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The US Fed has decided to take a more aggressive stance in its monetary policy, but not everyone is happy about its moves. The Fed first decided to raise rates as part of its restrictive measures against inflation and according to Wednesday’s minutes of March, we will probably see a reduction of the balance sheet by up to $95 billion starting from May.To get more news about fusion markets, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
However, the Fed has been late in both reducing the balance sheet and raising rates and ultimately is now trying to chase inflation that might be already out of control. Today’s inflation is not solely the fault of the Fed, as government fiscal policy, broken supply chains during the pandemic, and the current conflict in Ukraine have all had an impact. But the Fed could have intervened much earlier, as it has several times in the past. However, concerns about prolonged slow growth eventually led to the zero interest rate policy extension.
The problem is that when the conflict in Russia and Ukraine has rapidly increased energy prices and the US economy is showing signs of a possible impending recession, raising rates too quickly may be another central bank misstep. Moreover, given the sustained low rates in recent years, debt levels in the economy are much higher than usual, and rates of around 5% or more would harm the entire US economy.
A closely watched event in Europe was the presidential election in France, where there was ultimately no big surprise. The incumbent President, Emmanuel Macron, defeated the leader of the far-right National Assembly party, Marine Le Pen, by a few percentage points in the first round, and both will now go through to the second round. However, unlike in 2017, the second round results, which will take place in two weeks, could be much closer. A possible, though unlikely, victory for LePenn could then be a significant problem for France and Europe as a whole.
The stock markets have had another negative week. On Wednesday, the markets lost ground following the release of minutes from the Fed’s mid-March policy meeting. In particular, titles in the information technology, communication services, and consumer discretionary stocks sectors underperformed. On the other hand, defensive sectors like consumer staples and health care sectors recorded solid gains.
Stocks in Europe, somewhat surprisingly, rose as a whole, with the STOXX Europe 600 index posting a weekly gain of 0.57%, mainly to Friday’s substantial gains. The UK’s FTSE 100 index (+1.75%) also ended in profit, but French (CAC 40 -2.07%) and German stocks (DAX -1.13%) lost ground. Read more...
According to the FOMC Minutes several members thought that a 0.5% rate hike would be appropriate. The minutes also showed the central bank was prepared to taper by $60B of treasuries and $35B of mortgage back securities per month. The FOMC members were worried about risks tied to the Russian-Ukraine war which prevented the Fed from hiking more than 0.25% in March. Equity market traders were confused by Fed’s messaging as the DJIA chopped sideways in yesterday’s trading. The same can be said about EURUSD, gold and silver as there was no real direction in these markets following the release of the minutes. Commodity currencies are weak but this relates more to the recent risk-off sentiment prevailing in the markets than the expectations of the Fed’s future policy. By reading further, you agree with our disclaimer at the end of this report and acknowledge that we do not provide investment advice.To get more news about videforex, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
The way I have structured my analysis is that I will post trade ideas when I see them but when now apparent trade ideas stand out at the time of writing the analysis I will provide you with analysis and key price levels on markets that are worth putting on a watchlist. As soon as something catches my eye I will update you on our Telegram channel.
I tend to include Target 1 (T1) and Target 2 (T2) levels (or ranges) so that you have an idea of how far the market would probably move if price action supports my trade ideas. The target one is a high probability target while the next target is further away and therefore there’s a greater risk that the market doesn’t reach the level. While I don’t provide investment advice my analysis helps you in your own market analysis and then you can decide how to trade the markets.
GBPNZD hit my Target 1 as the market breaks out of a bullish wedge formation. I posted This trade idea on our Telegram channel yesterday. I pointed out how GBPNZD is deeply oversold after the pair has declined for over 9 weeks. While this on its own never means that a market is a buy, such conditions could lead to sharp reversals. The pair broke out of the wedge and my T1 at 1.8977 was hit. The lower probability target is at 1.9058 but if the risk-off mentality prevails (investors keep selling stocks and commodity currencies) we should see further up moves in this market. A retracement to the wedge top would be okay if there’s buying coming in around the top and a brisk rally higher from there. Alternatively, the market moves back inside the wedge which could lead to consolidation or even further weakness. Then we’d need to re-evaluate the general market sentiment and the technical picture in GBPNZD.
EURCHF rallied to the 1.0194 resistance as expected and is now reacting lower from the level. So all is looking good and my earlier analysis proved to be very valid. If the market fails to maintain price advances above the level it’s likely that the market moves to my T1 at 1.0067. My lower probability target (T2) for EURCHF is at 0.9980. Alternative scenario: EURCHF rally above the 1.0194 level is sustained and the market moves to 1.0280.
