Technical analysis

Earnings announcements can be among the most closely watched events for individual stocks. Alongside the financial results themselves, investors often monitor historical earnings performance, valuation metrics and options pricing to provide context for prior reporting periods.

Inflation rates surged as oil prices rose. After two months of elevated CPI reports, the May reading was expected to show a further increase in the annual inflation rate, arriving one week before the June FOMC meeting.

The most important number in the monthly US non-farm payroll report may not be the headline payroll figure, but the revisions that follow months later.

What gets called 'inflation' in the headlines is really the change in a price index — and how that index is built shapes the number.

Options positioning and implied volatility are data points that analysts observe ahead of earnings events.

The S&P 500 fell by approximately 25 basis points on 16 December following a weaker-than-expected US jobs report.

The week of 15 December will be a significant test for global markets following a tough end to US trading on 12 December, when technology shares declined.

The S&P 500 finished on 10 December higher by approximately 70 basis points.

The S&P 500 closed the day down by just nine basis points.

A stop-loss order is a key tool for managing risk when trading CFDs. It lets you set a predefined loss level on a position, helping to limit potential downside in volatile markets.