The first week of the new year on the markets began with an unexpectedly sharp strengthening of the US dollar and a drop in demand for risky assets due to the tensions over the possibility of asserting the presidential winner Joe Biden as president. This event fact and the problems with mass...
The desire for profit outweighs all future risks in the investors’ minds
As I expected, US politics still plays a prominent role in the economy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, with the participation of Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin, again disagreed on the stimulus program’s details, which...
The opportunity for a correction in the US stock markets is gradually increasing
Individual investors continue to actively buy up shares of companies while professionals began to see the first signs of a significant overbought in the stock market, primarily in the US. Some even believe that the local stock market’s value has reached the level seen before the crash of...
Investors are afraid to miss a chance to buy companies’ shares before the US economy’s expected recovery
On Tuesday, the stock markets were optimistic about the programs’ prospects to stimulate the economy in the EU and the US. Investors have been waiting for the news on these topics for a long time. I want to remind you that earlier in the EU, the topic of the Fund for Assistance in Crisis...
There is a high likelihood of a correction in the stock markets with a simultaneous strengthening of the dollar
World markets are ending November with strong growth in the wake of two significant events – creating effective vaccines in the West and the clarity of who will be the US President after the election. The stock indices made such a leap up at the beginning of the month. Thanks to the news, the...
There is a high probability that there will be a correction on the stock market this week
The last day of the month on the world markets began with a sharp decline in futures for major American stock indices, followed by European ones. As for the dynamics of trading in Asia, it was initially mixed on the background of the publication of positive data on manufacturing indicators from...
Markets seem to be on the eve of a correction
On Thursday, activity on world markets was expectedly low due to the US investors’ absence because of Thanksgiving Day. Today the trading session will be short due to the continuation of the national holiday. Trading in the Asian session began with a confident weakening of the dollar against...
The fog clears over financial markets
The news that the Trump administration had officially begun the transition of power to the winner of the US election, Joe Biden, contributed to the growth of demand in the stock markets. Coupled with the recent news about vaccines, it dissolves another fog of uncertainty that prevented investors...
Markets are stuck between a rock and a hard place
The past week showed that, in general, the mood on the world markets improved but is still far from ideal. Investors continue to reasonably believe that the emergence of effective vaccines will be the key to rectifying the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus will be defeated next...
This week will be positive for the demand for risky assets and negative for the dollar
Over the past week, nothing in the main markets drivers has changed. The confidence among investors that Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential race in the US continued. There was plenty of news about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines from different companies. The FRS members stated that the...