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COVID19: Record US cases can’t halt equity rally in world markets

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets have pushed higher in Asia following an impressive last hour rally on Wall Street on Wednesday. The record daily increase in COVID-19

9th July 2020

Markets/World

Euro takes warning signs in stride, Eurozone contraction revised down

By Han Tan, Market Analyst The Euro has refused to buckle under the weight of lacklustre economic data and dire warnings of late. Germany’s factory orders and industrial production came in less-than-expected in

8th July 2020

Markets/World

Risk assets soar as coronavirus cases reach a new record

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Investors trying to find a negative correlation between stock market performance and Covid-19 infections are having a difficult time. There doesn’t seem to be

6th July 2020

Markets/World

Dovish Fed won’t be enough to extend the current bull market

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM For the past several weeks, we have been arguing that the performance of risk assets are in total disconnect with economic and corporate fundamentals.

11th June 2020

Markets/World

Equity prices diverge further from fundamentals

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM The rally in stocks led by the US has returned some indices close to their record highs reached before the Covid-19 outbreak. The Nasdaq

4th 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

Rally in risk assets to be challenged as Sino-US tensions return

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Over the past several weeks it has been Covid-19 that has dominated the headlines with stimulus packages, lockdown easing, potential vaccines and the shape

25th May 2020

Markets/World

What is driving risk assets higher?

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equities are moving higher in early Asian trading Thursday after a robust performance from Wall Street the day earlier. US equities not only ended

21st May 2020

Markets/World

Sell in May and go away?

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM This question never gets old: shall we “sell in May and go away”? Investors who got out of the market just for the month

4th May 2020

Markets/World

Equity markets try to erase coronavirus sell-off; is the panic over?

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM The panic seems to be over. US stocks are back to record highs, Treasury yields have risen, Gold has sold off and equities across

6th February 2020

Markets/World