Stock markets keep shaking as trade war panic continues. This is a great example how news can impact the markets even though the real economic fundamentals are strong. Jobs data show 103,000 jobs created in March, unemployment super low of 4.1% and wage growth rose to 2.7%, however, still within a range to prevent higher…
A stock market keeps consolidating. The major US indexes are re-testing February lows trying to swallow recent news of trade wars, Facebook scandal or Tesla decline. A current market review does not differ much from the previous one – we are not facing any systematic risk – we are experiencing a buying opportunity in the…
The major financial markets declined 6% on the last week – the biggest drop since 2016. There are several reasons to blame: Trump putting tariffs on China, Facebook dropping and dragging tech stocks, Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision or Trump’s lawyer resignation. While all of them look attractive to blame, none of them pose a systematic…
All the major indices finished slightly down on a week as also anticipated by last week’s market review. Accompanied with relatively low volatility the stock markets found their nearest support levels in an attempt to consolidate for possible bigger move in forthcoming weeks. Last Friday trading session recorded very heavy volume. This is an important…
The bulls have taken the stocks up by 3.5% on the last week. There was a positive mood among the traders with decreased volatility almost to pre-February levels. A current market review suggests mostly positive events. President Donald Trump excluded Canada and Mexico from the steel and aluminum tariff plan. North Korea surprisingly wants to…
The major financial markets continue to consolidate from recent correction. A stock market is still accompanied by higher volatility due to a mixture of events happening recently. One substantial affair happened last week. Fed Chair Jay Powell assessed a strong economy, which may lead to more restrictive monetary policy this year. This will be closely…
The financial markets are entering an interesting phase of their lives this year. The stock markets hit their all-time highs while U.S. Note yields after multi-year super lows have re-emerged from dust breaking its downward trend. The 10-year U.S. note yield hit almost a four-year high last week. The rate is still in very low…
Stocks continued to go down last week, bringing every major market to the levels not seen since a beginning of December. After years of no significant pullback, the indexes finally dropped more than 5% last week, while pumping more fuel to a volatility’s engine. The “fear index” VIX has broken its downward trend line already…
Financial markets have finally taken a break from January climbing euphoria when major indexes changed their course. Last week brought several interesting events that might have played a role in recent price decreases: Wage growth Labour Department released their monthly report on Friday showing the U.S. economy added 200,000, sticking with the unemployment rate at…
The Financials sector was under an uncomfortable heat after the financial crises when governments must have stepped up and implement tight measures on the banks and financial institutions. Despite that this sector managed to rise again and form a bullish trend. Unlike in the US, in Europe, the financials took a little break and were…