BTCUSD dropped down to 43400 as expected after it broke the 44240 support. The market has now created a bearish triangle formation and broken out of it to the downside. This suggests further downside but a rally back to either 43400 or perhaps even to 45100 could still take place first. Below 44300 my T1 for this market is 41700 and T2 39500. Alternative scenario: Bitcoin rallies above 45100 and moves to 46800.
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EURUSD is up on the news that the far-right failed to win the first round of French elections. Macron winning the first round is clearly important for investors who want to see a continuation of the recent economic policies in France. Stock markets have been under pressure as bond yields keep ticking higher. The 10-yr US Treasury is currently yielding 2.72% a level we’ve last seen in January 2019. Measuring from the London open on Friday NZD and JPY are the weakest currencies while the dollar is in the lead. While the rally in the yields supports the dollar it’s putting pressure on risky assets including commodity currencies. This helped GBPNZD to move to my second target level resulting in yet another successful trade idea. This week traders will focus on central bank meetings and US inflation data (CPI and PPI) as well as on the French presidential elections. In today’s report, I cover GBPNZD, EURGBP and USNGAS. By reading further, you agree with our disclaimer at the end of this report and acknowledge that we do not provide investment advice.To get more news about traders hub, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
The way I have structured my analysis is that I will post trade ideas when I see them but when now apparent trade ideas stand out at the time of writing the analysis I will provide you with analysis and key price levels on markets that are worth putting on a watchlist. As soon as something catches my eye I will update you on our Telegram channel.
I tend to include Target 1 (T1) and Target 2 (T2) levels (or ranges) so that you have an idea of how far the market would probably move if price action supports my trade ideas. The target one is a high probability target while the next target is further away and therefore there’s a greater risk that the market doesn’t reach the level. While I don’t provide investment advice my analysis helps you in your own market analysis and then you can decide how to trade the markets.
GBPNZD took a breather last week after hitting my T1 level. Now the pair has also hit my T2 level (at 1.9058) after I wrote on Friday the 1.8943 support level was holding this far and bulls were trying to push the pair higher. The uptrend is still in force above 1.9022. What we have now is a rally from the level towards the recent high at 1.9098. The appetite for risk in the markets, in general, is souring (stocks selling lower), so in the medium term, this market has not lost its upside potential. Alternatively, a break below 1.9022 would be a sign of weakness. On a decisive break below the level, GBPNZD could correct to 1.8985.
EURGBP didn’t reach the T1 level on the first attempt and fell down to the level I highlighted in the alternative scenario (here). The pair turned around from 0.8307 on Friday and has been rallying strongly ever since. Now the market is only 0.10% away from my Target 1 level at 0.8385. It looks highly likely that EURGBP will now trade to and possibly through this level. Alternative scenario: Upside momentum is lost and the market trades down to the 0.8355 – 0.8365 range where we have the 20 SMA and the rising channel low.
USNGAS rallied back to October 2021 highs on Friday and stalled there as profit-taking started to soften the bids. I have been bullish on this market since the war started and have been providing trade ideas on the long side. Now though it’s time to be careful and just take profits on existing long trades or possibly look for shorting opportunities in this market. The upside risk remains though and therefore it’s good to keep the trade sizes smaller than usual and targets close. The market has been weakish after hitting the 6.522 resistance which means we have to pay attention to the manner the market trades around the 6.290 support level. If the level is broken decisively, look for a move to 6.22 and possibly deeper. If the level (6.29) holds then we’ll probably see the market trading to levels between the 50-SMA at 6.39 and a recent minor high at 6.380.
Macro Drivers for the USD As the most followed, invested and traded markets for risky assets are priced in the USD it is helpful to understand what macroeconomic factors impact the other side of the equation, the USD. Whether we are trading EURUSD, XAUUSD or US equity CFDs the factors impacting the dollar, the nominator in the equation, have a significant role in the formation of all medium to long-term price action. The following table summarises the most important fundamentals. Read more...
New Zealand Dollar Tumbles Lower Despite RBNZ Half-Point Hike
The New Zealand Dollar surprisingly tumbled over 1% lower against its US counterpart in the aftermath of the RBNZ monetary policy meeting, despite the central bank delivering its biggest interest rate hike in 22 years. The RBNZ’s monetary policy committee raised the official cash rate to 1.5%, in line with the majority of market participants’ expectations. Indeed, futures markets assigned a 70% chance that the central bank would deliver a half-point rate hike to fight a surge in consumer price growth. This is likely why the currency didn’t meaningfully appreciate following the central bank’s announcement.To get more news about vital markets, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
After all, an aggressive 50-basis point hike from the central bank now diminishes the chances of a larger rate rise in the future. Moreover, the central bank reiterated its comfortability with the trajectory for the official cash rate announced in February, with policymakers signalling that the benchmark rate won’t be taken any higher than 3.25%. Compounding the bearish outlook for the local currency is the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is weighing on household confidence and spending. Therefore, the Kiwi Dollar could be poised to extend its recent slide lower against the US Dollar despite the RBNZ leading the global monetary policy normalization charge.
