This week financial markets were dominated by central banks policy decisions. While the Federal Reserve (Fed) and Bank of England (BOE) kept rates on hold, the policy board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to further increase the flexibility in its yield curve control policy. The BOJ previously set a strict cap of 1.0% for the 10-year Japanese Government Bond...
2023 has been a tough year for stock pickers. The gap between equity factor styles has been vast over H1. Growth, riskier in nature, posted the best performance up 24% year-to-date (YTD) followed closely behind by quality up 20% YTD1. The excitement around artificial intelligence (AI) reached a fever pitch in H1 2023, supporting growth-oriented technology stocks....
US inflation data in July 2023 provided mixed signals. While Consumer Price Index (CPI) is moving in the right direction, producer price inflation suggest pipeline pressures are picking up. Core CPI, which excludes often-volatile food and energy costs, rose only 0.2% for a second month in a row . However, US producer prices picked up in July, owing to increases in...
Hello everyone, I drew this pattern a few days ago when analyzing the SP500 behavior in recent weeks. I believe the market boogeyman is not gone and that today was just a taste of what he has in store. 2% yield will not be in July. It will be here in April or June... and as early as March 29th. The yields are behaving extremely bullish lately. The blue lines...
TINA is doing great for stocks . If you look to the past , never before the DAX get 2300 points in 3 months. Never before MACD has reach this high.in positive area. Only the crash from 2009 and 2011 we seen this before in negative MACD area. So we are waiting for Draghi next step. :) How you rehab this junky the next months Mario :)