Markets Update Wednesday 29/07/2020 – Non-event

Frankfurt – 29/07/20 Non-event Investors and daytraders had been waiting for days for the Fed. Now the US Federal Reserve finally had its meeting and announced its decisions. It is not doing more for the time being but is keeping the door open for new crisis aid. This means that nothing new has been brought to the table, and the ...

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Markets Update Tuesday 28/07/2020 – Waiting

Frankfurt – 28/07/20 Waiting Stock market participants and traders remained cautious due to the many continuing uncertainties. Worries about a second wave of infection and the still delicate situation between the USA and China weighed heavily. Meanwhile, attention is gradually turning to the USA, where the Fed’s interest rate decision is due on Wednesday. Afterwards, Fed chair Jerome Powell will ...

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Markets Update Monday 27/07/2020 – High on Gold

Frankfurt – 27/07/20 High on Gold There was nothing really new to report at the stock exchanges today. Also, the fact that gold reached a new all-time high today is not that surprising given everything that’s been happening in the markets this year.  Trade with the Best Gold CFD Trading Brokers Investors on Wall Street are hoping for a new ...

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Markets Update Friday 24/07/2020 – Tit for tat

Frankfurt -24/07/20 Tit for tat In response to the closure of a Chinese consulate in Houston yesterday, China, for its part, has called on the US to close its diplomatic mission in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu. The license to operate the foreign representation will be withdrawn, the Beijing State Department announced on Friday. China is again calling on ...

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Markets Update Thursday 23/07/2020 – Not so quick!

Frankfurt – 23/07/20 Not so quick! In the past trading days, there was only happy-happy-joy-joy in the financial markets. Especially the “historic deal” of the EU states around the corona reconstruction package was celebrated and was seen as a very bullish signal by the stock markets. But now, the EU parliament comes out as the ultimate party-pooper, puts on the ...

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Markets Update Wednesday 22/07/2020 – Houston, we have a problem!

Frankfurt – 22/07/20 Houston, we have a problem! Overall, the mood on the financial markets has clouded over again today. The USA ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in the Texas city of Houston. China’s foreign office spokesman Wang Wenbin spoke to the press in Beijing on Wednesday, calling the move “outrageous and unjustified”. The closure of the consulate ...

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Markets Update Tuesday 21/07/2020 – Back to reality

Frankfurt – 21/07/20 Back to reality It was a colossal stock markets party in the last 24 hours with many markets and financial instruments soaring to new heights. The positive outcome of the EU money summit has been expected and appreciated by the stock market. The course has been set, and a new flood of fresh money is guaranteed.  Nevertheless, ...

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Markets Update Monday 20/07/2020 – United

Frankfurt – 20/07/20 United After four days and four nights, EU leaders reached agreement on the Corona aid fund and the Union’s next seven-year financial framework. In the course of this, they are talking about a historic step towards European unity. Thus, it seems that nothing more stands in the way of a continuation of the stock exchange party – ...

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The best commodity & metal investments 2020

Many investors want to profit not only from rising share prices but also from upward trends in commodity markets. Furthermore, precious metals have always been considered a hedge against inflation and especially the precious yellow metal gold is THE global safe haven. In times of crisis and ultra-low interest rates, metals are getting more and more attention. Before we turn ...

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Markets Update Friday 17/07/2020 – Moment of Truth

Frankfurt – 17/07/20 Moment of Truth Friday saw much lower volatility in trading than the previous days. At the start of the tension-filled EU summit in Brussels, investors held back with larger commitments. By the end of the trading day, there was no sign of agreement on the planned 750 billion euro reconstruction fund. Several points are highly controversial, including ...

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Markets Update Thursday 16/07/2020 – Mixed Signals

Frankfurt – 16/07/20 Mixed Signals A good way to describe today’s trading day is that there was nothing much new. Wall Street more or less stood still and could move neither in one direction nor in the other. Some profits were taken, especially for some of the Nasdaq Composite listed tech-heavyweights and some chart experts expect more pressure here. At ...

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Markets Update Wednesday 15/07/2020 – Tesla Shorts

Frankfurt – 15/07/20 Tesla Shorts Euphoria and disillusionment are close together on the stock exchanges today.  In the dispute over limiting Hong Kong’s autonomy, US President Donald Trump has signed a sanctions law against China. This is intended to hold China accountable for “repressive actions” against the people of Hong Kong, Trump said yesterday. The law gives the government effective ...