Technically, the outlook for NZD/USD appears bearish in the short-term as prices snap the uptrend extending from the yearly low and slice through key support at the 0.6900 mark.
With the RSI sliding back below its neutral midpoint, and the slopes of the three short-term moving averages notably point lower, the path of least resistance seems skewed to the downside.A daily close below the 100-MA (0.6782) would probably intensify selling pressure and bring psychological support at 0.6700 into focus.
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We believe that wherever possible, we should remove emotions from our trading psychology and try to act logically and systematically when making trading decisions. That’s because there are facets of our emotional selves that are just no good when it comes to making money. Impulses that encourage us to snatch at profits, make rash trades and run losses can be detrimental to our wealth in the same way that running out into a stream of moving traffic could be very detrimental to our health. We could go so far as to say that there is no room for sentiment at all in trading, but if we said that we wouldn’t be entirely correct. Because while it’s true that we want to remove sentiment and emotion from our own trading, we should be quite happy to take advantage of other people’s sentiments.To get more news about samtrade, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
Picking the right wave
Trading is effectively a three-way competition. First, you compete with yourself and your psyche, of course, you also compete with the market in the same way that a surfer competes with the ocean. That is reading the changes in the swell and the wind in order to pick to the right waves. However, you are also competing with other traders, because in forex for every winner there is a loser, and to make money, you need to try to ensure that other traders and not you are on the losing side, more often than not. To succeed, we need to follow a rules-based trading strategy that helps us back only the best trading opportunities that the market presents to us. We also need to try and develop an edge over our competition, that is other traders.
Of course, we don’t and can’t know who these other traders are, and even if we did it wouldn’t do us much good, because there are millions of them spread out across the globe trading away at any one time. However, the fact that there are so many competitors out there can work in our favour. Why? Because a crowd that big leaves a trail that we can follow and that can provide us with an edge.
Tracking the markets thinking
One of the methods that we can use to gauge what the rest of the market is thinking and doing is to look at what they are buying, selling and saying. That is measuring the sentiment towards the markets, and doing that in aggregate.
There are several ways in which we can do this. For example, we could study the weekly Commitment of Traders reports that are produced by the US CFTC which track changes in positioning in listed futures contracts (including FX majors) among key investor and trading groups. However, these reports are released three days in arrears, late on Friday afternoon in the USA. What’s more, they are not exactly user friendly in terms of their layout or the way that the data is presented or in the ease of interpretation (the CFTC is not known for its beautiful charts!).
Perhaps a more simplistic way to track trader sentiment is to look at what’s happening to the prices of safe-haven assets such as gold, the Japanese yen and Swiss franc and government bonds. If these instruments are rising in price, then that’s a sign of Risk-Off sentiment among traders.
If those safe-haven assets are strengthening when risk assets such as equities and Emerging Market currencies like the South African rand, Brazilian real and Turkish lira etc. are weakening, then you will know it’s risk-off. Of course, if we see risk assets appreciating while safe-havens are falling in price, that’s an indicator of Risk-On sentiment among market participants.
However, there are quite a few items to monitor the strategy outlined above. Since we are trying to gauge the aggregate sentiment of the crowd, it would be good if we had an indicator to gauge sentiment across a wide range of assets as well.
True we could try to use the VIX and other volatility indices, volatility is a measure of the rate and severity of price changes within an instrument or market. It tends to rise sharply as markets become fearful and trend lower when fear subsides and greed re-asserts itself. But once again, this would mean monitoring multiple items from different sources, to which we may have varying degrees of access. Read more...
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Seasonality is a valued concept at Clean Juice that focuses on its ability to continuously offer innovative, fresh, organic, healthy menu items, which is part of the Clean Juice core philosophy. For the 2021 Spring Menu line-up, Clean Juice introduces a modified seasonal pitaya-based smoothie named "The Spring One;" a new seasonal acai bowl called "The Dragon Fruit Bowl;" a new Create Your Own combo option, and a new Breakfast Combo giving guests a choice of the Breakfast Wrap & Purity Coffee or the popular Avocado Toast & Purity Coffee.
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Clean Juice will continue its new coffee offering through a partnership with Purity Coffee®, which has quickly become a fan favorite of our morning-time guests. Aligned with Clean Juice's philosophy of "healthy body and a strong spirit" (3 John 1-2) scripture, Purity Coffee is the only coffee company that roasts explicitly to keep acrylamides low and tests for toxins to maximize the reported health benefits of consuming coffee. Made with a complimentary sweetener, the Purity Coffee goes perfectly with the Breakfast Wrap to start our guests' days organically.
