Over the last few months, the US CPI index has been steadily climbing upwards. The Fed sees it as transitory and expects inflation to return to previous levels. But what if it doesn’t? Are we coming to an end of low interest rates in the US? In this video, we discuss the impact low interest […]
If you’ve been following financial markets this year, you probably heard about the GameStop story back in January. The events that happened have changed the financial markets landscape and caused major financial consequences for many market participants. Some say that the story was so remarkable that it’s worthy of a whole separate movie. Which is […]
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Ultimate guide to stock trading for beginners Yeah, it’s almost impossible to fit everything that one might need to know about stock trading into a small article… but hey, let’s give it a try. I’m going to keep things short and concise and address key points in order to get into the stock market and […]
In what seems to be a recurring theme now, European markets have underperformed the US indices. Europe has closed in the red today, with EuroStoxx 50 selling -1.07% to close at 3,286, DAX falling -0.97% to 12,494 and FTSE 100 losing -0.55% to settle at 6,156. In contrast, US indices only briefly dipped their feet […]
Another strong day for US stocks, driven by mostly by technology, as many tech companies made all-time highs. By the end of the day, we have: S&P 500: 3,179.72 (+1.59%) Nasdaq: 10,433.65 (+2.21%) Russel: 1,442.88 (+0.77%) In terms of sectors, consumer discretionary, communications and financials have been leading the gains, with real estate and utilities […]
European markets have closed sharply higher after a better than expected US job numbers: FTSE 100 +1.34% (6,240.36) DAX +2.84% (12,608.46) EuroStoxx 50 +2.84% (3,320.09) The US economy has added 4.8 million jobs in June, against a consensus estimate of around 3 million jobs. The unemployment rate has dropped to 11.1% from a previous 13.3%. […]
Another positive day for Nasdaq and S&P 500 as they start a new quarter – S&P 500 advanced +0.5% to 3,115.86 and Nasdaq gained +0.95% to close at an all-time high of 10,154.63. Small caps however underperformed with Russel 2000 closing down -0.97% at 1,427.31. VIX has continued to slide lower to close at 28.62, […]
