Opinion – Tuesday 15 February 2022

Following another volatile trading session U.S. Equity Markets finished the day lower led by the Dow closing with a small loss of 0.49%. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the Federal Reserve needs to dial back its economic stimulus more aggressively, because...

Opinion – Monday 14 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished the week lower after getting hit hard in the last two hours of trading following strong rumours that Russia will invade Ukraine this week. Thursday’s inflation data and hawkish comments from St. Louis Fed President James Bullard remained...

Opinion – Friday 11 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets got hit hard yesterday following a volatile trading session led by the NASDAQ 100 closing lower by 2.33%. January’s Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) release was the driver Yesterday. January’s CPI jumped 7.5% year over year...

Opinion – Thursday 10 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets surged yesterday believing that all the bad news is now priced into the market. The NASDAQ 100 led the gains, closing higher by 2.10%, helping the VIX to close below 20 with a loss of 7%. The 100-day moving average (around 4,571) has been a...

Opinion – Wednesday 9 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets reversed earlier losses to close higher led by the NASDAQ 100’s gain of 1.21%. Just before the close, the S&P 500 Index hit the same resistance level (between 4,520 and 4,530) that caused the sharp sell-off into the close on Monday. Yesterday,...

Opinion – Tuesday 8 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished yesterday’s session mixed as the Dow closed flat while the NASDAQ 100 fell 0.84% after a more subdued trading environment. Investors are in “wait and see” mode, with 83 S&P 500 companies reporting earnings this week and...