"Launching our seasonal menu items is always a special event at Clean Juice," said Landon Eckles, CEO, Clean Juice. "Based on feedback from millions of our VIGs (very important guests), we are excited to continue stimulating the taste buds of our guests with new and creative concepts that highlight different fruits and blends from around the globe that many may not experience otherwise. Clean Juice is more than just juice. We're an organic eatery. The brand is a journey into new, imaginative flavors from organic, clean ingredients that host a variety of immune-boosting properties and are developed to serve breakfast, lunch, or dinner needs for the entire family." Read more...
The WoW Token has hit a brand new high this week, thanks to Destiny 2’s open beta. For anyone keeping up with WoWToken.info, this comes as no surprise. Since Destiny 2 open beta started the other day, everyone has been in a hurry to trade their WoW gold in for Blizzard Balance to pre-purchase the game.To get more news about Buy WoW Dragonflight Gold EU, you can visit lootwowgold.com official website.
The prices usually spike whenever a promotion is going on in Blizzard’s other games, like the Summer Games in Overwatch or new skins in Heroes of the Storm. With Destiny 2 added to the Battle.net launcher, it was only a matter of time before the gold rate went up again.Gold prices initially shot up when Blizzard Balance was added to the WoW Token back in February and have been steadily rising since. They’ve been hovering in the 150k range for the past couple weeks and Destiny 2’s open beta brought them back above 160k. The high was 166k on Tuesday, although they dropped to 154k by the next day when sellers caught on and started cashing in on the WoW Tokens. But with more people buying tokens than selling, the prices went up again.
If you’re looking to acquire some extra gold, now is the time to sell a WoW Token. We have a handy guide about the process for anyone who’s never sold or purchased one before. Gold prices will most likely stay high for a bit. We may see them drop temporarily as everyone gets done pre-purchasing Destiny 2, but you can expect to see them rise again when the game is released for PC at the end of October. Read more...
World of Warcraft: “Dragonflight” to be Announced Soon?
Due to an unintentional revelation on Blizzard’s website, the next World of Warcraft expansion has been revealed prematurely. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is the name of the upcoming expansion for the MMO game. This expansion will have an official unveiling on April 19. Players may expect at the very least a couple of new dragon mounts.To get more news about Buy WoW WLK Items, you can visit lootwowgold.com official website.
Players are due for another huge story DLC after 2020’s Shadowlands, but delays from the outbreak and a case over alleged discrimination and harassment at Activision Blizzard may push the new expansion back to 2023.
The next expansion for the massively multiplayer online MMO game World of Warcraft will be having the title “Dragonflight”. This is thanks to a public source code update on the official World Of Warcraft website.
The solid proof is the inclusion of Base, Heroic, and Epic options for Dragonflight in the website’s accessible source code, as these purchase options are also present in World of Warcraft’s most recent expansion, Shadowlands. which is now offline but, according to Wowhead, was certified just last week.
This Dragonflight expansion may be available in late 2022. Expansion for World of Warcraft is always two years apart since 2008’s Wrath Of The Lich King expansion. However, the impact of the pandemic may have pushed the release date back to 2023.
World of Warcraft fans still has more to look forward to after Dragonflight, provided that is the title of the future expansion. Blizzard will reveal its future mobile game sometime in May, according to the game’s Spring 2022 roadmap, which was posted to the game’s official Twitter account last month.Activision Blizzard is now involved in misbehavior charges that surfaced in the middle of last year. After Microsoft acquired the company, many US Senators are accusing Microsoft of shielding Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Activision Blizzard also settled a federal case for roughly ￡13.7 million last month.
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World of Warcraft mod Epsilon allows players to create custom worlds
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For some fans, though, all of these flavors of Warcraft still don’t quite scratch the itch. Hence, some have gone on to create their own extension to World of Warcraft in a project called Epsilon. This isn’t a traditional private server, like previous fan projects, or an alternate take on World of Warcraft’s gameplay. Instead, it’s a tool that allows players to build their own instances and create their own worlds, Warcraft-themed or otherwise.
Epsilon can be downloaded and played now. And it is, for many fans, the role-play hub they’ve always wanted but has never been supported by Blizzard. The volunteer team on Epsilon has focused on adding and moderating infrastructure for player housing, world building, NPC creation, and character customization — features that are sorely wanted by many World of Warcraft players, but have yet to arrive in the game itself. Epsilon is not a direct competitor with the base game; it simply takes inspiration from the world of Azeroth and gives its components to fans for whatever use they’d like.
Players’ constructions and creations are stored on a phase, their own private world that can host their own guests. The phase owner can then pull all of the assets of World of Warcraft and use them to build their own little world, similar to creating an Animal Crossing island. Once a player is satisfied with their phase, they can invite friends to check it out. Creators can create characters, dress them up and customize them, and give them simple routines. Some of these additions are simple, like the ability to have Night Elves who aren’t Demon Hunters wield the iconic Sentinel glaives. Others are quite complex, like the ability to create whole settlements and alternate realities.
