Domestic stocks came under pressure as US elections and the Fed rate decision loom, with the BSE Midcap index down 1.5% and Nifty 1.8% as of 12 pm on Monday (04-11-2024). 📉 Key support levels could drive the next move!
The biggest rise in rates following a first cut since 1989. (Before that, the Fed targeted the money supply, and determining the "first" day was murky.)
What does it mean that rates have risen this much after the Fed cut? I would argue it is a rejection of the policy.
Austan Goolsbee (Chicago Fed President) contends they need "hundreds" more basis points of cuts to get to neutral. The market says this is too much.
The worry is that the Fed will overstimulate and create a resurgence of inflation, especially if Trump wins and fiscal and inflationary stimulus comes with it.
The HSI was up nearly 19% over a two week-period as of Friday - the largest such move since 1998 - as China's stimulus to spur economic growth saw investors lap up everything China and Hong Kong.
The Nifty fell 2.1% Thursday - its third biggest decline for the year - as an escalation of the Middle East crisis coupled with the rally in China equities soured investor sentiment.
The index is set to close out September on an impressive note. However, there is also a fear that the markets are overstretched & that the risk of a sudden drop remains high, particularly since breadth is narrowing.
Rupee's on a roll, hitting a 6-week high with a 0.15% jump. But gold imports are driving the trade deficit higher. Is this the start of a sustained rally? What are your thoughts on this?
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The S&P 500 went on a rollercoaster ride on Wednesday as inflation data saw the index slump over 1.5% at its lows. However, a rally in mega-cap stocks led by Nvidia - it saw $216 billion added to its market capitalization - saw the index end more than a percent in the green.
Last week, we went into some details of data types & wrapped up the discussion with strings. Let's delve deeper into them today.
First, we define a variable to store a string:
str1 = "hello world, it's a beautiful day"
Notice that running cellblock #4 throws an error.
The Nifty closed at 25,017.75 yesterday, marking a nine-day streak of successive higher closes. Such a signal has occurred only five other times since 2014. In three of the instances, i.e., 60% of the time, the index was higher 20 days later, with an average return of 3.6%.
Natural gas prices rallied over 20% from their August troughs, sparking debate about whether the recovery was here to stick. Technically though, bulls are yet to show their resolve, keeping bears in control as long as a pivotal price zone holds.
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Silver has rallied by 9% in the past 17 days! Wondering what it coincided with?
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The S&P 500 rose for the eighth straight day yesterday, the first time since November 8, 2023. Back then, the signal marked the end of the correction and kicked off the ongoing bull market.
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