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Markets Update Tuesday 14/07/2020 – Big Banks

Frankfurt – 14/07/20 Big Banks Strong price fluctuations were once again seen on the international stock markets today. Concerns about the continuing health crisis increased again today, while hopes for a vaccine soon and quick recovery of the world economy flattened out. Many market participants viewed the continuously rising number of cases, especially in the United States, with increasing concern, ...

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Markets Update Monday 13/07/2020 – Back to square one

Frankfurt – 13/07/20 Back to square one Where the economic calendar was empty last week, and investors were wholly focussed on political and trading news, this week is an entirely different ball game. Not only will numerous central banks meet and will we witness releases of macroeconomic data across the globe, but the quarterly earnings season will also come into ...

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Markets Update Friday 10/07/2020 – Science & Reality

Frankfurt – 10/07/20 Science & Reality After several days of consecutive price losses, some investors returned to the stock markets on Friday, and the bulls took the helm towards the end of trading. The buying mood was once again fueled by vaccine hopes from Gilead Science and quite positive economic data. Industrial production in France, for example, rose in May ...

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Markets Update Thursday 09/07/2020 – Worries

Frankfurt – 09/07/20 Worries The trend change came late, but it came quite quickly and surprisingly. After an initially relatively calm trading day with only mild price caprioles, traders changed from risk-on to risk-off fiercely and sent stock market indices downhill at a rapid pace. And that’s just the way it is on the stock market when the herd suddenly ...

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Markets Update Wednesday 08/07/2020 – Golden Times

Frankfurt – 08/07/20 Golden Times The narrative in the financial markets continues to build around the appreciation of the precious metal gold. The precious yellow metal crossed the $1,800 mark today and manages to hold steady above this important psychological mark.  No doubt, many market experts had long anticipated the current gold rush, especially since the intense money flood provided ...

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Markets Update Tuesday 07/07/2020 – Infectious

Frankfurt – 07/07/20 Infectious After the strong start to the week, the stock markets have today shifted back a gear. Recent horror reports about continuously rising infection numbers, especially from the USA, made more and more investors and traders nervous on today’s trading day. Some investors also cashed in and took profit after the stock market rallied in the past ...

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Trading Strategy: Options trading of volatility

For the inexperienced trader, volatility is a synonym for “fear”. For the experienced investor, it is, above all, an essential mathematical figure that should be taken into account in trade decisions and often creates the best chances to profit in the market. In this article, we explain how you can use volatility as a friend and trade it profitably. What ...

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Markets Update Monday 06/07/2020 – Higher

Frankfurt – 06/07/20 Higher Central bank liquidity and the hope for a vaccine remain positive drivers for the stock markets at the beginning of the new trading week. Price jumps on the Asian stock markets and encouraging economic data from Germany, and the US also fueled the stock market rally further on Monday. Among the individual stocks, several heavyweight US ...

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Markets Update Friday 03/07/2020 – Independence Day

Frankfurt – 03/07/20 Independence Day There was no trading on Friday in the USA due to the celebrations around “Independence Day” on Saturday, and the US markets said a friendly farewell to the long weekend already yesterday.  Thus it was missing on today’s Friday at investors, traders and also trend-setting impulses. Overall, the foreign exchange market, as well as many ...

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Markets Update Thursday 02/07/2020 – Apprehensively positive

Frankfurt – 02/07/20 Apprehensively positive According to the latest figures from the US labour market, the economic situation does indeed appear to be brightening up more and more. Although nothing is as it was before the crisis, more and more market experts at least see the light at the end of the tunnel. Today, this and also positive news regarding ...

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Markets Update Tuesday 30/06/2020 – Still swingin’

Frankfurt – 30/06/20 Still swingin’ What a first half-year 2020! First, the world markets plunged before they could recover in the 2nd quarter and rose almost as rapidly.   Here in Germany, for example, the Dax 30 plummeted dramatically before recovering almost as strongly, and on Tuesday the leading German index crowned a robust second quarter. From April to the end ...

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Markets Update Monday 29/06/2020 – Zick-zack

Frankfurt – 29/06/20 Zick-zack The overriding factor is that the global stock markets are caught between high numbers of new infections, especially in the USA and the hot spots that pop up all over the world from time to time, and hopes for a rapid recovery from the economic crisis. Who will have the better end for himself, in the ...

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