If World of Warcraft is the main source of canon and Hearthstone is a series of spinoffs, Epsilon is like wandering through the aisles of an AO3 fanfiction archive. There are no rules as to the thematics or canon status of an instance; everything is fair game, including other franchises like Star Wars or completely original works. Diplomatic romance AU where Sylvanas and Jaina marry each other after the invasion of the Burning Legion so the Horde and the Alliance can form an alliance? Sure. Coffee shop AU where Anduin and Wrathion run a cute little breakfast nook with great lattes? If you’d like. Alternate history Darnassus where Queen Azshara still rules over the Night Elf empire? Hell yeah, I’d love to explore that girl-boss palace.
“It’s a place where players can build both worlds and stories. It’s a pure role-playing community that strives to grant the greatest freedom to the player that we can muster,” wrote Azarchius, one of a committee of Epsilon representatives who spoke to Polygon on Discord. The Epsilon team uses its online handles for social media and communication for privacy reasons. “I wanted to work on a community that both takes things to the next level technologically and grants a safe haven for role-players where the community-wide experience is moderated to curb lawless personalities that sour the experience for the rest.” This includes on phases and in “out-of-character” arenas like Discord.
“For me, as a person who doesn’t RP much, Epsilon is a creative medium where I can create worlds,” wrote Sadriel, another developer on the project. “Very simply, it’s the player housing I wish World of Warcraft always had. I have a lot of fun creating tools (macros, add-ons, integration with other 3D software) that makes it easier for other people to create things. My main joy is seeing the building community thrive.”
This makes Epsilon an entirely different beast than a traditional private server. A traditional take on a private server might up the gold values, or give additional experience, or otherwise iron out bits of the MMO experience that don’t align with their enjoyment. Many of the Epsilon developers I spoke to still play World of Warcraft; Epsilon is their chance to do something different, like be a noodle vendor with a street stand in Orgrimmar. Read more...
WOW EXPANSION REVEAL TIME – NEW WORLD OF WARCRAFT DRAGONFLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT
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And with new content just around the corner, fans can prepare to learn about what’s coming next this week during the official WoW expansion reveal, hosted on YouTube.The new WoW expansion reveal time has been confirmed for Tuesday, April 19, at 9am PT in North America and 5pm BST in the UK. The World of Warcraft DLC announcement is being held on YouTube, and fans can already start counting down to the reveal by using the link below. Recent leaks have suggested that the next Blizzard adventure would be called Dragonflight, or have that word in the official title. This is due to this phrase being found in the official source code, suggesting it is linked to the next World of Warcraft project.
Fans have been waiting for a new adventure focused around the Dragon Isles and this could be the perfect time for the action to return to something a little more known in the world of WoW. Having travelled to different dimensions, there is a chance that Dragonflight will focus on flying foes, but fans will have to wait until the official reveal time arrives on April 19.
Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra shared a few further hints before the Wow reveal, confirming that the next WoW expansion will arrive during May 2022, adding in an official statement: “Tomorrow the Warcraft team at Blizzard plans to discuss the future of Warcraft. We’re excited to show you what we’ve been working on and where your adventures in Azeroth will go next. Next month (May), even more exciting Warcraft news on the way.”
Something that fans are also interested in finding out is whether there will be any surprise news lined up for other areas of the World of Warcraft universe. While we know that the next expansion will be the main reveal, could Blizzard also share something about the future of WoW Classic? There is no guarantee that this will happen and fans will need to keep an eye on the latest news before the big announcement rolls out on April 19. Read more...
Canucks celebrate Lunar New Year with stunning red jerseys
The Canucks will sport new red and gold warmup jerseys featuring a tiger in place of the traditional Canucks orca before their fourth annual Lunar New Year Game at Rogers Arena against the Edmonton Oilers on January 25. To get more news about cheap nfl, you can visit custom-nfljersey.com official website.
“The tiger leaping out of the water is a symbol of power, leadership and change,” Lai said in a tweet. “By transforming the Canucks’ orca into the tiger, it’s to imagine that we can become anything we want to be, including a better ally as we celebrate the Chinese community.”
The limited-edition jersey ties together elements from different Asian cultures and features a unique shoulder patch with a spectacularly redesigned logo.
“My vision for the shoulder patch came to me as I thought of the Millennium Gate in Vancouver’s Chinatown,” Lai said in a tweet. The Canucks’ Chinese name is 加人队 (jia ren DUI), and I imagined the characters fitting into the gateway perfectly.
