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In this week’s recap, the US markets closed lower this week, with oil prices surging to multiyear highs, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to roil markets. Euro & Asian markets ended far lower due to the Russian-Ukraine crisis. Latin American markets ended mostly positive. The food crisis begins in Europe and Asian countries. The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated there was a surprise draw this week for crude oil of 6.1M barrels after a prediction of a build of 2.79M barrels. […]
In this week’s recap, the most important news is the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, which affected global markets throughout the week. The high volatility caused the markets to collapse after the invasion and recover again at the end of the week. Russia’s main equities index, the MOEX, collapsed -by 45% and was temporarily suspended to stop the fall. Was the worst 1-day drop on record. Financial firms in Europe & the U.S. suffered heavy share price falls on Thursday, as they […]
In this recap, the world markets were mostly lower, with renewed anxiety over tensions between Russia & Ukraine, despite Russia’s claims to seek diplomatic lines to resolve the conflict. A German army convoy reached Lithuania on Thursday, bringing almost half of the planned reinforcements for the country’s German-led NATO battlegroup, amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, German Air Force Eurofighters arrived at a military airbase in eastern Romania as part of a deployment to NATO’s eastern […]
In this week’s recap, the main topics were the concerns over a swift tightening of financial conditions increased around the world with multi-decade high inflation, also the fresh geopolitical anxiety between Russia & Ukraine. The U.S. trade deficit surged to $859.1B in 2021, a record high, increasing by +27%, as imports increased sharply amid the restocking of shelves by businesses to meet robust domestic demand. The widening deficit was driven by a $576.5B increase in imports last year, as Americans purchased more […]
In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about into a hack of the wormhole system that affects deeply the crypto community; A shortage of steaks at a restaurant ended in a brawl; the record amount of U.S. national debt are weighing the investment in US Dollars. U.S. national debt tops $30T for the 1st time. The record amount of debt is adding to concerns over the long-term financial & economic health of the country, which is grappling w/surging inflation & a higher interest […]
In this week’s recap, there are two main topics: The prospect of a Russian attack on Ukraine rose & the more aggressive monetary policy by the US Fed. NATO said it was putting more forces on standby & reinforcing Eastern Europe with additional ships & fighter jets, in what Russia has denounced as Western hysteria, in response to its 100,000 buildups of troops on the Ukraine border to the north, east & south of the country. About 8,500 U.S. troops were put […]
In this recap, U.S. stock markets were lower this week as all 3 major U.S. indexes fell for a 3rd consecutive week, with investors anxious about the prospect of higher interest rates & their effect on valuations. The S&P 500 & Nasdaq wrap up their worst weeks since March 2020. China’s central bank cut interest rates again this week, with the 1-year loan prime rate by 10 basis points from 3.8% to 3.7%. The 5-year loan prime rate was reduced by 5 […]
In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about the economic drawbacks that the USA has been dealing with; A conflict about water between two states of US might be the first sign of a water war; Buenos Aires and Berlin were left without electricity amid high temperatures and a rising winter. About 90K households in eastern part of Berlin, Germany for hours on Sunday evening were without heating & warm water; with outside temperatures of about 3 degrees Celsius (37.4F). A brief power […]
In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about the fall of Bitcoin (and other cryptos) prices during the week; Tesla is crushing its delivery expectations; Food prices keep rising due to increasing input prices, covid related worker shortages and transportation costs. Bitcoin plunged -7.3% thursday overnight to $42,686.00 with losses exceeding -9% at one point. The price was slightly higher Thursday evening at $42,750.20. Ethereum, cardano, binance coin, solana & other cryptocurrencies were also deeply in the red, after minutes revealed that the U.S. […]
In this recap, US markets ended the year higher, in the last trading week of 2021, finishing a year of repeated records for the major indexes, helped by low-interest rates & the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. Dow +18.73% in 2021; S&P 500 +26.89% in 2021; NASDAQ +21.39% in 2021. Global markets ended the week and the year was mostly higher too. The omicron variant still causes fears. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s industrial profits in November rose +9% […]