The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the US. It is a Consumer Staple sector and that sector can find buyers when traders are expecting a recession. The rationale…
NextEra is a large American energy company with revenues exceeding $18 billion in 2020. If the US is heading towards a recession then typically utility companies, like NextEra energy should find buyers. This is because even when consumers spending power…
There’s been a huge amount of flows into the tech sector this year, according to Deutsche Bank AG who see over $40 billion in cumulative global flows. However, with the Fed signalling higher rates for longer in last weeks meeting…
The Federal reserve took a more hawkish tone in their latest rate meeting revising up the dot plot seeing higher interest rates in 2024 and beyond. The NASDAQ is typically sensitive to US rate increases, and this provides a natural…
Early Friday morning the BoJ meet and speculation is rising on whether they will start to signal the end of negative interest rates. A weak yen is creating problems for the domestic markets and raising interest rates would be a quick way to strengthen the Yen.
On Thursday, the Bank of England meet and are still expected to increase interest rates by 25 basis points to tackle surging UK inflation.
Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting will also be a meeting where the Fed outline their dot plot on rate projections.
Recent economic data from the UK has fuelled speculation that the Bank of England is starting to consider pausing interest rates hikes in the UK. Furthermore, some recent speeches from MPC members, have added fuel to this speculation. BoE’s Governor…
One of the key features around seasonality is the so-called turn of the month affect. This is when major indices tend to gain around the end of a month and into the first few days of the new month. However…
Heading into the ECB rate meeting on Thursday this week a Reuters poll from last week shows 39 out of 69 economists surveyed are expecting the European Central bank to keep rates unchanged at 3.75%. However 30 at the economists…
