There has been some activity as 2020 nears an end, especially with the European Union and the United Kingdom reaching an agreement on Brexit and the congressional approval of the fiscal stimulus package. The Brexit talks have been marred by some turmoil but ultimately an agreement between the UK and …
Read More »Weekly Recap – Dec 14-18
2020 is drawing to a close as Brexit talks continue with the race to reach a deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom before December 31. On the other side of the ocean, US lawmakers are trying to fill loopholes in the massive stimulus bill that would provide …
Read More »Weekly Recap – Dec 11
Positive news regarding the launch the Vaccination campaign dominated the markets, but the Brexit crisis and the US financial stimulus still cast a shadow on the markets. In the UK, monthly GDP continued to slow down, falling to 0.4% in October, its lowest level in 6 months. British economic output …
Read More »Weekly Recap – Dec 4
Major economies overall are showing better numbers in the third quarter, but rising coronavirus cases and vaccine distribution obstacles continue to hamper economic growth. Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US rose by 245,000 in November, the data. This reading followed October’s increase of 610,000 (revised from 638,000) and missed the …
Read More »Weekly Recap 23-27 Nov
Despite the promising news about the Corona vaccine, markets are still turbulent with the increase in Corona cases around the world and the imposition of new measures to limit the spread of the virus, which affects the entire market in turn. Oil rose more than 30% from its lowest level …
Read More »Weekly Recap 16-20 Nov
Over the ending week, the market continued to be supported by positive news about Coronavirus vaccines, after both Moderna and Pfizer announced high success rates for their vaccine candidates. Meanwhile, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is yet to concede the past elections, in which his lost to …
Read More »Weekly Recap 9-13 Nov
The second week of November saw two major highlights. First, it was over the past weekend that it became clear that the Democratic nominee and Former Vice President Joe Bides will be the next President of the United States after winning the elections. A projected win in the state of …
Read More »Weekly Recap 2-6 Nov
The headlines of the US election were dominating the markets past week with the intense competition between Trump and Biden, which Biden settled by a difference of votes, here are the highlights of the past week. The US Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates near zero at 0.25% while …
Read More »Weekly Recap 14-18 Sept
There were a lot of market drivers last week like the Fed and Bank of England meeting and tensions over the Brexit talks and developments for the Corona vaccine as well as the continuing trade tension between the US and China and the TikTok crisis. There was a lot of …
Read More »Weekly Recap 07-11 Sept
There were many important events that affected the markets over the past week, such as the European Central Bank and Bank of Canada meeting with Brexit talks reaching a dead-end last week and the developments of the Corona vaccine as tensions continued between the United States and China. At its …
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