Last week in the news
Soft landing, hard landing or no-landing is the pending question among market participants after the FOMC meeting held on Wednesday. Markets are never happy with uncertainty, which brought some increased volatility on US markets. After Fed Chair Powell's speech, Treasury yields reached their highest levels since 2007, equity markets sharply...
Last week in the news
Another losing week on the equity markets and another flat one on the crypto market. This week was marked by surging commodities prices, which left its mark on the market sentiment. The further inflation fears are again active, as Saudi Arabia announced oil production cuts, while gas prices surged by 10% in the EU due to union strike in the...
Last week in the news
Equity markets started September in a positive territory, erasing some of the losses incurred during the previous month. Treasury yields slowed down on reported US unemployment figures, while the crypto market was supported by the Grayscale`s lawsuit win against SEC`s after the regulator denied its application for BTC ETF. Bitcoin is ending...
Last week in the news
Major weekly event, a Fed Chair speech at the Jackson Hole on Friday left the markets relatively volatile, as well as the US Treasury yields. At the same time the crypto market was traded in a flat mode. Bitcoin is ending the week around $26K, while Ether manages to hold above $1.6K.
Major event during the previous week was the Jackson...
Last week in the news
China is evidently slowing down, while Fed's meeting minutes revealed the possibility for interest rates to move even higher from currently expected levels. Negative sentiment continues to prevail on financial markets. Both EU and US equities continued their negative trend for the third week in a row, while US Treasuries continue to rise....
Last week in the news
The stock markets continued with their modest correction for a second week in a row. US banks ended the week in negative territory after Moody's downgraded ten banks and put some big US names on watch for a downgrade in the coming period. At the same time US Treasurys modestly increased during the week, after published inflation data in...
Last week in the news
The rating agency Fitch downgraded the long term credit rating of the US by one notch to AA+ from previous AAA. Market reacted with a negative sentiment, bringing the US equity markets lower and Treasury yields to the upside. The crypto market was traded flat most of the week, sliding down as of Friday`s trading. Bitcoin is ending the week...
Last week in the news
Both Fed and ECB increased their reference interest rates by 25bps, which was fully in line with market expectations. Markets ended the week digesting the central banker`s view on the current state of both economies, in expectations that pivoting might come somewhere during the course of the next year. All markets slowed down during the...
Last week in the news
While EU markets finished the week in green, amid positive corporate results, US markets were traded in a mixed manner, as investors still need to digest the latest corporate data and prospectus for the future period. The S&P 500 was traded almost flat on Friday, after adding 0.69% during the week. The crypto market remained relatively flat...
Last week in the news
Aside from general developments on financial markets, the previous week was the winning one for Ripple and altcoins. The court ruled that XRP is not a security, which significantly boosted the price of this coin. The US equity markets were further boosted by the market expectations of the soft landing in the US economy. At the same time,...
Last week in the news
The US equity market closed lower on Friday amid market expectations over further interest rates increase. At the same time, the crypto market ended the week modestly lower compared to the week before. Bitcoin is ending the week above $30K, while Ether is holding above support at $1.850.
Whether it is just a seasonal effect, or the US...
Last week in the news
Both EU and US markets finished the week in green, mostly driven by stocks from the tech industry. June was an extremely good month for the S & P 500, considering that it managed to gain 6.5% during the month, and 15.9% since the beginning of this year. The crypto market was relatively flat during the week, although with good performance of...
Last week in the news
The US equity market entered into a short reversal on Friday, after a strong push for the last two months. On the other side, the crypto market is back on its track, with more positive news coming from German largest bank, Deutsche bank. Bitcoin is back at $30K level, Ether is following the increased investors optimism, ending the week...
Last week in the news
Previous week was marked by the moves of central banks of both the US and EU. Fed made a short pause of further rate hikes, while ECB continued with a 25 bps increase. While EU equity markets were supported by the ECB decision, the US markets ended the week in red, after reaching new short-term highs during the week. On the other side, the...
Wild day for markets yesterday with Nasdaq erasing a 5% drop and finishing positive. Here's a couple of interesting facts about yesterday.
The S&P 500 has recovered from an intraday loss of more than 4% only three times (since HLC data began in 1977):
- Jan 24, 2022 (yesterday)
- Oct 16, 2008 = down -4.63% and closed up 4.25%
- Oct 23, 2008 = down -4.28% and...
The past week had strong trends in currencies and metals across the board.
As DXY broke down 94.50 long term support area and started gaining a downward momentum, all currencies received a boost against USD since the beginning of the week. Many trend setups emerged during the sharp move. European pairs benefited from the move the most, along with the JPY.
GBP,...
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