Dollar Gains Traction As Fed Aims To Tame Inflation
Many currencies across the world sank to their weakest levels in years last week as surprisingly robust U.S. inflation data gave fresh impetus to a months-long rally in the dollar. Emerging-market...
Stocks Sell-Off Is Far from Over, Safer Bets Would Be on Value Stocks
The past week’s wild market swings pushed the major stocks indices below key levels, made big macro calls outdated within a few hours and rattled some of the market’s most resilient stocks.
Stocks Heads To A Tough Moment As Fed Policy Rattles Sentiment
We are seeing a rough April for Wall Street as the S&P 500 slides for three straight weeks. Now, investors will grapple with a loaded slate of earnings reports and key inflation data.
Heavy Flow Of Earning Reports Kicks Off While China's GDP Beats Expectations
Earnings reports will dominate the stock moves this week after US inflation hit a 41-year high in March. Meanwhile, China’s better-than-expected GDP figure offers limited support to sentiment as the...
History Has Warned Us That Selling Stocks During The Tightening Cycle Is Not Smart
The rising energy, food and services prices pushed the already-elevated US inflation to a 7.9% annual rate last month, leading to another four-decade high with oil and commodity market disruptions...
April Has Always Been The Best Month For Stocks, Buy The Dip!
The stock market is heading into what promises to be a volatile second quarter, but April is traditionally the best month of the year for stocks. The Fed and other geopolitical tensions are expected...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict And Fed Continuous Rate Hikes Could Cause Euro To Weaken Further
Russia-Ukraine conflict sends the eurozone economy substantially lower, with both the Manufacturing PMI and Consumer Confidence Index sliding, while the Fed continues to raise rates. These factors...
Does Recent Rally Make Any Sense? Data Tells You The Truth
Last week, the three major averages notched their best week since November 2020, boosted largely by growth stocks. The S&P 500 surged 6.1% from Monday to Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Escalation Of Geopolitical Conflicts And Stocks Continue To Drop With No Solution From The Fed
Facing both turbulent financial markets and raging inflation, the Federal Reserve will soon need to raise interest rates, for the first time in more than three years, as part of a broader tightening...
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Oil Surging Toward $140 Amid Geopolitical Tension May Force Fed To Do More Later
Stocks and U.S. equity futures slid on Monday, while havens including sovereign bonds rose, amid fears of an inflation shock in the world economy as oil soared on the prospect of a ban on Russian...
Think Deeper! Sell-Off Driven By Russia-Ukraine Conflict Is An Excuse
Is the stock sell-off all about Russia and Ukraine? The current geopolitical threat is casting a psychological shadow over the markets and becoming an excuse for investors to resist taking on more...
Fed Members’ Talks On Valentine’s Day Means No Love For Traders
Happy Valentine’s Day! Unfortunately, we are not expecting love from Fed this week. Stocks are likely to be volatile in the week ahead as investors watch the tension between Russia and Ukraine and...
Focus On Fed’s Rate Hike Message This Week
The Fed entered into the new year needing to reset its credibility to control inflation at nearly a 40-year high. It has been nimble since its hawkish turn last fall as it doubled the pace of QE...
Earnings To Gain Focus From Fed This Week
The market’s focus will be on fourth-quarter earnings this week. Stronger profit growth for economically sensitive stocks compared to technology players is expected.
“Make It Or Break It?” Fasten Your Seatbelt As Bitcoin Will Drive Traders Mad This Week
Bitcoin extended its slide into the weekend as the most speculative asset continues to be hit the hardest while the excesses of the last few years get wrung from global markets. Fed policy and...
You May Need To Short Stocks To Earn Some Profit In 2022
US stocks are on track to end 2021 with another year of outsize gains. Many investors are not expecting a repeat in 2022.
Fed Is Going To Double Down On Taper Pace Regardless of Inflation Data Being Above Or Below 7%
The Labour Department said on Friday that inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in November, since 1982, putting pressure on the economic recovery and raising the stakes for the Federal Reserve....
Buckle Up, Tapering Storm Is Coming!
Investors retreated from US stocks on Friday, dumping shares held in large technology companies and sending the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index sharply lower.
