Are stocks set to bounce this week? FOMC, PMI, GDP, earnings, Bitcoin preview [Video]

Anthony Cheung Amplify

Head of Market Analysis Anthony Cheung gets you up to speed on what you need to know for the week ahead.

The week ahead video:
- Intro (00:00) - Recap of last week's price movement (00:50).
- A technical look at the Nasdaq 100 future (1:40).
- US stocks historically deliver strong returns in Fed hike cycles (4:40).
- Main events happening this week (9:17).
- What to expect from Eurozone PMI and GDP data (11:00).
- Microsoft, Apple, Tesla report earnings in the coming days (12:44).
- FOMC preview (13:58).
- Goldman Sachs sees 4 rate hikes from the Fed this year (15:25).
- US says it's too early to step up Russia sanctions (16:58).
- Solana suffers a network instability issue (17:55).
- Bitcoin technicals to watch (18:10).

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Anthony Cheung

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Anthony has spent over a decade working at the forefront of financial news.

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