This is the Moment for Global Risk Assets
Stocks began the week on the front foot amid signs the reflation trade has further to run and as the pace of coronavirus outbreaks slowed further. WTI crude breached USD60 a barrel, as an arctic...
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Retail Investors’ Behaviour Weigh on Risk Assets in Near Term
U.S. stock index futures declined in overnight trading as a surge in speculative trading by retail traders continued to cause hedge funds to take off risk and worried investors about a market bubble....
Investors Shouldn't Dump Risk Assets Now as Headwinds Are Manageable
Stocks finished mixed recently, the S&P 500 and Dow finished in the red while the Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high, although all three posted a gain for the week. The Dow registered its fifth...
US Stimulus and China GDP May Further Support Riskier Assets
The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines, even if off to a slow start, and the prospect of another even larger stimulus package from President-elect Biden, has investors doing what market history says...
Risk Assets Being Favoured as Betting on Economic Recovery Continues
Investors are showing signs of increasing exuberance, reflecting optimism about a vaccine-fuelled global recovery and the changed economics of the post-coronavirus world.
Gain in Risk Assets Will Continue, but Slower
Investors ended one of Wall Street’s wildest years on record by piling into everything from bitcoin to stock markets, raising expectations that a powerful economic comeback will fuel even more gains.
Fed Promised to Keep Supporting Economy Until Substantial Recovery Has Been Made
Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve officials concluded one of the most active years in the central bank’s history, as it put final touches on their plans to support the economy for longer than they...
Last FOMC Meeting This Year to Arrive This Week
Federal Reserve officials have something new to talk about in their policy meeting this week, which is to lend more support to the financial markets in 2021.
The Next Market Mover is a Fiscal Stimulus Package
Stimulus to help the economy and vaccines to stop the virus are expected to be the main focus in markets in the week ahead.
Risk Sentiment Continues to Improve Even as Coronavirus Weighs On
Risk sentiment in the entire capital market has been rising this month, even as the resurging coronavirus cases weigh on the health of global economy.
