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The general consensus this year, even by people who aren’t exactly deep into financial metrics, is that 2019 has been mostly good. On average, global stock markets have performed impressively and still push on. For specifics, Deutsche Bank’s Chief Economist Torsten Slok has highlighted the global stock markets’ 2019 pump to be over $17 trillion.For several reasons including more attention by government and financial authorities, the progress has been quite noticeable. According to Slok,...

This year of 2019 turned out to action-packed with respect to the cryptocurrency market and the global economy in general. Undergoing a massive crypto winter in 2018, the crypto market saw some recovery especially in Q2 2019. If we look at the year-to-date performance, the overall cryptocurrency market cap surged by 60%. Thanks to Bitcoin‘s performance giving 100% returns during the same period.Also, if we look at the traditional markets, they have performed beyond investors’ expectations....

Joseph Davis who is the Vanguard Group Chief Investment Strategist and also its Chief Economist has said that stocks in the U.S. may reverse course by 50% in 2020. The strategist also asserted that the stocks also face the risk of being sold off in large moves by investors. Speaking to the sources, he said that:“Financial markets run the risk of getting ahead of themselves.”He pointed out that a 50% odds correction is more likely to occur than a 30% one. A correction in terms of percentage...

Over the last decade, specifically after the 2008 global economic recession, chipmakers have emerged as the best performing industry across sectors and regions. The latest industry report shows that the chipmaking industry witnessed a 377% growth in the last 10 years. This is double the growth of the S&P 500 during the same period.This shows that the semiconductor industry remains at the core of this rapidly changing technology. Despite new technologies like AI, blockchain, ML, and others...

On the 24th of September, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives announced an official impeachment inquiry opened against sitting President Donald Trump. The issues against him ranged from obstructing Congress to some foul play in his recent dealings with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Even though Trump is yet to be removed from office, the president has now been impeached by the House and reactions have begun to pour in. Interestingly the stock market has...

U.S. President Donald Trump becomes the third president in history to be impeached by the House. The announcement came on Wednesday, December 18, when the Democrats voted for two articles – obstruction of Congress and abuse of power.This historic vote comes after the House Democrats conducted an inquiry into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The impeachment process isn’t over yet though. The proceedings now move to the Senate for the next trial. Thus, the Senate holds the final decision if it...

U.S. markets seem to have responded positively to the recent first phase of the trade deal that has partially solved the current impasse between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Sources indicate that yesterday’s gains were the fourth straight day that the United States markets were in the green. According to reports, the S&P 500 gained 0.7% to end the day at 3,191.45 while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.9% to 8,814.23 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) went...

Top investment strategist Jeff Saut has a crystal ball to predict the future as regards where the U.S. markets are headed. Sources indicate that in spite of the new highs that stocks have been reached in the past few years, many investors are still overly cautious. They are afraid that the “ball will drop” and that markets will reverse course in a new global financial crisis reaching levels that occurred only just a decade ago when the United States Sub-Prime Mortgage markets went bust.Jeff...

The trade war between the U.S. and China has been ongoing for many months and has somehow wiggled its way into pretty much any conversation that involves the U.S. or China. Some other countries are sometimes dragged into the mix because some of the effects of the tensions have been felt by these countries even though they aren’t directly involved. However, there might be some respite soon and with it, the chance that a few stocks might be worth good money if things go right.CNBC’s Jim Cramer...

There are several investment opportunities popular all over the world and as time goes on, trends seem to always change. For many years, the stock market has been the most popular and also one of the most lucrative especially in the U.S. as records show that the S&P 500 has gained more than 180% in the last ten years. However, another investment channel that doesn’t seem to be talked about much but pulls in mouth-watering rewards, is the art market.A recent Citi report which was put...