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25.02.2022 12:02

Week at War: Russia at the Gates of Ukrainian’s Capital

Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, that started on February 24, set the world on fire. Russia invaded Ukraine, throwing Ukrainian troops back from the contact line at Donetsk and Lugansk separatist regions. Troops then went from the South to the East and then to the North, moving deeper into Ukrainian territory. Numerous eyewitness videos confirm Russian military is on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and have even broken into some districts of the city.

22.02.2022 11:02

Weekly Focus: Russia and Ukraine are One Step Away from War

Alexander Boltyan

Investors only have one story on their radar, and that is the Ukraine crisis. On February 21 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of self-declared Lugansk and Donetsk regions. Russia’s parliament will formally stamp that decision on Tuesday securing separatist-held territories as independent entities with the help of Russian troops that were sent to those territories by Putin. Now whether Russian troops are deployed to these territories or whether they are there already is not so important. What is important is that this scenario can no longer be reversed.

04.02.2022 02:02

Weekly Summary: Stock market runs on Positive Tunes

Alexander Boltyan

The end of the week was full of surprises. But the major one was Facebook’s (Meta) Q4 2021 corporate report as shares of the social media giant plunged 26% just after the publication. This was the biggest one-day drop in the history of the world’s largest social network. The market cap of Facebook dropped by $237 billion in a single day, a disastrous slide that scared investors to death--- U.S. tech sector stocks followed Mark Zuckerberg brainchild and dragged the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 broad market indexes down by 4.2% and 2.4% respectively. Futures on major U.S.

01.02.2022 02:02

Weekly Focus: S&P 500 Rebound, FAANG Reporting, Non-Farm Payrolls and ECB

Alexander Boltyan

The last day of January turned out to be quite optimistic as the S&P 500 broad market index and the Dow Jones continued to post gains above their 200-day moving average. Both indexes rose above this important benchmark level adding 1.8% and 1.3% respectively on Monday. Both indexes continue to gain on Tuesday. But it is important that investors are not fooled by this rebound and do not obtain a carefree attitude as downside factors that could send stock markets spiraling down are still on the table.

14.01.2022 01:01

Weekly Summary: A Hawkish Bite at the Capitol

Alexander Boltyan

Lael Brainard, a dedicated dovish member of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Market Committee, has suddenly turned hawkish before the Senate Banking Committee while it was reviewing her in consideration as a nominee for a second term as vice chair of the Fed. During her testimony Mrs. Brainard said the Fed will use all necessary instruments to lower inflation to the target of 2%. “Our monetary policy is focused on getting inflation back down to 2 percent while sustaining a recovery that includes everyone. This is our most important task,” she said.

11.01.2022 01:01

Weekly Focus: Powell Could Scare Markets

Alexander Boltyan

The S&P 500 index has finally changed its upside pattern to the downside after a recent decline to 4585 points. At this point such a change was very unfortunate since a new downside pattern would almost certainly lead to a decline of the index to 4350-4400 points by the middle of next week. There are many reasons for such a 5-7% decline this week. First, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell will testify on Tuesday before the Banking Committee in the Senate in order to get a clearance for his next term. Mr.

28.12.2021 10:12

Weekly Focus: Santa Rally Is On

Alexander Boltyan

Just a few days left before the New Year, but the Santa rally is wrapping markets. The S&P 500 broad market index delivered 2.0% from last Thursday when the rally was flagged, breaking all-time highs twice. The rise of futures’ prices for S&P 500 paused at around 4800 points which was close to the average historical Santa rally performance for the last 92 years at 2.6%. But investors may bet on more with such a rapid climb of the index. Technically, with a recent breakthrough it may target 4900-5000 points by the middle of next week.