More and more dynamic political and epidemic situation is so far not causing increased volatility. This week only Monday saw major indices move more than 1% down. The rest of the week was characterised by very low volatility. Its measure (VIX) hovers around 25-27. Reporting season rolls on. 27% of members of the S&P500 have…
October progresses and further pandemic restrictions are being reestablished around the world. Markets remain broadly immune though. It seems that most direct effects of managing the virus are now priced in and it’s hard for them to have a meaningful impact on investors. 3Q20 reporting season started. So far the results coming out form US…
With this post we’re coming back to usual publication of our GlobalAlphaSearch.com Weeklies after a little break. In general the equity markets had a pretty positive week. The sentiment was not even distorted by the US politicians, who keep quarrelling about further stimulus. The political front will most possibly be geting hotter every day now…
Volatility is coming back. That’s the shortest description of the last week’s developments. Recent leaders were vulnerable. In this post I shortly describe what was up. Here we go… Last week -> The US markets were closed on Monday for the Labor Day. This caused other markets to trade in a pretty subdue manner.-> As…
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In this post I shortly describe the main market events for the first week of September just ended. Here it is… Last week -> The market ended August on Monday ona really high note. All US indices had their best August in over 30 years time actually. This is pretty unusual for August. Below you…
SP500 now officially above all time highs. Tech keeps leading. Apple in the leader’s yellow t-shirt. Analysts are calling the AAPL massive run “extensively streched”. Bespoke Investment Group cites technicals that AAPL is 26% above its 50-day average and almost 60% above 200-day moving average. Well, it in deed is. What’s it changing? Especially after…
Assume you have now determined which cycle phase we have now? Want to figure out which sectors are best to invest in now and poised to outperform? In this post I shortly explain the general common knowledge as to the relative performane of different sectors throughout the business cycle. Also, I will explain how Smart…
August so far turns out to be much calmer than usual. Volatility is highly contained and markets keep making new all-time highs in US. this week SP500 has officially joined the team of indices breaking their February tops. This is an unprecedented situation and happened only once before. Here’s a look at the volatility index…
S&P500 is still less than 1% off its new all time highs, but has yet to deliver this little milestone. I have wrote about that possibility and why that might actually happen already a few times (for instance here). Still it is all happening with a wall of disbelief pouring from the peoples’ mounths. Remember…
