Inflation causes the
prices of goods and services to rise over time. In a high inflationary
environment, investors take steps to help their portfolios stay intact and ease
their concerns over the impact of inflation.

 

These moves or hedges,
so to speak, can be either strategic or tactical in na

Stock market crashes
can be frightening, but there are ways to be ready
for them. While it’s tough to confirm whether the market is about to slide,
strengthening your portfolio will help you anticipate it.

 

Whether a market crash
is looming, you need to protect your investments. Here are three

Prior +5.0%Core CPI +2.3% vs +1.9% y/y expectedPrior +2.6%That’s a big blow to the ECB as euro area inflation unexpectedly hits a new record high, defying expectations. Soaring energy prices continue to drive up inflation mostly but food prices also surged to start the year. Meanwhile, services and

It’s been a relatively quiet couple of hours on the newsflow front, so I thought I’d share Newsquawk’s Daily US Opening News note to give you guys something to read, especially helpful for those of you just getting to your desks for the U.S. session.Also, a quick look at USD and 10-Yr Yields USD Mon

Eurozone Unemployment Rate: 7% (Forecast 7.1%, Previous 7.2%)EURUSD @ 1.1257
Full Report

UK Mortgage Approvals: 71.015k (Forecast 66k, Previous 66.964k)UK Mortgage Lending: 3.571B (Forecast 3.522B, Previous 3.693B)UK M4 Money Supply: 0.1% (Forecast -, Previous 0.7%)BoE Consumer Credit: 0.800B (Forecast 0.4B, Previous 1.233B)GBPUSD trades @ 1.3484

UK Markit Manufacturing PMI Final: 57.3 (Forecast 56.9, Previous 56.9)Key findings:Production rises at fastest rate in six months
New order growth slows despite mild uptick in new export businessInput cost and output price inflation easeFull Report

Russia’s Rouble getting a bid. Certainly being helped by the news that Russia is sending Nat Gas to Europe via UkraineEuropean Gas Prices Tumble as Russia Boosts Flows Via UkraineAlso comes after Ukraine has been very vocal on the fact that they aren’t seeing much/if any escalation in Russian action

The last week has been
an interesting one for FX in terms of economic events, and there’s more that
traders should expect this week. We have the upcoming RBA Rate Statement and
Cash rate, OPEC-JMMC Meetings, BOE Monetary Policy Summary, ECB Press
Conference and NFP. 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received an update on the internal inquiry into potential lockdown breaches at his Downing Street residence, the Cabinet Office said in a statement on Monday. A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: „We can confirm that Sue Gray has provided an update on her inve