Unveiling the Future: Apple’s Pioneering Leap into AI and Virtual Reality at WWDC

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has been making headlines lately due to the rumours surrounding its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) scheduled for June 5, 2023. The rumours suggest that the tech giant is poised to unveil a highly anticipated virtual reality (VR) headset, potentially marking the company’s most significant product launch since the iPad in 2010. As the date approaches, there has been a noticeable buzz in the financial markets regarding Apple stock’s potential reaction to this announcement​​.

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Navigating Market Concentration: Optimising Short Index Positions with Secular Stocks

The U.S. market has experienced a significant shift in recent years, with a handful of tech giants commanding a larger share of the S&P 500 index. This has led traders to seek ways to hedge their short index positions and protect their portfolios. In this article, we will delve deeper into the growing dominance of Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the S&P 500 and explore how these secular stocks can help balance the risks associated with short positioning in index trading.

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What Is a Bear Market (and How to Trade It)?

Bear silhouette on red smoke background

Source: Dreamstime | Author: Ilkin Guliyev

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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?

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The Art of Short Selling – All You Need to Know

DeltaStock's short guide to short selling

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.

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