Dear Clients,
We would like to inform you that there will be changes to the trading hours of some markets during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays.
Streaming platforms and tech giants: who did better?
The outgoing 2024 was generally strong for the streaming platforms whose number constantly rises and the tech giants. But some did better than others. In his appearance on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Ivailo Chaushev, Chief Market Analyst at Deltastock, takes a look at some of them.
Gods of War: Market Opportunities in the Defence Sector in 2025
In 2023, global military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year, exceeding $2.4 trillion. This surge, fueled by the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war and escalating geopolitical tensions, marked a 6.8% increase—the largest annual rise since 2009. This pushed world military spending to its highest level recorded by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). The global military burden, defined as military expenditure as a share of GDP, reached 2.3%, with governments dedicating an average of 6.9% of their budgets to defence or approximately $306 per person.
This week’s top stories
This week saw some interesting market developments and forecasts and we have picked several of them for our weekly review:
RBC Sees S&P 500 Rising to 6,600 by End of 2025
Which altcoins did the best in 2024?
Bitcoin’s recent all-time highs, driven by market hopes and optimism that the new Donald Trump administration will take a pro-crypto stance and investor interest, has put the spotlight on the cryptocurrency sector once again. In the past 12 months, Bitcoin’s price has risen almost 153% and in November alone, when it nearly touched the $100,000 milestone, bitcoin has grown almost 37%.
Bitcoin’s rise and the overall bullish sentiment has revitalised the interest in some much smaller and cheaper altcoins, some of which can boast spectacular performances in the past 12 months and this November alone. Let’s take a look at several of them!
Changes to Trading Hours over Thanksgiving (Nov. 28-29, 2024)
Dear clients,
Please be advised that due to Thanksgiving in the U.S., the trading hours of some CFD markets will be changed on 28 and 29 November 2024.