As the Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate to 3.75% and initiated a technical QE after ending its QT program, January 2026 will be directly influenced by Donald Trump’s monetary choice regarding Jerome Powell’s successor, who will take office in May 2026. The U.S. President is expected to announce his decision at the beginning of next year, and according to the latest available consensus data, the choice should be between Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh. The Fed has adopted a …

FDJ (Française des Jeux) shares are currently approaching a historical zone of major technical support, located between €18 and €22. The stock has not yet entered this strong support zone, but it deserves close monitoring, as there are solid fundamental arguments that give this level credibility and make it likely that this support zone could generate a bullish reaction in the stock. While technical analysis highlights a price area that has historically been defended, the key question for …

FDJ (Française des Jeux) shares are currently approaching a historical zone of major technical support, located between €18 and €22. The stock has not yet entered this strong support zone, but it deserves close monitoring, as there are solid fundamental arguments that give this level credibility and make it likely that this support zone could generate a bullish reaction in the stock. While technical analysis highlights a price area that has historically been defended, the key question for …

According to the latest Global Fund Manager Survey conducted by Bank of America, the percentage of cash held by fund managers has fallen to 3.3%, the lowest level since 1999. In terms of asset allocation, historically low cash levels among managers have often coincided with peaks in equity markets. Conversely, periods when cash levels reached elevated zones were frequently precursors to major market bottoms and to the end of bear markets. At a time when S&P 500 valuations are in an …

The Russell 2000 is a U.S. stock market index that includes approximately 2,000 small-cap companies listed in the United States. Unlike the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq, which are largely dominated by large multinational corporations with significant international exposure, the Russell 2000 primarily reflects the domestic U.S. economic dynamics of small and mid-sized companies. The firms that make up the index are generally younger, more leveraged, and more dependent on financing conditions than …

The U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) has lowered the federal funds rate to 3.75% and announced the start of a phase of technical Quantitative Easing (technical QE), meaning the purchase of short-term bonds to ensure liquidity in the money market and the interbank market. We have now reached a point of balance between the inflation objective and the labor market objective. It is also worth recalling that the Quantitative Tightening (QT) program has been on pause since Monday, December 1st. In other …

While the US equity market is at a historic high in terms of stock market valuation—driven by the massive performance of the technology sector—the European equity market could represent a relative catch-up opportunity in the coming months, both technically and fundamentally. After a decade dominated by US stocks, Europe now appears to be a region where the combination of significantly lower valuations and the more accommodative monetary stance of the ECB creates an appealing relative …

Technical analysis provides trend-following indicators and indicators designed to measure the strength of a trend — these belong to what we call momentum indicators. A weakening bearish trend is always the first stage of a bullish reversal, and a tiring bullish trend is always the first step toward a downward reversal. Today, I propose a focus on the DSS Bressert technical indicator, which captures these transition phases between bearish and bullish trends quite well, especially on the weekly …

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For nearly five years, Genfit’s share price has been moving within a broad consolidation zone between €3 and €6, forming a horizontal accumulation base on the long-term timeframe represented here by monthly candlesticks. This type of pattern, especially visible on a logarithmic chart, often appears after a long downtrend and can form the foundation for a sustainable bullish reversal if and only if prices eventually break out to the upside. According to technical analysis principles, repeated …