“The words at the top of the Millennium Gate say ‘remember the past and look forward to the future,’ and I really wanted to include that in the patch. We all want to look forward to the future, but we have to learn from our past so we can get better together.”The jerseys will be available for auction, with partial proceeds from the auction to be donated to Elimin8Hate, a local community organization that advocates for racial equity and inclusive society for all Asian Canadians. Read more...
Ci ritroviamo esattamente dove ci eravamo lasciati: problemi di forniture e prezzi alle stelle in un mercato che continua imperterrito a crescere, sempre che le nefaste, continue strette sulla cessione del credito – qualcuno ha parlato anche della sospensione del beneficio, non sia mai – non rallentino la corsa verso questo sostanzioso contributo alla ripresa.To get more news about zumafx, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
In effetti, il problema esiste, ed è emerso prepotentemente quando chi fa di conto si è accorto che i furbetti sono sempre in pista, più furbetti che mai. Del resto, se esiste al mondo un settore complicato (impossibile?) da controllare quello è il nostro, e non lo scopriamo oggi.
Insomma, cresce la congiuntura di settore ma non tutta la gente che questo comparto produttivo lo popola. E queste mogie riflessioni probabilmente ci porranno davanti al grave dilemma del «dopo agevolazioni» un po’ prima del previsto.
Meglio cominciare a pensarci, magari rispolverando i vecchi ma sempre attuali tomi dedicati alla cultura d’impresa, al capitolo «programmazione».
Quando le cose vanno bene, non ci sfiora neanche di striscio l’idea che la congiuntura possa riservarci brutte sorprese. Si va con il vento in poppa, e in questo preciso momento non si sa se stia crescendo di più la domanda oppure i prezzi, e di conseguenza gli utili.
Immagino sia quindi seccante che il saccentello di turno venga a richiamare alla prudenza. E credo inoltre che il tema della programmazione di cui sopra coinvolga tutta l’intera filiera, da chi produce a chi applica, con in mezzo l’imprenditoria della distribuzione edile. Quindi, perché non provare a ragionare insieme?
Ho sentito parlare di accordo di filiera, almeno fra produzione e distribuzione. A dire il vero ne sento parlare da qualche lustro, e in certi, sporadici casi le collaborazioni funzionano. La sperimentazione quindi continua e le condizioni favorevoli del mercato potrebbero dare una accelerata, in questo senso.
Del resto, abbiamo già sottolineato come produzione e distribuzione stiano facendo delle scelte, forzate dagli eventi. Si sceglie chi fornire perché le scorte sono quelle che sono, perché la produzione deve fare i conti con la carenza di materie prime e la distribuzione ha la corretta tendenza a destinare i materiali ai clienti più fedeli.
Non è solo un premio, se così lo vogliamo definire, ma anche un abboccamento per vedere se l’accordo di filiera può coinvolgere anche il cliente professionale finale.
Ciò che ci si chiede è se questo modo di operare, che non nasconde una certa virtù morale, possa diventare strutturale. Se sia possibile, in buona sintesi, ragionare oltre l’emergenza e stabilire nuove basi, nuovi principi, che regolino i rapporti fra le parti. L’ingrediente fondamentale, è manco a dirlo, una abbondante dose di serietà. Reciproca.
Ecco quindi che il discorso bonus diventa subito relativo. È una stagione, propizia quanto si vuole, una fase di crescita che può tranquillamente diventare una rampa di lancio per la benedetta trasformazione di questo settore della produzione nella sua più ampia accezione.
Non si potrà lavorare in questo modo con tutti, ma si potrà certamente lavorare meglio con molti. I rapporti di qualità favoriscono anche il senso globale della qualità. E in questa parola è anche intesa l’indispensabile componente della marginalità, indispensabile per crescere. Read more...
“Abbiamo di fronte un quadro potenzialmente positivo e alle spalle un anno straordinario per risultati e numeri ma non possiamo negare una forte preoccupazione per il futuro”. È una previsione positiva quella di Guido Faré, presidente Unicmi, sulle prospettive del mercato dell’edilizia. Il commento è relativo alla presentazione Rapporto sul mercato dell’involucro edilizio 2021 con le previsioni per il 2022 e l’outlook per il 2023. Ma, accanto a un quadro positivo, si stagliano le ombre provocate dall’invasione russa in Ucraina.To get more news about ambroker review, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
La guerra, il rialzo dei costi energetici e le forti turbolenze sul mercato delle materie prime, infatti, rischiano di impattare pesantemente sulla redditività delle aziende. E, inoltre, le incertezze sul quadro normativo relativo alle detrazioni fiscali nei primi tre mesi dell’anno potrebbero rallentare la spinta propulsiva che gli incentivi hanno dato alla sostituzione dei serramenti.
