OPINIONISTA: A global recession may be around the corner By Naeem Aslam
One question on every investor’s mind is why the US markets remain in a bull market, particularly in the face of rising global trade volatility?
Oddly, global markets aren’t paying much attention. After every few down days, we see the bulls coming back into the market pushing markets towards all-time highs. This has been the trend throughout the year. The Nasdaq index is off by nearly 6.34%, the S&P 500 is 4.56% and the Dow Jones is down nearly 4.76% from its all-time high. This tells us that the stock market is solid and there are no signs of panic.uncertainty is to have a look at the Volatility Index . It is down nearly 31.16% year to date, but it has recovered nearly 45% of its value from its lows in April 2019.efore we jump to any conclusions, let’s also have a look at one more safe haven asset.
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