuts until the end of July.  Companies discussed include AstraZeneca, BP and Royal Dutch Shell.  This new week brings the FOMC meeting in the US, and academics have made an interesting observation about stock performance around this meeting. Listen to find out more.