L’Ufficio Studi dell’associazione, in ogni caso, ha tratto anche un bilancio dall’anno messo alle spalle. Il mercato dei serramenti e delle facciate continue, spiega il rapporto, è cresciuto nel 2021 del 21,1% raggiungendo il valore di 5,39 miliardi di euro di cui 3,3, nel mercato residenziale e 2,09 nel mercato non residenziale (di cui: 1,448 miliardi di euro per i serramenti e 608 milioni di euro per le facciate continue).
Il trend positivo continuerà anche nel 2022 anche se con un brusco rallentamento dei tassi di crescita: +6,8% nel 2022 e +4,5% nel 2023. La crescita in valore è da attribuire anche all’aumento del costo dei fattori produttivi (energia, logistica, alluminio, plastiche, metallo) che è stato in parte ribaltato sul prezzo finale. La crescita nel comparto residenziale sarà del 6,6% nel 2022 e del 4,1% nel 2023, il comparto non residenziale (che include le facciate continue) crescerà del 7,2% nel 2022 e del 5,2% nel 2023.
Dal 2020 al 2023 il mercato delle finestre crescerà di ben 2 milioni di pezzi, di cui 1,7 nel segmento delle ristrutturazioni residenziali. Gli incentivi fiscali per la sostituzione degli infissi (combinazione di bonus casa, superbonus 110% ed ecobonus) hanno generato nel 2021 una domanda di serramenti di 2,183 miliardi di euro, e nel 2022 di circa 2,4 miliardi di euro, il dato più alto da quanto sono stati introdotti gli incentivi fiscali nel comparto edile. Il dato è destinato a ridimensionarsi in modo significativo nel 2023 a parità di schema d’incentivi.
I serramenti metallici, prosegue il rapporto, hanno conosciuto una crescita record nel 2021 pari al 22,5% rispetto all’anno precedente, raggiungendo i 1,714 miliardi di euro, superando il valore raggiunto nel 2010. Anche in questo caso le prospettive di crescita restano positive, anche se con tassi inferiori: nel 2022 +6,8% e nel 2023 +2,6%. Oltre il 50% del fatturato dei costruttori di serramenti metallici è generato da interventi incentivati, e il loro mantenimento è essenziale per accompagnare la ripresa del mercato soprattutto considerando la contrazione dei margini di crescita nel 2022 e nel 2023.
Il mercato italiano delle facciate continue è cresciuto dell’11,2% nel 2021 raggiungendo i 608 milioni di euro (un dato di poco inferiore a quanto registrato nel 2009), l’onda lunga dei grandi cantieri aperti (pre e post-pandemia) proseguirà anche nel 2022 (+7%) e nel 2023 (+5,2%).
La crescita del 2021 è anche il risultato della crescita dei costi di alcuni fattori produttivi. Unicmi ha stimato l’impatto (ponderato per l’incidenza sui costi industriali di produzione) dell’aumento dei costi di alluminio, acciaio ed energia, sulla crescita del comparto dei serramenti metallici ottenendo un dato del +12,9%. Per cui la crescita reale del comparto dei serramenti metallici (nel 2021) dovrebbe essere ricalcolata sottraendo ai tassi rilevati sopra, il 13% di crescita dei costi dei fattori produttivi.
Il mercato dei serramenti continuerà a essere trainato principalmente dal settore del recupero residenziale, dove gli incentivi fiscali contribuiranno a sostenere la domanda. Il superbonus condomini, se non subirà ulteriori cambiamenti e limitazioni, darà un “boost” significativo al mercato che potrà i 2,4 miliardi di euro nel 2022.
Il settore non residenziale continuerà ad essere alimentato dal completamento delle iniziative interrotte o rallentate durante la pandemia e beneficerà dell’apertura dei nuovi cantieri. Un importante contributo verrà dagli investimenti pubblici destinati a partire con l’attuazione del Pnrr. Read more...
Investment risk is the probability that the value of securities will fall or the return on investment will not meet your expectations. Why risk at all?To get more news about spx markets, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
Risk is related to profitability. The higher the potential yield, the higher the risk.
You can buy OFZ and receive a fixed coupon income of about 7%, which is guaranteed to you by the state. Or you can buy Yandex shares (YNDX), which grew by 35% over the whole of 2019, although in October they declined by 20%. At the same time, you do not know whether Yandex will pay dividends or not, and shares will rise or fall. You take this risk for possible profit.
What risks do securities have?
Every security is associated with risks. Major financial and political crises affect the economy, the stock exchange and, as a result, securities quotations. Such global events affect all investment instruments, but each individual has its own risk factors. Bonds. The yield on bonds is known in advance and is paid out on a fixed date. The owner of a bond receives a coupon yield, i.e. a percentage of the bond's nominal value, usually every six months or a quarter. The bond has a price, and you can earn money by changing its value but it is quite stable.
What is a risk profile? It's an investor's attitude towards risk.
Risk profile depends on the identity of the investor, investment objectives and timing.
