The Federal Reserve's two-day meeting will likely be the highlight of the upcoming week, with everyone waiting to see what clues the Fed gives about future rate rises. Expectations are of a half-point increase this month, followed by the same in July.
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A trade dispute between Germany and Russia could damage German manufacturing – one of three leading global manufacturing hubs besides the United States and China. According to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, trade between Germany and Russia increased massively last year, with the value of goods traded climbing 34% to 59 billion euros ($64 billion).
There’s nothing quite like enhanced and busy ‘Traded Option’ activity to herald [insider trading] price-sensitive information on forthcoming corporate news. Lo and behold, it was in late March 2022, and in the days preceding Elon Musk’s notification of a substantial interest, Twitter futures contracts suddenly started moving higher in above-average daily volume.
Only the Energy, Metals, and Utility sectors have rescued a poor 1st quarter performance on the market indices from a disastrous one. Fueled by spiking oil and commodity prices which market forecasters predict will only continue amid heightened geopolitical risks between Russia and Ukraine, rising inflation, and interest rates.