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Category Archives: Market Insights

Tech Stocks Slide on Trimmed Forecasts

Written on July 25, 2022 at 1:28 am, by

Stocks of Apple slid 2% to $147.07 on Monday as the world’s most valuable company announced that it would be slowing hiring and spending growth in 2023 as recession concerns hit the market. Alphabet stock is also down over 2%, a week after it announced that Google would slow hiring for the remainder of 2022.Continue Reading

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Will the ECB Hike Rates by 25 or 50 Points?

Written on July 21, 2022 at 6:38 am, by

At 15:15 (GMT+3) on Wednesday, the European Central Bank will be making its interest rate decision. The central bank is expected to hike rates, the first time it will do so in 11 years. For the past 8 years, interest rates in the EU have been negative – but rampaging inflation has made the EuropeanContinue Reading

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Musk Kills Twitter Deal

Written on July 18, 2022 at 1:13 am, by

Elon Musk has pulled out of a protracted and tumultuous bid to purchase social media platform Twitter, making the announcement through an SEC filing. The deal was first proposed by Musk after he revealed that he had accumulated over 9% of Twitter earlier this year. Should the deal have gone through, Musk would be payingContinue Reading

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US CPI Sees Yield Curve Inversion

Written on July 14, 2022 at 3:01 am, by

On Wednesday afternoon (GMT+3), the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for June were released, showing that consumer prices grew by 9.1% year-on-year, the fastest pace of inflation growth since November 1981. This is higher than the forecast of 8.8% and May’s figure of 8.6%. Meanwhile, Core CPI increased 0.7% month-on-month, higher than analyst estimatesContinue Reading

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US Dollar Index Consolidates Ahead of US NFP Report

Written on July 8, 2022 at 3:32 am, by

On Thursday evening (GMT+3), the US Initial Jobless Claims data was released, showing that 235,000 people filed for unemployment insurance for the first time in the week of July second. This is the highest since January this year, and up from the forecasted 230,000 and the previous month’s 231,000. Continuing claims, whose data is releasedContinue Reading

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Crude Drops Despite EIA Inventory Decrease

Written on June 30, 2022 at 3:14 am, by

On Wednesday (GMT+3), the US Energy Information Administration reported a decrease of 2.762 million barrels in its crude oil inventories for the week of 24 June. This is more than the forecasted decrease of 569,000 barrels and the previous week’s decrease of 386,000.  Meanwhile, gasoline stocks increased by 2.6 million barrels, while production averaged 9.5Continue Reading

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Powell Raises “Unconditional” Commitment to Battling Inflation

Written on June 27, 2022 at 1:48 am, by

Fighting rampant inflation has become the Fed’s main objective, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s words to the US House Financial Services Committee during his semi-annual testimony might have sparked more than a few fears about a recession. Specifically, it means that the Fed might be ready to cause increased unemployment or even a recession –Continue Reading

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Crude Tumbles On Recession Fears and Biden’s Petrol Tax Holiday

Written on June 23, 2022 at 5:54 am, by

On Wednesday afternoon, 22 June, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made his semi-annual testimony to the Senate Banking Committee. In his testimony, Powell highlighted that the Fed was “strongly committed” to bringing down inflation and that the American economy is in a strong position to handle the continued rate hikes. However, Powell has also noted thatContinue Reading

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Fed’s 75 Point Hike Boosts Equity Markets

Written on June 16, 2022 at 3:34 am, by

On Wednesday evening (GMT+3), the US Federal Reserve announced a rate hike of 0.75% or 75 basis points, up from the last rate hike of 50 points. This is the largest Fed interest rate hike in 28 years, and brings the benchmark interest rate to between 1.50% – 1.75%, a number last seen just beforeContinue Reading

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Biden Looks The Other Way For Chinese Solar Manufacturers

Written on June 13, 2022 at 1:36 am, by

To boost the slowing US solar industry, Biden has ordered that regulators turn a blind eye to potential trade regulation violations by Chinese solar panel manufacturers and let them go unpunished for the next two years. This is with the hopes that an influx of cheap, foreign solar panels into the US will speed upContinue Reading

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