Source: Dreamstime | Photographer: Elena Dyrda
We are informing all our clients that on June 20, 2022, due to Juneteenth Day in the U.S., the trading hours of some markets will be changed, while other markets will be closed.
Author Archive: DeltaStock
What Is a Bear Market (and How to Trade It)?
Source: Dreamstime | Author: Ilkin Guliyev
Reading time: 8 minutes
A bear market, or the period when stocks lose their value for a prolonged period of time, can no doubt sound scary to first-time investors. And while every market goes through this cycle at some point in its lifespan, the good news is that the bulls far outlive the bears when it comes to longevity.
So, what are bull and bear markets, what causes a bear market, and what can you do to protect your portfolio when all of your assets seem to be headed towards record lows?
The Art of Short Selling – All You Need to Know
Source: Dreamstime | Author: DeltaStock
Reading time: 6 minutes
First came the global pandemic. Now, a full-scale war not seen in nearly a century threatens to repeatedly shake the global economy to its core, and yesterday’s bullish markets have ventured deep into the red. Doom and gloom forecasts aside, there are still plenty of strategies that traders could employ to take advantage of today’s unstable price movements.
One such strategy is called short selling.
Amazon Splits Its Stock for the First Time Since 1999; Here Is What This Means for Traders
Source: Dreamstime | Author: Russell Vance
Reading time: 1 minute
In a move that closely mirrored Apple, Tesla, Google and other tech giants, on Wednesday Amazon announced its first stock split since the dot-com era, essentially informing investors that they will receive 19 extra shares for each share that they currently hold in the company. The e-commerce leader also said that it will kickstart a brand new $10 billion share buyback program, effectively replacing its previous $5 billion buyback program authorised back in 2016.
Eurozone Inflation Surged to Its Highest Since 1997 as the ECB Scrambles to Find the Right Approach
Source: Dreamstime | Author: Michaeljayberlin
Reading time: 1 minute
Persistent cost-covid hurdles, coupled with the war in Ukraine, have fueled a continent-wide price hike unlike anything the Europeans have ever seen. And it’s about to get worse.
Changes to Trading Hours: Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee and Pentecost (02-06.06.2022)
Source: Dreamstime | Photographer: Ruslan Salikhov
We are informing all our clients that, due to the upcoming bank holiday for the Queen’s Jubilee in the UK and Pentecost, some markets will be closed in the period of June 2-6, 2022.