Welcome to the weekend updates T he US stock market continue to be extremely volatile and painful for the investors. As the U.S, Israel & Iran war continues the stock market are becoming more and more chaotic. Mainly the energy sector (Oil & Gas) are doing well and some of the defensive stocks in industrial and material are doing OK. All other stocks have/had terrible time. As a matter of fact, last week we saw another blood bath in the market S&P 500 was down -2.1% , Nasdaq dropped -3.2%, Dow declined -1.7% . Nasdaq and DOW are already in the correction territory. Nasdaq is down almost about -13% and DOW down -10.6% . S&P 500 is at the door step of correction territory. The stock markets have fifth straight losing week amid US-Iran conflict headlines. The Early relief rally on ceasefire hopes faded as tensions escalated, oil went past $100. The Markets remain headline-driven. In order to protect from the downturn and...
By Shesa Nayak Welcome to Shesa’s investment Blog! U.S Stock Market Update The stock market declined for five consecutive weeks before turning into green last week. Both Nasdaq and Dow were already in the correction territory . But last Tuesday and Wednesday market had a relief rally with the hope that a ceasefire is on the card for the U.S - Iran war. President Trump indicated that U.S. forces might exit Iran within two to three weeks. So, we saw some good bounce in the stock market. But it’s difficult to predict how far sustainable that would be. The oil prices have now gone up to $112 a barrel . Yesterday President Trump stated that if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours , “all hell will break loose” upon them. It’s difficult to predict president’s remark. The market is in chaos and we know that market does not like uncertainty. Most of the time market goes on news and sentiment these days . So, we will have to wait and see how the market reacts on...
Welcome to the weekend's update The stock market is going through chaos. None of the economic data were favorable last week. The U.S, Israel and Iran war is on its 17th day and no sign of abating . The Oil price has pushed to $100 a barrel . You may be aware that oil prices had gone to about $125 on last Sunday night. For the week, Dow -2.0%, S&P 500 -1.6% to -2.0%, Nasdaq -1.3%. The economic numbers were bad this week but it may get ugly once we get the inflation numbers next month due to escalated oil prices. As we know, higher the oil price, higher becomes the transportation cost and correspondingly inflation. So, the future is looking gloomy. Having said that, there is one positive that I came across which gives some hope. I will write that later. Economic Report last week The February consumer price index (CPI) a key inflation gauge was up 2.4% comparing to last year in-line with the estimates. Core CPI (- Food & Ene...
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