News in brief All producer prices continued to rise month-on-month and year-on-year in April. Industrial producer prices increased by more than 26% year-on-year and agricultural producer prices by more than 35%. Construction prices were estimated to have risen by almost 13% year-on-year and prices of market services for businesses were 5.5% higher. After a very…
Fundamentals and expected events: week 20 Crypto markets: Crypto markets experienced a very turbulent week and now seem to calm down a bit. Bitcoin jumped to above $31,000 but was quickly stopped in its tracks and was turned back below the $30,000 line, where it bounced and now is trading above that line again. Most…
We are now experiencing something called bear market, or market crash, not only in the cryptocurrency field, but also on stocks and bonds and commodities and almost everywhere. So here are the possible reasons of this fall and some tips from pro traders how to deal with it. Why are the markets crashing? There are…
News in brief US stocks have had another negative session. The S&P500 has written off 1.65% and is down 7.32% in the last five days. The Nasdaq then fell 3.18% yesterday and is down as much as 12.35% in the last five sessions. The market continues to be very nervous. Fuel prices on the Rotterdam…
Bear market is here. In light of the crypto market events, you must have noticed that assets have been plummeting. Many cryptocurrencies have dropped by more than half their value. Considering the events of the last two years, you could say that we are officially in a bear market. This may be a new experience…
News in brief The US stock markets are posting mixed results so far, classic DJIA and S&P 500 are slightly in the black and the tech Nasdaq continues to weaken. European stock markets rose significantly today, breaking a several-day negative streak. Also contributing to the positive development today were comments by the ECB chief that…
News in brief European bourses again followed the sell-off in US markets, especially in risk assets and technology companies. Continued lockdowns due to Coivd-19 in China then resulted in a fall in the price of oil and subsequently the energy sector. Czech Republic’s foreign trade fell into an unexpectedly large deficit of CZK 13.8 billion…
Fundamentals and expected events: week 19 Crypto markets: Bitcoin and the overall crypto market continues to weaken in correlation with declines in technology titles within the major US indices. Sales are driven by persistent concerns about high inflation and looming stagflation, rising dollar rates, and especially disappointing corporate results for some technology sector leaders. There…
News in brief US indices had their worst day since the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. Sentiment was particularly negatively affected by a further rise in bond yields. At the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell by 3.12%, the S&P 500 by 3.57% and the NASDAQ Composite by…
News in brief The Czech National Bank surprised by raising the base interest rate from 5 to 5.75 percent, the highest level since the end of October 1999, while an increase to only 5.5 percent was expected. The CNB’s Bank Board therefore mainly took the view from the new forecast by the bank’s analytical team…
