Tag: S&P 500

July 01, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto markets between a rock and a hard place

A number of ideas have been offered for the way these two markets have moved in lockstep. Some analysts have borrowed the explanation given for gold’s route that occurred at roughly the same time. The idea was that equity traders chose to take profits in these other assets that performed well into 2020 in order…

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forex and crypto market analysis
July 01, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Stocks close record quarter, S&P 500 up 20%

What to watch General Mills: General Mills is the firm behind brands including Cheerios, Haagen-Dazs and Betty Crocker. The company’s share price is up 15.1% year-to-date, thanks to expectations of elevated demand for household staples driven by the pandemic. The $37bn market cap firm reports its latest set of quarterly earnings today. On the company’s…

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Daily Market analysis
May 14, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The US Dollar Index continues to rise

EUROPEAN SHARES  European shares drifted lower on Thursday alongside Asian equities and US Futures on the S&P 500 as market sentiment slowly fades. Investors, who were already sceptical about further gains on stocks, have seen their risk appetite slashed by yesterday’s comments from Jerome Powell. The Fed chairman added to the current uncertainty by warning…

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Amman Stock Exchange starts adopting the tradition of ringing the bell
December 17, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

As US-China trade tensions decrease, stocks hit new highs

The tension between the United States and China has started to slowly decrease. And such tension ebb is affecting the global stock market in a very positive way, as noted by the Financial Times. On Monday, December 16, global stocks saw new record highs. The primary reason was that China and the US de-escalated the…

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December 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Next FOMC rate meeting analysis

ATFX Global Chief Market Strategist, Alejandro Zambrano, prepared a market analysis of the next FOMC rate meeting.  The next FOMC rate meeting will take place next week on December 11, 2019, and looks to be an event that should not spur too much attention in the markets as the Federal Reserve has made it clear that they…

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