Author: Federica Montella

Wall Street went down yesterday Tuesday has been a negative day for the US stock market. All three major US indexes reported losses. The S&P 500 finished at -0.46%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.63% and the Dow Jones closed at -0.17%. The negative movement has been driven by worries about the U.S. debt ceiling. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 60, in “Greed” mode, in line with the previous day. Risk of default in the US as soon as 1 June There…

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Intro Hello and welcome to the April 2023 eToro Portfolio Update. My eToro username is PassionForProfit. Macro stats The risk score of my portfolio is 3, which is very low. Currently, 13 people are copying my portfolio. I am a Cadet Popular Investor. Annual performances My portfolio in April has gone down by 0.68%. Monthly Update April has been a positive month for the US stock market. All three big US indexes register profits last month. The positive movement has been driven by better-than-expected earnings reports of big-tech companies such as Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple. The financial sector, however,…

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Wall Street went up yesterday Thursday has been a positive day for the US stock market. All three major US indexes reported profits. The S&P 500 finished at |+1.96%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at +2.43% and the Dow Jones closed at +1.57%. The positive movement has been driven by the strong earnings reports of the big tech companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Alphabet. After the earnings reports, Meta stocks gained 14% yesterday and were the best performer. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is…

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Wall Street fell yesterday Thursday has been a negative day for the US stock market. All three major US indexes reported losses. The S&P 500 finished at -0.60%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.80% and the Dow Jones closed at -0.33%. The negative movement has been driven by a series of disappointing first-quarter corporate earnings reports and weak economic data. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 64, in “Greed” mode, the same level as last week and in line with recent days. Disappointed Tesla…

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Wall Street went up yesterday Thursday has been a positive day for the US stock market. All three major US indexes reported profits. The S&P 500 finished flat at +1.33%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at +1.99% and the Dow Jones closed at +1.14%. The positive movement has been driven by the latest Consumer Prices Data that have shown a decrease in March. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 67, in “Greed” mode and is improving daily. Twitter partnered with eToro It is yesterday’s…

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Wall Street fell yesterday Wednesday has been a negative day for the US stock market. All three major US indexes reported losses. The S&P 500 finished flat at -0.41%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.85% and the Dow Jones closed at -0.11%. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 63, in “Greed” mode in line with the last week’s data. US inflation is slowing down Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the consumer price index for March. The CPI report has shown inflation at 5%…

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The US stock market finished mixed yesterday Tuesday has been a positive day only for the Dow Jones, among the three big US indexes. The S&P 500 finished flat at 0.0%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.43% and the Dow Jones closed at +0.29%. Yesterday, the stock market has not moved much because investors are waiting for inflation data. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 60, in “Greed” mode. Last week the sentiment was Neutral, so it is improving. The US central bank…

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Wall Street finished mixed yesterday Monday has been a positive day for the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 while the Nasdaq closed slightly negative. The S&P 500 finished at +0.1%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.03% and the Dow Jones closed at +0.3%. Yesterday, was the first occasion for traders to react to the latest data about the US labour market because the market has been closed during the Easter holidays. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 61, in “Greed” mode. Last week…

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Wall Street went up yesterday Thursday has been a positive day for the US stock market. All three US major indexes closed in profit. The S&P 500 finished at +0.36%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at +0.76% and the Dow Jones closed at +0.01%. The reason behind the movement is that investors are changing their focus from the potential banking crisis to economic health, interpreting the slowing down of the labour market as a sign of cooling inflation. The investors’ sentiment is Greed, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment, updated…

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Wall Street was mostly down on Wednesday Only the Dow Jones reported a profit, among the three US major indexes. The S&P 500 finished at -0.25%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -1.07% and the Dow Jones closed at +0.24%. The negative movement has been driven by the latest negative economic data. The investors’ sentiment is Neutral, as indicated in the graph below: Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index The market sentiment is 53, in “Neutral” mode, different from last’s week data when the sentiment was Fear. The US economy is slowing down The latest economic data, released this…

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