by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 2, 2022 | Newsletters
October brought a new round of higher prices, but investors started to believe that the Federal Reserve is getting close to pivoting to a loose monetary policy. So, despite the worse-than-expected inflation data, stocks managed to rally over the past month. However,...
by Gino D'Alessio | Oct 6, 2022 | Newsletters
While the war in Ukraine continues into its 9th month, the central bank is on a mission to curb runaway inflation between 8 and 9 percent, and it still has a lot of catching up to do. On September 21, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by another 75 basis...
by Gino D'Alessio | Sep 7, 2022 | Newsletters
The month of August saw a fair amount of volatility return to the financial markets in general, but less so to precious metals such as gold. We saw the S&P 500 rally from its low on August 1, of 4073 to a month high of 4327. The stock market had turned bullish...
by Gino D'Alessio | Aug 14, 2022 | Newsletters
Non-farm payrolls more than doubled expectations on Friday, August 5, 2022. The market had been expecting an increase in jobs of 250 thousand. Instead, data released showed a whopping increase of 528 thousand new jobs. This news reversed the trends of various...
by Gino D'Alessio | Jul 14, 2022 | Newsletters
The crypto winter continues. Over the past month, Bitcoin and all major altcoins went down again. Bitcoin lost 39.5%, while Ethereum and Solana lost 47.6% and 29.6% respectively over the past 30 days. The generalized bear sentiment kept the broad stock market lower...
by Gino D'Alessio | Jun 13, 2022 | Newsletters
Over the past month, we saw more worrying inflation data even though job creation remains high. The continuing war in Ukraine is beginning to take a back seat to the main concerns of the public. However, the events on the Russian-Ukraine front are leading to food...
by Gino D'Alessio | May 3, 2022 | Newsletters
Recession fears continue to loom over the markets as investors adopt a risk-off attitude across most asset classes. With the war in Ukraine in the background, inflation, energy costs, and supply chain instability continue to be major concerns. Along with inflation...
by Gino D'Alessio | Apr 21, 2022 | Newsletters
Financial markets are still recovering from the invasion of Ukraine. Volatility remains high in the broad stock market, although the S&P 500 has recovered most of its lost ground. At the time of writing the broad stock index was at 4575.52, still down 4% from the...
by Liam Hunt | Mar 7, 2022 | Newsletters
This week, the world has looked on with horror at the ongoing developments in Ukraine. As Russia’s military continues its invasion of Ukraine, global markets have reacted with volatility. At the time of writing, the S&P 500 (.SPX: INDEX) is down slightly...
by Mark Turner | Jan 6, 2022 | Newsletters
On January 3rd, 2009, the first Bitcoin block was mined. At the time, a single Bitcoin was worthless—representing mere ones and zeros on a network that no one yet understood. Fast forward exactly 13 years and one Bitcoin is now worth over US$46,000 per coin. It is...
by Mark Turner | Dec 3, 2021 | Newsletters
Will the holiday season bring gifts, or a lump of coal, for alternative investors? All signs point to the former. If you equip your portfolio with the right assets, you can position yourself for a very merry Christmas season. The price of gold and silver currently...
by Amine Rahal | Oct 8, 2021 | Newsletters
It must be October. Once again, at the beginning of the fall season, it’s a buyer’s market for crypto. Amid regulatory crackdowns from Chinese authorities, the price of Bitcoin fell throughout the month of September, from an August high of about $49,200 to its...