Why do I need a risk profile?
To properly allocate assets in your portfolio. When selecting tools in your portfolio, not only look at potential returns, but also assess the risks. Even if an investment is offered to you by a guru of the exchange, its profitability seems very attractive to you, but the risks do not match your investment profile do not agree. You have to be equally prepared for both loss and profit.
What types of risk profiles are there?
Conservative. An investor's goal is to preserve capital and protect it from inflation. The investor is ready to receive income at the level of the deposit rate. He is not inclined to risk, so most of the money, about 70-75%, invests in bonds of highly reliable issuers (government and corporations) and keeps it in a bank account. He invests the rest in stocks of the largest and most liquid companies: "blue chips and ETFs. In the case of shares, he receives dividend income.
Rational. The investor is ready to accept insignificant risk for the sake of potential profitability. Allow capital cost fluctuations in the short and medium term for the sake of potential returns. Keeps a balance: half of the capital invests in bonds and keeps them on deposit, 40% or more invests in equities and ETFs.
Aggressive. The priority of this investor is maximum return. He is ready to invest in high-risk instruments: shares of new technological companies, securities of emerging markets, IPO. He can work in the futures market and trade with leverage some brokers of such investors call them "professional" or traders. As a rule, they invest about 80% of capital in stock market instruments.
The division of investors into conservative, rational and aggressive is the most popular method, but not the only one. For example, "BCS Broker" distinguishes 7 types of risk profiles to form the most suitable portfolio for clients: conservative, moderately conservative, rational, moderately aggressive, aggressive, super aggressive, professional.
How to determine your risk profile?
If you want to use the services of a financial advisor, then at the very beginning of your cooperation he will offer you to fill in a small questionnaire on risk profiling, developed according to the standards of the Central Bank. Some brokers place these questionnaires on their website. Read more...
Do you lose nutrients when juicing fruits and veggies?
Juice extracted from fruits and veggies will contain concentrated amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other plant nutrients. If you tend to avoid fresh, frozen or canned fruits and veggies, juicing can provide a convenient and refreshing way to get a healthy dose of nutrients that are easily absorbed.To get more news about coconut juicer machine, you can visit hl-juicer.com official website.
But when juicing fruits and vegetables, some of the healthy, filling fiber is lost. That’s because juice extractors separate the juice from the fiber-rich pulp and skins.
“You do lose fiber in fruit and vegetable juices, and that results in juices having the ability to spike your blood sugar in a more dramatic way than if you ate the actual fruit or vegetable,” said Robin Foroutan, an integrative medicine dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.In addition to fiber, you also lose some polyphenols and antioxidants found in the pith of citrus fruits and skins of fruits and vegetables that may not be extracted as effectively in home juicing, explained Mario G. Ferruzzi, a professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University.
If you do choose to juice, don’t delay drinking. “It is best to drink the juice right away, because antioxidant and enzyme activity decreases over time,” Foroutan said.
Antioxidants help to balance inflammation, while enzymes (like those found in pineapple) help with digestion. If you are juicing and plan on drinking the juice later, it’s best to store it in an airtight glass container, refrigerate and consume within one day, Foroutan explained.
Cold-pressed juicers don’t create heat the way centrifuge juicers do, and heat destroys enzymes in produce. However, centrifuge juicers likely don’t get hot enough to actually destroy enzymes or oxidize nutrients, Foroutan explained. “I don’t think the heat generated would be enough that it would kill enzymes or nutrients in the way cooking does,” Foroutan said.To minimize fiber loss, you can combine some of the pulp back into the juice. You can also salvage the pulp by using it to fortify other foods, such as cake or muffin batters, cooked rice or soups, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Another option is to use a food processor or blender instead of a juicer to make fruit or vegetable juice. This will allow the fiber-rich pulp to remain in the juice, which can keep you feeling fuller longer.
One study revealed that blending provides other benefits over juicing. Specifically, juices that had been prepared by blending whole fruits had stronger antioxidant activities and contained larger amounts of phenolic compounds than juices that had been prepared by juicing the flesh of fruit. However, levels of vitamin C in apple, pear and mandarin orange juice was significantly higher in juice that had been processed by juicing, rather than blending.While juicing can help you consume important nutrients, it shouldn’t displace whole fruits and vegetables in your diet. Also, simply changing the form of fruits and veggies won’t help you lose weight or get rid of toxins, despite popular health claims. In fact, limiting your diet to drinking fruit or vegetables can cause you to miss out on important nutrients such as protein and healthy fats.
Finally, keep in mind that while juices contain natural sugars, they are still a concentrated source of calories, even for some vegetable juices such as carrot or beet. So if you are watching your blood sugar levels or trying to keep carbs or calories in check, be sure to watch your portions of juice and limit to 4 ounces, or ? cup. Read more...
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