Tag: S&P 500

February 29, 2024 BY PureContent

S&P 500 could reach 6,000 points sooner than expected

The S&P 500 gained its last 1,000 points steadily over a couple of years. It finally broke the 5,000 barrier earlier this month after a streak of winning weeks among signs of inflation easing and a few excellent earnings reports by major companies. This has led to speculation about how long it may be until…

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February 19, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

S&P 500 Full-Year Outlook Raised to 5,200 at Goldman Sachs

It was influenced by diminishing inflation and the anticipation of the Federal Reserve reducing interest rates within the year. On a recent Friday, Goldman Sachs predicted an 8% rise in profits for S&P 500 firms, driven by a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and enhanced profit margins among the largest corporations. David Kostin,…

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January 05, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Asian stocks performance trips up global equities

According to Reuters data, the MSCI’s Asia-Pacific shares index recorded a 0.18% Hang Seng (.HSI) decline during Friday morning trades. The MSCI’s world index performance displayed no drastic fluctuations and is set to close the week on a 1.7% negative. An exception to these mediocre movements, the Japanese Nikkei (.N225) was up by 0.5% following…

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January 02, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

The S&P 500 enters 2024 on a 9-week high

According to data from Bloomberg, experts predict the report will show the addition of 168,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in December 2023, when compared to the 199,000 jobs added in November. Other predictions include an unemployment figure to sit at 3.8%, 0.1% higher than that of November’s. The positive investor sentiment that grew in December has…

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July 27, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Is the Fed done hiking? Markets think so, Powell doesn’t

Market Expects No Further Hikes in 2023 According to the CME’s FedWatch tool, market participants now overwhelmingly expect that the Fed’s hikes for 2023 are over. There is currently a 78% probability of a pause in September, a 65.7% probability of a pause in November, and a 61.4% probability of a pause in December. Interestingly,…

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Market Analysis
July 17, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Market Insight: Week ending 21 July

Technical View: Markets to Watch for the Week Ahead Currencies: US Dollar Testing Monthly Support It has been quite a week for the US dollar. Consistent with the US Dollar Index—a geometrically-weighted average of the dollar’s value against a basket of six major currencies, including Europe’s single currency—the greenback plunged -2.3% last week, marking its…

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Daily Market Commentary
March 15, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Global Equity Markets Plummet; Major Support in Focus

Interestingly, we see a comparable picture on the CAC 40—the benchmark stock index from France—and the EU50, which is the Euro Stoxx 50 that houses the largest companies in Europe. The two charts are shown below. You will see that the CAC 40 displays a daily Quasimodo resistance-turned-support at 6,791 that is joined by RSI…

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Market Analysis
February 14, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Technical Market Outlook and Review: US CPI data eyed

XAU/USD (Gold) The yellow metal kicked off the week in negative territory, down 0.6% heading into the afternoon session in the US. For those who read Monday’s Weekly Market Insight, you may recall the following (italics): It is all about the H1 Quasimodo resistance-turned-support at $1,857 and the 50-day simple moving average on the daily…

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