By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview - Global Assets Sell-Off Investors had faced a global share market sell-off last week. The markets are in turmoil, and there are major red flags which are hard to ignore: Bond markets and t...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets After a hectic week with plenty of headwinds piling up, investors are bracing themselves for a volatile end to 2018. Without any doubt, fundamentals are weak, although the rout in the financial markets this wee...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview - "Highly Successful Meeting" Last week was dominated by two main events: Fed Speeches and the G20 summit. There is no doubt that this year has been challenging for the stock markets which ca...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets As we head into the last month of the year, the Fed risk has been resolved, and market participants have switched their focus back to trade tensions. The price action in the financial markets is subdued ahead o...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The same geopolitical and trade themes will likely dominate headlines this week as the markets remained vulnerable to the current headwinds: slower global growth, trade tensions, Brexit, Italian budget woes...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Donald Trump’s comments on China’s trade deal has lifted sentiment and encouraged Wall Street to advance higher after a week of being mostly in the red. The drop in the fear gauge on Frid...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Monday: Sterling pairs gapped lower following the weekend Brexit headlines. Jo Johnson’s have resigned, and there were hints that more ministers are ready to resign. Traders were awaiting a breakthrou...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Tariffs and Brexit negotiations have made headlines throughout the week, driving the financial markets into a volatile ride. The CBOE Volatility Index surged higher this week, indicating weaker s...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview The US mid-term election delivered the expected outcome, and the Fed was also seen as sticking to the Game Plan last week. Market participants cheered the Democratic win, but the re...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky Market Overview Markets swung from risk-off to risk-on sentiment across the week driven by fears of peaked earnings, the slow growth in China and rising yields. With a high VIX, the week ended on a volatile note. The stock markets ...
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