Weekly Market Outlook October 21, 2018

“Markets love volatility. ” – Christine Lagarde

Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – The market settled down a bit last week. Nevertheless, the autumn storm does not seem to be over at the stock markets. The S&P 500 still struggles with the 200-DMA, and that makes the technical gourmets among us nervous.

The good news is that the company figures are coming and they certainly will not disappoint, so is the consensus. Therefore, we are still of the opinion that the recent decline can be labeled as “noise” driven by sentiment and chartists. On a 5.2% decrease of the S&P 500 in two days you can impossible anticipate, on the follow-up all the more.

The new trading week is full of quarterly figures. Furthermore, Italy will be able to control investors’ minds because of Italian budgetary problems in connection with the agreements made with the European Union.


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