Business
Ryan Kia (of quantiumresearch.co.uk) looks at the macro-economic picture as a result of the past few months of extreme market volatility. He begins by highlighting common misconceptions regarding market drawdowns (peak to trough moves) by newbie investors. Then, he goes on to discuss the current state of the financial markets (with indexes approaching technical resistance levels), the heavy contrast between small and mid-caps, in one group, and large caps (blue-chip stocks) in another, and the likely outlook moving forward. Throughout this episode, Ryan includes up to date examples of different stocks across various industries and indexes to provide context to the discussion and encourage our listeners to be proactive in these times, and not simply stick to the same sectors/markets, hoping to achieve positive investment returns. In this case, you'll likely avoid getting caught out from wider market moves. Ryan finishes the episode by including his thoughts regarding some of the most vulnerable companies moving forward from international COVID-19 shutdowns. The companies mentioned in this podcast include: Carillion, Caterpillar, Easyjet, Cineworld, Asos, IBM, Tesla, Tui, Lastminute, EDreams, Centrica, Aston Martin, Debenhams, Ocado, Microfocus At the moment of recording, nor Ryan or anyone from the quantiumresearch.co.uk team holds a position long or short any of the companies mentioned, nor receives anything in return for talking about the stocks in this podcast.