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Gold down 7%. Silver down nearly 15%. BlackRock World Mining down 10.6%.
A tough week for the portfolio. But still up 20.8% since we started.
Here is what went wrong and what held up.
Watch the full episode here 👉 youtu.be/ijmpAPtYU3M#ArtOfInvesting#Gold#Portfolio#IGMarkets
Brent crude is stuck in a $40 range between $90 and $120.
That is the uncertainty of the Middle East conflict priced into one chart.
David Linton reads the Ichimoku cloud live to show where the support sits.
Full video: bit.ly/4v8nsNO#BrentCrude#OilPrice#IGMarkets
Four central banks meet. Only the BoJ is expected to move.
But Warsh's first Fed meeting could be just as important as the decision itself.
What are you watching? 👇
Not investment advice. Capital at risk.
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Congratulations to last month’s Beat the Street winners. Each of them has won a share of the £5,000 prize pot. Think you can do better? Keep an eye out for the next round, opening soon.
Play here: ig.com/uk/beat-the-street/?r…#BeatTheStreet#IG
Stop hunting isn't a strategy professional traders use.
Your $500 account isn't on anyone's radar when they're moving billions.
Stephen Hoad spent 30 years at Merrill Lynch, Koch Industries and top hedge funds. Here's what's really going on.
Watch 👉 youtu.be/6PXZTGjddFg?si=LIEh…
Not investment advice. Capital at risk.
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Two families. Same household income. One is £12,500 better off every year.
The difference? How that income is split.
Once you earn over £100,000 in the UK, effective tax rates can hit 66%. IG is calling for reform.
Read the full report 👉 bit.ly/4ohlYhC#BigHenrySqueeze#UKTax#IGMarkets
Two households. Same income. One keeps £12,450 more a year.
The difference? How that income is split.
IG's Big HENRY Squeeze report breaks down the real cost of being a primary-earner household in the UK. Tax thresholds, childcare cliff edges and Child Benefit rules don't just add up. They compound.
Full report: ig.com/uk/media-centre/press…
Oversold does not mean cheap.
Axel Rudolph explains why an oversold RSI is not a buy signal and what to look for instead.
Watch 👉 youtu.be/ehm2f_FW5n0
Not investment advice. Capital at risk.
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Tech dragged the S&P lower - yet energy, healthcare and consumer discretionaries quietly climbed.
The rotation isn't coming. It's already happening. Where are the flows going?
Not investment advice. Capital at risk.
A 5% intraday swing in the Nasdaq not over days, but hours.
Markets didn't drift lower; they snapped.
Yet the real story isn't the drop, it's the leverage unwinding behind it.
Not investment advice. Capital at risk.
World Cup sponsors have outperformed the S&P 500 during tournament windows across the last four tournaments. 7.1% vs 1.9% on average.
Nike led the way with a 17.7% average return. Coca-Cola was positive every single time.
The 2026 World Cup is here. Who will be this year's market winners?
Read the full analysis here: ig.com/uk/media-centre/press…#WorldCup2026#Investing#StockMarket#WorldCup#IG
World Cup sponsors have outperformed the S&P 500 during tournament windows across the last four tournaments. 7.1% vs 1.9% on average.
Nike led the way with a 17.7% average return. Coca-Cola was positive every single time.
The 2026 World Cup is here. Who will be this year's market winners?
Read the full analysis here: ig.com/uk/media-centre/press…#WorldCup2026#Investing#StockMarket#WorldCup#IG