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Market rally pauses, as hope clashes with fear

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Stock markets are forward-looking by nature. Investors evaluate a company’s price today based on reasonable expectations about its future earnings and cashflows. That’s where

19th November 2020

Markets/World

Semiconductor stocks soar amid 5G evolution

Data presented by Stock Apps indicates that the five best performing semiconductor stocks have an ROI of 27.2%. The ROI is on a Year-to-Date basis. According to the data, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

4th October 2020

International/Markets/World

Stocks slightly higher ahead of big events

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets in Asia along with European and US futures edged slightly higher on Monday as investors grapple with variables that could bring increasing

28th September 2020

Markets/World

World markets begin the week on the back foot

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Shares across markets are trading in negative territory early Monday with one exception, as China’s Shanghai Composite traded 2.5% higher after the People’s Bank

20th July 2020

Markets/World

China’s GDP beat fails to energise bulls

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Following a 6.8% contraction in the first three months of 2020, the Chinese economy bounced back in the second quarter recording GDP growth of

16th July 2020

Markets/World

Vaccine hopes fuel market optimism; OPEC in focus, Gold firms above $1800

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM The sentiment pendulum is positioned to swing deeper into ‘risk-on’ territory as markets take heart from vaccine hopes and expectations of further stimulus for

15th July 2020

Markets/World

What’s next after Q2 rally?

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Risk appetite is stepping hesitantly into the second half of the year, with most Asian stocks edging higher, while US futures slipped into the red

1st July 2020

Markets/World

The Russell rebalance roiler?

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM US stock markets could see a massive spike in trading volume on Friday, as the Russell indexes reconstitution takes place. The once-a-year process involves adjusting

26th June 2020

Markets/World

Beware ‘quadruple witching’: More volatility ahead?

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Heightened volatility has been a staple of US equities since the end of February, with the VIX volatility index staying stubbornly above its long-term average

19th June 2020

Markets/World

Equities push higher despite rising US-China tensions

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM World and US stocks continue to trend higher as investors become more optimistic about the pace of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic

28th May 2020

Markets/World