Forex Market Overview All market | Alexander Boltyan 19 August 2025

13.05.2022 12:05

Weekly Summary: Inflation is Slowing Down While the Fed is Getting Tighter

The usual summer decrease of volatility and stabilization in the U.S. stock market could be doubted as the S&P 500 broad market index is breaking crucial support levels with ease. So, whether or not we will see a summer pause before stock market collapse in autumn is now questionable. The S&P 500 index broke through the strong support at 4130 points at the beginning of the week and continued down to 3800-3900 points, the level that in a normal situation could be expected to be reached at the beginning of June.

06.05.2022 10:05

Weekly Summary: Fed’s Trick and Non-Farm Payrolls

Alexander Boltyan

The trick performed by the Federal Reserve (Fed) to shape elevated expectations concerning the interest rate hike by 75 basis points was successful. The interest rate was only raised by 50 basis points to 1.0%. This came along with the announcement that monetary quantitative tightening is expected to be performed in June. The S&P 500 broad market index, that it regularly tested in February-April, survived above 4100 points..

22.04.2022 12:04

Weekly Summary: S&P 500 is Sending Out an SOS

Alexander Boltyan

The defense of the S&P broad market index at the 4390 points support level managed to remain intact. This could mean we are going to see a moderate decline of the index towards 4280-4300 points next week. This scenario was mostly clear at the beginning of April, but what is important is that the commodity market is now signaling the plunge of the U.S. stock market over the coming two to three months. This plunge may be of 20% or 50%, with one single drop or two with a pause of a few months amid those two drops.

19.04.2022 01:04

Weekly Focus: S&P 500 is in Defense Mode Ahead of Netflix Report and Powell’s Statement

Alexander Boltyan

The S&P 500 broad market index took up a defense position at 4390 points. This is the lowest possible support level for this week, but it is strong enough to hold amid moderate pressure. However, it is not strong enough to tackle serious threats. So, it is of paramount importance that corporate earnings reports and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell do not give us any dramatic surprises. More than 7% of companies from the S&P 500 index list have delivered their Q1 2022 earnings reports, while 75-77% of them managed to beat the consensus of Wall Street analysts.

08.04.2022 12:04

Weekly Summary: Fed is Getting Tougher while Euro Gets Weaker

Alexander Boltyan

Investors are still digesting two main issues that have been directing markets over the last couple of days. The first is the overdue attempts of the Federal Reserve (Fed) to tame inflation and the second is the persistent progression of European countries towards economic disaster. Several influential members of the Fed, including Governor Lael Brainard, have called for interest rates to be raised by 0.5% in May.

05.04.2022 02:04

Weekly Focus: Eurozone is Heading for a Disaster

Alexander Boltyan

New sanctions were imposed on Russia as the United States has blocked the Russia Central bank’s reserves that are used to repay sovereign debt. So, Russia’s attempt to pay more than $600 million due on sovereign bonds has been blocked since Monday. Europe is likely to introduce the same restriction soon. Russia has continuously reiterated that it would pay its foreign debt coupons from its reserves and now they are currently seized in American banks or in rubles.

25.03.2022 10:03

Weekly Focus: Stock Markets Continue Steady Growth

Alexander Boltyan

The S&P 500 broad market index continues its steady but slow climb towards its target at 4600-4650 points. Investors are hastily using their chances to increase positions before the Federal Reserve (Fed) could bombard markets with all its anti-inflation artillery, including raising interest rates by 50 basis points at once and unloading its massive $9 trillion balance sheet.

18.03.2022 11:03

Week at War: Fed’s Moderate Interest Rate Hike Geared Up Markets

Alexander Boltyan

The long expected Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting this week brought some positive tunes to markets as interest rates were lifted only by a quarter of percentage point. As justification for this decision, the Fed referred to geopolitical factors as Russia continues to scrape Ukrainian cities. The S&P 500 broad market index rose to 4400 points. Fed’s tactics are now clear as U.S. monetary policymakers, except for St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard that voted to raise interest rates by 0.

11.03.2022 12:03

Week at War: Investors are Cautious Ahead of Fed Meeting

Alexander Boltyan

The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) meeting is within arm’s reach, as the U.S. monetary regulator is expected to announce the tightening of the monetary policy next Wednesday. But investors are more worried with the pace of the tightening rather than with the fact itself. Fed’s Chairman Jerome Powell and his team are varnishing their unwillingness to tighten the screws due to the Russian-Ukrainian warfare. However, less tightening in the face of 7.9% record inflation may mean a bigger reason to destabilise markets.

09.03.2022 12:03

Weekly Focus: Prices in the U.S., ECB Meeting, & Oil Sanctions on Russia

Alexander Boltyan

The stock market in the United States seemed to be recovering after the first shock of military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But this week sanctions against Russia are on the front page as U.S. President Joe Biden announced the ban on Russia’s oil imports that will begin this April. This is the ultimate devastating economic weapon against Russia that will also hit the American economy. The United States imports 8% oil liquid fuel from Russia. Such harsh restrictions will certainly push energy prices up along with the inflation in the United States.