LAST UPDATE: 16.08 With or without sanctions, Russian billionaires will face new obstacles in their international activities, as Russian President Vladimir Putin “closed the curtain” on the possibility of Russian companies holding their shares listed on foreign stock exchanges, according to Bloomberg. Under a new legal framework ratified by the Russian head of state on […]
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Bloomberg: Recession risks competing with hopes of resilience in global economic outlook
The rapid inflation of recent decades and the consequent rush by central banks to raise interest rates fuel fears of a recession in financial markets – worries exacerbated by the effects of coronavirus blockades on China and the war in Ukraine . Just last week, the United States and the United Kingdom recorded the fastest […]
Strict warnings for increased risks in banks
By Leonidas Stergiou The side effects of sanctions against Russia, the effects of the energy crisis on the real economy, the possibility of rising interest rates by the ECB and exposure to cyber-attacks due to the industry’s strong digitization during the pandemic are among the critical risks facing competent European authoritiesin a joint report published […]
Handelsblatt: Because the prospects for the new stock market week are ominous
On Monday, the German stock market begins a week of trading reduced due to the Easter holidays. An improvement in emotion is difficult to conceive of in the face of multiple burdens, according to Handelsblatt. Investors were already wary last week. Major stocks on Wall Street and in Germany fell 1%, with the Dax recently […]
Andelsblatt: What 4 strategies do investors use to protect their portfolio from the risk of stagnant inflation?
Investors today are worried about a scenario that many know only from history books: stagnant inflation. It is a combination of high inflation and economic stagnation. If stagnant inflation occurs, according to Handelsblatt, it could upset long-term relationships in the capital market. US investment bank Goldman Sachs, for example, sees poorer prospects for bonds in […]
Market mood improves slightly at the start of the week
This is what you need to know to trade today monday april 4: There appears to be a positive shift in risk sentiment at the start of the week as investors once again turn bullish on a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The economic calendar will not feature any high-impact data releases on Monday […]
Andelsblatt: Shares remain surprisingly stable despite the risks
Despite the war in Ukraine and the prospect of a tougher monetary policy, world stock markets remain remarkably stable. At the end of the quarter, the US S&P 500 index fell five percent compared to the beginning of the year, but had already recovered from its low minus 12.5%. European stocks and the MSCI World […]
S&P 500 falls from 4,600 on a gloomy market mood, due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict
The S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq Composite posted losses in a risk-off market mood, courtesy of the Russian-Ukrainian fights. Russia insists on receiving natural gas payments in rubles, threatens to block procedures in euros/dollars. Gold and the dollar are rising, while US Treasury yields and oil are trading in the red. US […]
Thousands of ‘Wall Street China’ traders sleep in offices to beat lockdown
More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are sleeping on skyscrapers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui district, the country’s financial center, in order to keep the financial hub fully operational amid a lockdown in the area. In particular, according to Reuters, local government officials said that thousands of traders, asset managers and financial traders in the […]
Three Scenarios for the Economy and Markets – Citibank
Citi analysts have devised three scenarios to predict possible outcomes, as the world faces an extremely complex set of challenges. Currently, the Citi’s base case is resilient with a 40% chance, with the robust and recessionary scenario at 25% chance each. Robust, resilitene and recession “The resilient scenario expects Fed policy tightening to limit growth […]
