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Analyzing the current stock market trend and the impact of interest rate hikes

As some of the most popular stock indexes on Wall Street reach year-highs and even approach their all-time highs, the question of whether this is a good time for new investments is becoming more and more relevant.

Also, the question of whether it is worth resuming investments that may have been stopped due to the increase in interest rates implemented by the central banks is also relevant, because the increase in rates makes investment projects more expensive and promises a potential drop in consumption, thus worsening the profit indicators of companies.

Climbing again

Although not without understatement, it can be said that a positive trend in the world’s stock exchanges has been taking place since the autumn of last year. At the time, stock prices had fallen, and this was to some extent due to the factors that contributed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and the large-scale hostilities that followed. Raw material prices rose, simultaneously raising concerns about the future of the global economy, although in parallel with these processes, the economy continued to be boosted by the cash injections of the Covid-19 era. All this

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2023-07-19 07:14:02
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