Interactive Brokers - Europe: The Week Ahead

Summary

• Investors' focus in the week ahead will mainly center on Brexit negotiations, as well as Italian fiscal uncertainties, and any global trade-related impacts on the Euro Area economy.
• Highlights for the week include updated trade balances for several countries, including the UK, Germany and Russia, as well as reports on inflation, employment and retail sales.
• Also, the European Central Bank will hold its non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt.
• A host of corporate earnings releases are also on the calendar, including from BMW and Siemens.

Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the European region in the week beginning November 5.

Note: This material was originally published on IBKR Traders' Insight on November 2, 2018.

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