Category: Industry

First, what are stocks?  Stocks are instruments that generate interest-bearing payments (dividends) to investors. So basically, when you buy a stock, you buy a percentage of ownership in a business. Let’s say if you own a property for years you can be sure that you will be able to sell it for more money than youRead More

This Monday the US stock indices were down 2-3%. In addition, during the three last weeks the medium-term top has been formed. It was caused by the recent situation with a real estate collapse in China that forced investors to sell risky assets in a fear of contagion.  So what actually happened? The Chinese realRead More

On Monday, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil climbed above the critical 70 USD, while the European Brent benchmark advanced toward 74 USD. Oil continued to rise amid Hurricane Ida’s impact on US output. About three-quarters – or about 1.4 million barrels per day – of the offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has remained haltedRead More

The answer to this question is pretty simple to understand. The main difference has to do with time.  When it comes to stock trading, you’re buying and selling shares in companies within a short window of time with the goal of making a profit in the shorter term. To do that, traders jump in andRead More

Last Friday the monthly non-farm payrolls were released and they showed the US economy created only 235,000 new jobs in August, way below the expected 750,000. However, this helped traders to sell the USD. The unemployment rate slid (improved) to 5.2% from 5.4% previously, while average hourly earnings (wage growth) rose to 4.3% from 4.1%Read More

The last week’s correction has gone too fast for this week’s bull market to be resumed with the same speed and record highs. This week is expected to be pretty volatile due to the upcoming Jackson Hole Symposium that will happen this Thursday. The Jackson Hole Symposium is an annual event for the central bankers,Read More

Last week, the OPEC+ group had to start boosting oil production by the request of the White House. It was necessary to slow rising gasoline prices that could affect the economic recovery in the world. It resulted in a problem with oil commodity itself. The boosting of oil production was criticized by the president’s administrationRead More

This Monday gold has dropped to 100 USD per ounce and silver cratered 10% before recovering but was still down 3%. During this period around 4 billion USD worth of gold futures were sold.  Since gold and silver crash regularly it is not something new to see here. However, the fact that gold has droppedRead More

It is clear that the long-term uptrend is here as the equities started rising again after a brief correction including most of the US benchmarks that are very close to their record highs. Despite the fact that last week the Federal Reserve (Fed) had a meeting to discuss monetary policy, however, they implemented no changes,Read More

Since the begging of summer, the FX market volatility has calmed a bit with the EURUSD pair trying to find its direction for the next quarter. Last year the inflation expectation has been rising sharply as the USD dropped. However, it’s been a completely different story for 2021 as the dollar has been trying to erase thoseRead More