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Saturday, April 18, 2026

The April Surprises - Stockmarkets Bottomed Out

tension is elastic & can ease or manifest...

In my last article, 29th March, I wrote "April 2026 is the short term 'bottoming-out' but with increased volatility. Wealth creation is an Art while wealth preservation is about survival"

The globe is spinning faster than usual with minute spikes in reactions to everchanging worldly events

Will peace returns? The elements of conflicts are Man(made) whose thirst for power, control, fame, greed and contempt destroy harmony & peaceful coexistence

Like fire, when the substance [of contempt] is completely burnt, the fire stops; from the ashes rise the phoenix

US needed to extract itself out of the mess and is unlikely to adopt the 'scorched earth' approach as the extent of religious flavor in wars know no boundaries

It's gonna be equally MAD ~ Mutual Assured Destruction, nukes aside

The casualty arising from the recent oil price hike is the global economy, inflation & plausibly stagflation 

The distrusts were rooted when P Trump contemplated to take Greenland, Canada, Cuba & took action against Venezuela ~ the Laws of The Jungle reigned instead

Leaders at EU had removed US commands at/from NATO; a new alliance will evolve

De-dollarization will eventually happen as new trading Blocs are born out of realignment of countries; businesses are only done between friends. When distrust is sowed, especially trades between nations, the equation changes

US will still [contemplate to] be the No 1 Leader, a position nobody, especially China, wanted

Historically, China thrives on trades. Within 30 years of opening up, China alleviated poverty of her bottom >600mil population

Just when this wave of tragedies in the US/Israel vs Iran war are almost over [doesn't mean it is over], 'smokes' are rising in Northeast Asia; the two Koreas, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan

Geopolitics is fluid

Fortunes favor the brave

Stock & Commodity Markets [Written on pkwekblogspot 29 March 2026)

52wk              Hi            Lo            27 March     Broke Previous High      

DJIA             50,512      36,611       45,166                -                                 

S&P500        7,002        4,835         6,368                7,147

Nasdaq        24,019       14,784       20,948             24,519

Nikkei          59,332       30,792       53,373               59,688 

STI               5,041        3,372        4,898                      -                                     

HSI              28,056        19,260    24,951                    -

FT Bursa     1,771        1,386        1,712                        -

IDX              9,174        5,882        7,097                        -

Oil                  119            54            101                        -

Brent             119            58             114                        -

Gold            5,586        2,970        4,489                        -

Silver             121             27            69                          -

Bitcoin        126,198    60,074      66,724                     -               

Wealth creation is an Art

The world held its breathe when the possibility of using nuke was echoed; fortunately, sanity prevailed  

Let us enjoy the temporary reprieve and relieve ... as life crawled back to normalcy

Will the world hit the brakes again? Yes, quite likely as the world's leadership pole position is perceived to being challenged

We survived to see daylight amidst unusual political sideshows   



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The April Surprises - Stockmarkets Bottomed Out

tension is elastic & can ease or manifest... In my last article, 29th March, I wrote " April 2026 is the short term 'bottoming-...