IG’s week ahead: US CPI; big UK ex-dividend day

US retail earnings bring to a close the meat of the third quarter earnings season, the highlight being Walmart on Thursday, an all-sessions stock. Other earnings include Vodafone, IDS Group (the former Royal Mail), and Tullow Oil amongst others. Economic data is likely to be dominated by the Tuesday release of US consumer prices. IGTV’s Jeremy Naylor suggests that there may be an upside surprise which may result in further gains for the US dollar. Outside of that watch UK CPI and retail sales data, a preliminary look at Japanese third quarter GDP, and German ZEW. It’s also going to be a big Thursday on the UK markets with ex-dividend stocks. This is the point when investors can sell and still be entitled to dividend payments. With GSK, Shell, and Marks & Spencer, amongst others, all going ex-dividend the FTSE 100 could drop 14 points.Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or other information does not constitute investment or trading advice. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube