Greed/fear index The main economic event on Tuesday was the recovery growth after Monday's failure. Sentiment towards risky assets remained weak. But the prospect of lower interest rates in the coming months provided some support, as...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Tuesday was the recovery growth after Monday's failure. Sentiment towards risky assets remained weak. But the prospect of lower interest rates in the coming months provided some support, as...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "China's GDP grew by only 4.7% in the second quarter, which was below expectations" "The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase." "Russia's GDP growth rate may...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Monday was the publication of revised data on the business activity index (PMI) in the US services sector for July. The index was expected to remain unchanged at 56.0 points. Here's what we wrote...
Conclusions Azerbaijan is a member of the CIS, but generally adheres to a policy of neutrality. At the same time, the strategic partnership with Turkey is actually a union of two states, which greatly determines the vector of Azerbaijan's...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "Revenue growth of 40% and profit decrease of 7%" "Falling oil and a strong ruble" Revenue growth is not translated into net profit growth, which reduces the amount of dividends. Falling oil prices and a strong ruble...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Friday was the publication of data on the change in the number of people employed in the US non-agricultural sector for July. It was expected that the number of people employed in the...
Conclusions Estonia is a member of the European Union, which allows it to gain significant advantages in trade relations. At the same time, Estonia's GDP has been declining for the third year in a row, and has signs of a negative trend....
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "The lack of news on debt restructuring is negative for the company" "High rates are slowing down the demand for wooden housing construction" The significant debt accumulated during the period of historically high...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Thursday was the publication of data on the index of business activity in the US manufacturing sector from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) for July. Here's what we wrote about it in the...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT Yandex may conduct an additional issue of shares for the motivation program of its employees" "Yandex management offered to pay dividends in the amount of 80 rubles per share" The new shareholders have incurred...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Wednesday, of course, was the decision of the US Federal Reserve on the interest rate. The forecast assumed that the rate would remain unchanged at 5.50%. Here's what we wrote about it in the...
Conclusions Turkmenistan is a secular, unitary republic of the presidential type. The actual form of government is an authoritarian dictatorship. Turkmenistan is characterized by strict Internet censorship and has the status of the country...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "Preferential mortgages for new buildings have ended in Russia" "A long period of tight monetary policy" The overheated primary housing market has lost preferential mortgages, as well as a drop in overall demand amid...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Monday was the traditional lack of news. However, markets are rising 90% of the time in the absence of serious news ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, which begins today. Any signals...
Conclusions GDP per capita increased 2.2 times from $2,770 in 1991 to $6,087 in 2023. The average GDP growth since 1991 was 2.5%, which is slightly higher than the average for the CIS countries of 2.3%, and significantly higher than the...
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Friday was the publication of data on the basic and general price index of personal consumption expenditures for June. It was expected that the growth of the basic and ordinary indices in monthly...
Conclusions Lithuania is a member of the European Union, which allows it to gain significant advantages in trade relations. The consequence of this is the dependence of the country's economy on the service sector, which is reflected by a...
NEWS/INVESTMENT EVENT "In the second quarter, the country's GDP grew by only 4.7%, which turned out to be lower than expected" China's economic growth below analysts' expectations brings risks to the stability of commodity asset prices....
Greed/fear index The main economic event on Thursday, of course, was the publication of preliminary data on the dynamics of US GDP in the 2nd quarter. The forecast assumed that GDP would grow by 1.9% in annual (quarterly growth x4) terms....