Global Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Trends
The Seventh Week of Trading 2022. All eyes turned to the Elephant in the room, with the Russia and Ukraine narrative dominating the global headlines. Investors and traders are now trading along with the latest headlines coming from the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken and not those coming from the US Federal Reserve Chairman, […]
Sixth Week Of Trading 2022. US markets traded mostly up for the majority of the week only to fade by Thursday afternoon and finish the week poorly. Europen and Asian had a positive week of trading. See below. Global Markets Model Portfolios The information contained here is for educational purposes only. Do not use this
Fifth Week of Trading 2022. Investors were grateful to leave January trading jitters in the rearview mirror. January was a bad start to the year for investors, and most are happy to see it behind them. US Markets soared into midweek, only to pull back in Thursday’s session, warning participants to be cautious. The US
Fourth Week of Trading 2022 The fourth week of trading in 2022 was something to behold. At the beginning of trading on Monday, Investors fell through a trap door. Markets plummeted at the open and dropped straight down, only to slam on the breaks in the late morning and recover in the late afternoon. Monday’s
Third Week of Trading 2022 The third week of trading in 2022 saw the third straight week of losses for US Markets, with the S&P, the Nasdaq, the Russell, and the Dow all down significantly. This was the worst week for the Dow since Oct 2020, the S&P and the Nasdaq posted their biggest percentage
Second Week of Trading 2022 The second week of trading in 2022 was once again dominated by the talk of interest rate hikes in the US. The Federal Reserve (FED) suggested it would take the training wheels off the economy, begin raising rates in an attempt to see if the economy can stand on its
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First Week of Trading 2022 We are one week into the new trading year of 2022. The game is heating up for investors as the tailwinds of 2020-2021 begin to turn into headwinds in 2022. The noise coming from central banks, in particular, the US Federal Reserve about tapering QE and raising interest rates, the
What Happens Next Economists describe inflation as “too many dollars chasing too few goods.” When you have too many dollars chasing the same thing, the chase will drive the price up. Things will become more expensive. If you look below, you will notice the stock market chart from the end of World War 2 1945
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