Market Journal
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2023: What you need to know about Market Volatility & Your Investments
Published on March 28th, 2023The S&P 500 finished 2022 with a 18.1% loss, marking the 7th worst loss since the 1920s. The bonds market also had one of its worst years in history. Since the 1920s, there has only been one double-digit calendar year loss for the 10-year US treasuries, yet in 2009, there was a 11.1% loss. In…Read More
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Introduction to Global Recycling Day Did you know that the Global Recycling Day falls on 18 March every year? Started out by the Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) in 2018, this special day aims to help recognise and celebrate the importance of recycling and preserving our precious primary resources to secure the future of our planet….Read More
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Start trading on POEMS! Open a free account here! Events to note – At a glance: Benchmark interest rates raised by 25 BP Strong non-farm payroll figures Core PCE price index went up 4.7% YoY Worsening US-China relations The three US major indices – Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ had a downtrend in February…Read More
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Introduction When the stock markets take a dip, investors tend to panic sell. However, there are ways and opportunities for you to take advantage of the falling prices, even during a downturn. When trading stocks, you can profit from both an uptrend and a downtrend. Comparing the two, downtrends tend to move faster than uptrends,…Read More
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Start trading on POEMS! Open a free account here! At a glance: The “January effect” Headwinds faced in 2022 Russian-Ukraine conflict Oil and gas sector Employee layoffs across multiple firms Morgan Stanley (MS.US) and Microsoft (MSFT.US) tops earnings Goldman Sachs (GS.US), Alphabet (GOOGL.US), Amazon (AMZN.US) missed earnings The three US major indices – the Dow…Read More
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On 1 Feb 2023, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25%, bumping the federal funds rate to a target range of 4.5- 4.75%. With this move, it was the Fed’s 8th consecutive interest rate hike in efforts to rapidly reduce liquidity in the financial markets, tamping down high inflation rates. [1] Generally speaking, almost…Read More
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In 2022, the Russia-Ukraine war caused prices to spiral globally, causing inflation in the US to reach a 41-year-high in June 2022. With sky high inflation, the Federal Reserve started tightening its monetary policies and did a total of 7 rate hikes. Fortunately, inflation started easing towards the end of the year. Here we are…Read More
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There has always been a debate in the investing community about whether active or passive investing generates higher returns for investors in the long run. In 2007, Warren Buffet, one of the most successful investors in the world, entered a bet with funds-of-hedge funds firm Protege Partners, that an index fund could “beat” an active…Read More
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Start trading on POEMS! Open a free account here! The three US major indices – the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite had similar movements and ended lower with 2022 as the worst year since 2008. NASDAQ DOW JONES S&P 500 Year Open 15,732.50 36,321.59 4,778.14 Year Close 10,466.48 33,147.26 3839.49 Annual Return -33.47%…Read More
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In this article, we will explore the idea of Short Selling: Legendary Trades done by hedge funds Importance of Short Selling Strategies How to gain short exposure The Idea of Short Selling “Buy Low, Sell High”, a commonly heard strategy based on taking advantage of the appreciation / depreciation in price of the underlying asset….Read More
