Let's start with the political events that shocked dollar. First, market reacted to an airstrike by the US Air Force on targets of Syrian armed groups supported by Iran (according to Pentagon). Officially, this action (of deaths from 17 to 27 people) was a response to repeated attacks by militants ...

The opening of the week is strongly linked to market hopes for a quick economic recovery as some countries begin lifting quarantine measures. Most isolation measures have already been lifted in Israel, today Johnson will announce a roadmap to lift quarantine measures in Britain. Let's break with t...

US Senate did not want to save the budget on pensions, security and other benefits for the 45th president: only 57 senators supported Trump's second impeachment, and 67 votes were needed to approve the decision. Summons and interrogations of additional witnesses would take more than one day, so we d...

Businesses expected the US labour market to start showing a solid recovery, but the January report came out weak, with a significant downgrade over the previous two months. To compensate for the shock it was necessary to use «heavy artillery» in the form of Janet Yellen. Treasury Secretary said the...

The market flash mob of retail traders united by WallStreetBets and Robinhood led to cumulative losses for all hedge funds in January of approximately $75 billion, of which $10 billion was in GameStop stock. Among the victims are Citron, Melvin Capital Management, Maplelane Capital, D1 Capital Part...

So … Eurozone EU leaders held a video summit to discuss the situation with the pandemic. New strains of coronavirus amid a shortage of vaccines have led to a discussion about the need to close external and internal borders, but so far they have only agreed to tighten quarantine measures. Today...

Trump's worst show, «Make America Great Again», will close the day after tomorrow, although for some participants this business project has become very profitable. The 45th President of the United States will leave the office and the «three-ring circus» factor will not affect the markets. The US Sen...

Trump tried to play all-in with a minimum of trump cards but immediately lost. Crowd, instigated by president, went to storm the shrine of American democracy, completely shutting off their brains and not realizing consequences of their actions. Those who hooligans in the Capitol on January 6 are now...

We believe that the main market drivers this year will be: Implementation (and re-integration) of international agreements; Change in US tax policy; The pace of economic recovery; Aggressive policy of central banks. Changing Trump's adventurism to Biden's traditional policies sh...

World is undergoing an unprecedented shock. Pandemic has already claimed more than 1.76 million lives and resulted in the loss of tens of millions of jobs. The situation has so far returned to normal only in China and in some countries of Southeast Asia. Mass vaccination has officially begun in the ...