Next Week At A Glance – 7-11 Mar 2022

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By Greg Peel

The highlight of next week will be the release of the US February CPI numbers, although Wall Street and the Fed are sufficiently braced and the latest big surge in oil prices happened this week, being March.

The US will also see numbers for January trade and March consumer sentiment.

China will post numbers for February trade and inflation.

In Australia it’s ANZ Bank job ads, NAB business confidence and Westpac consumer confidence next week.

The highlight of the week will nonetheless be the sheer number of stocks going ex-dividend each day in the biggest week of the ex-div season.

This implies the ASX200 will begin each day with a points handicap. The trick is not to panic when one see big moves down from the open when, for example, Rio Tinto ((RIO)) goes ex on Thursday to the tune of $6.63 on a $128 share price (as of yesterday).

After next week daily ex-dividend numbers begin to subside.

Don’t mention the war.

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