Igor Kuchma

Looking at last week’s market close, it is hard to believe that everyone was talking about an impending recession and imminent collapse at the beginning of the month. A couple of positive macro reports were all it took for optimism to pick up: the three major US indices – the Nasdaq Composite, the Dow Jones, […]

The recent sell-off of Apple stock by Berkshire Hathaway has sparked much debate on the Internet, and many, thanks to media outrage, see it as a sign that the market bubble may be bursting. Some have even linked it to the recent plunge in the U.S. indices, including the S&P 500. The thing to keep […]

The week has started on a negative note: the Korean KOSPI is down almost 9%, the Turkish BIST100 is down 7% before halting trading, and the Japanese Nikkei has plunged 12.4%. The turbulence is not due to Mercury retrograde or a new escalation in the Middle East that could lead to a major conflict. However, […]

Following the adage “Even a broken clock is right twice a day,” financial market gurus continually entertain readers with their predictions. Lately, the focus has been on three key questions: When will the stock market finally crash? When will BTC/USD soar above $1 million per coin? When will the US dollar fade into oblivion?   […]

Rome has fallen, centurion! – Under pressure from his party, the current occupant of the White House has abandoned the elections due to his deteriorating health. While this may seem like a victory for Trump, Biden was the more convenient opponent because of his weakness. Now, the former president may face a more significant challenge. […]

France qualified for the semi-finals of the EuroCup, but that was not what was being celebrated at the Elysée Palace this weekend. It was the result of the second round of the legislative elections. Against all odds, the right-wing coalition led by Marine Le Pen’s “Rassemblement Nationale” finished third with 143 seats, behind even the […]

Just a couple of weeks ago, geopolitics seemed to be the biggest risk: markets (S&P 500, XAUUSD, etc.) reacted sharply, albeit briefly, to any disturbance in the Red Sea, which lately has been living between Houthi attacks on ships and Hezbollah rocket fire on Israel. It was not just that rising tensions often claimed lives […]

Early last week, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) surpassed Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to become the world’s most valuable company. Some attribute it to big orders from Dell, Super Micro, and AI-focused startup Tesla. But in reality, the fact that Nvidia surpassed the $3 trillion mark and surpassed Apple by capitalization was not only due to backlog but also due […]

The Federal Reserve’s decision to leave its monetary policy unchanged at last week’s meeting was more than expected and was neither good nor bad news for markets. However, the adjustment of its forecast for interest rate cuts this year, down from three in March, should have caused some market concern. Still, this has not been […]

The week’s big news started again with geopolitics, but it wasn’t about a new flare-up in the Middle East this time. We seem to have gotten used to that by now. What unexpectedly shook the markets was Europe, or more precisely, the preliminary results of the European Parliament elections. Investors were spooked by the voters’ […]