The US rate hike
Possible misfire from the side of the Fed? In 2015, 75 interest rate cuts have been performed worldwide, five of them in China. By contrast, there were 51 interest rate […]
Technical Analysis
Profitable trading with Bollinger-Bands
The Bollinger bands belong to the absolute standard tool for many traders. Even the inventor does not recommend the sole use. Christian Stern looks at the relationships and introduces following […]
Some thoughts about Europe Mid Cap Stock Index
Academic researchers have been studying the small cap premium for more than 30 years. A 1981 paper by Rolf Banz argued that “smaller firms have had higher risk-adjusted returns, on […]
From early/mid June, Equity markets should push up one last time into the Summer
The environment has been challenging for equity markets since the beginning of the year. Very few indeed have for now fully recovered from their late January sell-off, and recent developments […]
Where is the ten years BTP’s yield going?
Experienced Technical Analyst does not look at a price chart as simple moving lines, but tries to understand, through its trends, the history of price balance between buyers and sellers, […]
Stoxx 600 Retail Index: a sector to watch
Looking at the highest performances of the 19 Supersectors of the Stoxx 600 index since the beginning of the year, it can be noted that, in addition to the Technology, […]
The relationship between Stoxx 600 Index and Usd: a “new normal”?
In Intermarket analysis, one of the relationships to consider when we analyse the Stoxx 600 Index is its correlation with the USD. Historically the correlation is negative, that is when […]
Sustainable finance and vice stocks
On November 9th, 2016, the day Donald Trump became president, some American states voted to legalize cannabis. The next day, according to that referendum, California became the world’s largest market […]