Why traders should keep a lookout for market dislocations

Temporary misalignments in asset prices, commonly known as market dislocations, present opportunities for traders to earn a profit.

These events typically occur in situations where financial markets deviate from their normal functioning and fail to accurately price assets, which usually happens under stressful or atypical market conditions.

Trading Update : 11 November 2024

The world’s best-known investor has a contrarian view on U.S. stocks. What does Buffett’s pivot to cash say about stocks, especially will dollar bulls charging among buy-and-hold investors following the election outcome?

Using market momentum indicators

Momentum indicators help traders understand the potential direction and speed with which a particular stock price will likely change, which can help inform position trades or better understand the strength of price movements to realise a return.

Trading Update : 6 November 2024

M&A activity is alive and kicking in global and local markets, but not all outcomes are positive. Regulators are also coming down hard on companies. Outside the bureaucracy, tech is still a major growth driver with noise from geopolitics becoming increasingly louder as the U.S. election looms.

Trading update : 31 October 2024

US Updates Hurricanes impact U.S economic outlook Driven by the temporary effects of the recent hurricanes, Investec expects that October’s US payrolls report (out Nov. 1) will show a negative -10,000 jobs change, which would be the first negative print since December 2020, and well below the consensus forecast of 125,000. Investec estimates about 175,000 […]