Trading update : 28 February 2025
When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold, and there are worrying signs for the economy and dollar. While the AI chip race is hotting up thanks to DeepSeek’s arrival, tighter margins, rising competition and tariffs are weighing on stocks like Nvidia. Prosus is turning to Europe for growth, hoping to turn its latest acquisition into the iFood of Europe.
Trading Update : 21 February 2025
Semis are surging, investors are full-on ‘risk on’, Morgan Stanley thinks China’s looking good again, and Nike hopes Kim K can turn their fortunes around. But investors need to proceed with caution as a “retail frenzy” is brewing and copper looks like it could take a tumble. President Trump is also about to open a new front in his trade war.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!
If there is one market phenomenon that investors fear most, it’s a stock market bubble, because when it bursts, stock prices can crash, and investors in those stocks can lose a lot of money.
Bubbles typically develop when stock prices rise rapidly, growing beyond their intrinsic value – the true value of a company based on fundamentals like earnings, assets, and future cash flows.
Understanding inverse head and shoulders chart patterns
Within this toolset, a technical analysis is a valuable way to assess stocks to inform investment decisions and trading positions because it provides insights into market trends, price patterns, and potential future price movements based on historical or real-time data.
Explaining market and asset correlations and their impact on investments
Despite the geographical distance between countries, global markets are more interconnected than ever before, which is creating closer correlations between global financial markets, economies, sectors and companies. Read more here.
