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Weekly Prep of Week 39, 2025.

Weekly Prep Team · Editor

With the GDP figures, Powell's speech, and the PCE data all due this week, volatility is likely to be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 39, 2025.

With the GDP figures, Powell's speech, and the PCE data all due this week, volatility is likely to be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 38, 2025.

It's a busy week, with the FOMC and several ECB conferences, and when you combine that with the time of year, volatility is likely to be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 37, 2025.

It's a busy week, with the PPI, CPI, an ECB conference, and Consumer Sentiment, so volatility is likely to be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 36, 2025.

A shortened week due to Labor Day, but nonetheless busy in terms of news, with the JOLTS report, the NFE, and employment figures. Volatility is likely to be fairly high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 35, 2025.

A fairly quiet week with only the preliminary GDP and core PCE price index, but earnings from Nasdaq top asset nVidia. Volatility should be low to moderate, except on Wednesday when nVidia reports earnings

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Weekly Prep of Week 34, 2025.

It's been a pretty busy week in terms of news, with the FOMC, the PMI, and speeches by Powell and Lagarde, so volatility is likely to be moderate to high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 33, 2025.

It will be a busy week in terms of news, with the CPI and PPI figures and inflation forecasts. Volatility is expected to be moderate.

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Weekly Prep of Week 32, 2025.

A quiet week in terms of news but very busy in terms of earnings, notably Berkshire Hathaway, Palantir, and AMD. Volatility is expected to be moderate.

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Weekly Prep of Week 31, 2025.

It's going to be a very busy week, with the FOMC, employment figures, the Jolts report, and the Federal Funds Rate, as well as earnings reports from Meta, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft. Volatility will be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 30, 2025.

Not a busy week for news, but more for Earnings, with Tesla and Alphabet in particular on Wednesday.

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Weekly Prep of Week 29, 2025.

A busier week than the previous one, with CPI and PPI in sight, volatility should be average.

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Weekly Prep of Week 28, 2025.

A very light week in terms of news, with just the FOMC Meeting Minutes on Wednesday. Apart from that, and with summer now settled in, volatility should be low.

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Weekly Prep of Week 27, 2025.

A busy week for news, with several Discords from lagarde and Powell, employment figures and Independence Day. Volatility should be moderate, and it's also the real start of summer.

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Weekly Prep of Week 26, 2025.

It's shaping up to be a busy week, with the US bombing Iran, quarterly GDP figures, and Powell testifying over two days.

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Weekly Prep of Week 25, 2025.

A fairly short week, with a bank holiday on Thursday (Juneteenth), and a busy one nonetheless, with an FOMC and FED rate statement on Wednesday and more uncertain geopolitical tensions.

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Weekly Prep of Week 24, 2025.

An action-packed week lies ahead, with the CPI on Wednesday and the PPI on Thursday, and volatility is likely to be rather high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 23, 2025.

Next week promises to be a busy one, with Powell's speech, the JOLTS report and the ECB's Monetary Policy Statement. Volatility set to remain hig

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Weekly Prep of Week 22, 2025.

A rather short week, as it was marked by Memorial Day. The most volatile news will of course be the FOMC Meeting Minutes. Apart from this event & the GDP Prelim, the week should be moderately volatile.

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Weekly Prep of Week 21, 2025.

Next week promises to be fairly sparse in terms of news, with only the PMI on Thursday, so most of the work will be on organic share prices, with low to moderate volatility.

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Weekly Prep of Week 20, 2025.

For the week ahead, it promises to be a busy one in terms of news, with CPI, PPI, Powell and inflation expectations, so volatility should be high.

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Weekly Prep of Week 19, 2025.

A rather quiet week with the exception of the FOMC & Federal Funds Rate conference, volatility should remain rather moderate with the exception of the event.

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Weekly Prep of Week 18, 2025.

A very busy week in terms of volatility, with earnings from Meta, Microsoft and Amazon, the Nasdaq is likely to see a lot of movement. What's more, this week includes May 1st, a public holiday in many countries.

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Weekly Prep of Week 17, 2025.

Next week promises to be quiet in terms of news, but busy in terms of Earnings, with Tesla's earnings on Tuesday and Alphabet's on Thursday. Volatility should be high at least on the Nasdaq for these 2 days.

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Weekly Prep of Week 16, 2025.

Another extremely volatile week, with huge price swings on the main assets due to the new customs duties. With Powell's speech next week, it should be a volatile week.

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