This is evidenced by the VIX Index’s level, with a higher figure indicating greater fear levels among market participants.
This suggests that higher taxes, or reduced government spending, may be required in the coming years to put the country’s finances on a more stable footing.
Meanwhile, a dovish Federal Reserve could prompt a period of higher inflation.
Of course, identifying potential threats does not make it any easier to predict when the next market downturn will occur.
Furthermore, the wide range of factors that can prompt a market sell-off means it is impossible to accurately forecast how the stock market will perform in future.
The average gain during a bull market has historically been 112%.
Clearly, it may take several months, or even years, for stock prices to fall.
NEW DELHI -India’s government has decided to leave the import of COVID-19 vaccines to state authorities and companies, two government officials told Reuters, a decision that may slow acquisitions of shots as a second wave of the pandemic rips through the country.
NEW YORK/TOKYO -Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, rose to an all-time peak on Tuesday, with market participants citing media reports about the European Investment Bank’s plans to launch a “digital bond” sale on the ethereum blockchain network.
judge on Monday found that Huawei did not violate a court order by sharing certain information with its chief financial officer, who is using it to help fight her extradition from Canada.
Chinese property developers have turned their sights to Hong Kong’s border districts as mainlanders from neighbouring boomtown Shenzhen consider parts of the former British colony as a more affordable long-term housing prospect.
CN , Canada’s biggest railroad, made an unsolicited $30 billion bid for KCS on Tuesday, topping CP’s agreed $25 billion bid, but CP said last week it was not considering raising its offer.
in legacy wealth-management products to clean up before an end-2021 deadline, according to S&P Global Ratings.The country’s rapid integration with the global financial system means a bolder strategy is needed to strengthen its patchwork of rules and regulations.“China used to be closed off,” said Liu Feng, chief economist at China Galaxy Securities Co.
But prices should remain above historical averages well into 2022.“If 2020 was a mic-drop event, 2021 is setting up to be an even more impressive encore performance for the forest-product industry,” RBC Capital Markets said in an April recent report.Record-high lumber prices are expected to mean “very strong free cash flow” for companies like West Fraser, Canfor Corp., and Interfor, RBC said.For Taylor, an already “atrocious” lumber shopping experience was exacerbated by scant availability of oriented strand board, known as OSB, which is widely used as a plywood stand-in to make walls and floors.
Starbucks said sales at its biggest growth market, China, nearly doubled from the same period a year ago when its stores in the country remained shut due to the health crisis.
Tesla’s quarterly report on Monday hit targets qualifying Chief Executive Elon Musk for two options payouts worth a combined $11 billion.