Sam Hardy

Proprietary trader at Futex, providing fundamental research and news summaries with Futex Live

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Big overnight moves as Japan slips back into recession. Expect a volatile European open.

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Retail sales beat is what it took for the US 10yr to break its #insideday

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#whattowatch Keeping an eye on US Retail Sales today. Will it stay within 4 year range? Will it print above 0%?

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Germany just escapes re-entering recession with GDP for last quarter showing 0.1% growth

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I'll be keeping a close eye on central bank speakers today - there are a lot of them, talking all though the day #whattowatch

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Overnight comments from Weidmann (ECB Hawk) - he has opposed some recent ECB actions and does not expect any further action from the ECB

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Lots of back and forth between Russia and NATO over troops in Ukraine but little market reaction. Have the markets taken their eye off this?

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Watch the short sterling market if trading cable - it is providing a good leading guide

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Markets taking Carney at QIR as very dovish

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Food for thought: how does that wage growth figure effect the BoE speakers' views on inflationary risks ahead of the QIR in 1 hour?

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Here is my #BOESpeakersAnalysis https://t.co/UGUzb6hw2j

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Looking ahead to BoE QIR at 10:30 today. Comments on timing of rate rise are key. And what will BoE say about changing economic data?