... stock markets) also influences oil and industrial metals. Gold, as a safe-haven asset, has seen a slight decline today against rising stocks, but a strong dollar weakness due to Powell could support precious metal prices. Ultimately, the main impact on markets today is occurring through the prism of expectations: investments flow towards risk assets if speeches from central banks and corporate reports paint a favorable picture, and conversely, retreat into protection (bonds, gold) amid negative surprises. Thus ...

... market trends and macroeconomic conditions. Investors should pay close attention to geopolitical discussions, inflation data, central bank comments, and corporate earnings for a comprehensive market view. Commentary by Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of Open Oil Market: Global and regional economic events today serve as a reminder of the importance of monitoring geopolitical and economic changes to make informed investment decisions. While European inflation data and central bank comments will provide direction for the euro, developments from the G20 Summit ...

... is the introduction of digital technologies in the oil products trading system worldwide today? What is the main benefit for market participants from digitalization? — The need for automation and the implementation of digital technologies in the market is obvious today. It allows companies and market participants to minimize manual labor, improve processes, make them more efficient, predictable, and cost-effective, and increase trading volumes. For example, in our company, we began automating processes back in ...

... models indicate that the current value of the indicator exceeds its long-term trend by more than 2 standard deviations – an unprecedented deviation from the norm. Warren Buffett warned back in 2001 that approaching this ratio at 200% signals dangerous market overheating. Today, the indicator has already surpassed this benchmark. Its current record level raises legitimate questions: how justified are such high valuations and are we witnessing the inflation of a new bubble before our eyes? Historical Precedents: When the ...

... situations with a negative alpha coefficient, it is advisable to avoid collaboration with such a fund. An alpha value greater than zero indicates effective company performance, meaning the firm's actions result in asset returns exceeding the average market return. However, if alpha has a significantly high value, risks automatically increase. Nevertheless, it is possible to achieve an optimal balance between risk and return, where alpha should be high, and beta low, yet still positive. Today, the alpha coefficient is essential for evaluating the effectiveness of actions taken by companies managing investment funds. The alpha coefficient enables the assessment of the average return of a portfolio. Of course, there are numerous other ...