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Article in German Eight times a year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) meets to discuss and decide on monetary policy, and the level of key interest rates. In view of the dramatic rise…
In recent years, markets have been conditioned not to overreact to political and geopolitical shocks for two reasons: firstly, because it was believed that the initial shock would not increase significantly more; and secondly, because central banks were willing and…
Article in German Black Friday, one of the most anticipated non-official US holidays, will shortly be kicking off this year’s Christmas shopping season. Indeed, since 2005 Black Friday has reportedly been the busiest shopping day of the year in the…
Article in German At the turn of the year 2021/22, you as an investor may be thinking about all kinds of things that can influence prices, but not about the US presidential election. After all, it took place in November…
Financial markets and seasonality go hand in hand. But do they also correlate in the cold season? Today, I will present to you various fundamentals that have strong influences on stock prices during the last weeks of the year. Let’s…
Article in German In the context of seasonality, you may – just like most investors – primarily think of commodities and stock indexes. However, there are seasonal patterns in many other markets and instruments as well, ranging from individual stocks…
This holiday season it will not only be catching our desired item that will be our biggest concern, but we will also have to navigate through supply-chain complications that have caused delays and shortages among retailers. This may result in…
Article in German In recent months, many commodities have seen marked rises. On the other hand, precious metals have lagged behind. However, in view of this commodity boom, you may be asking if gold will in fact follow suit and…
There are a number of horror stories accompanying the markets these days: surging inflation, slowing growth and spiking energy prices. Nevertheless, there is yet one more spine-tingling event coming up on October 31: Halloween! However, we are going to consider…
Article in German Problems surrounding Evergrande, the Chinese property development company, are causing unrest in the stock markets. On top of this, October has also begun – the month that has a particularly bad reputation for traders! Is that bad…
