Global POV Weekly: Global Stock Market Selloff Intensifies

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A global stock market selloff intensified on Monday, August 5, 2024, spurring a more than 12% decline in Japan’s Nikkei 225.

Tech-focused Nasdaq-100 futures were down around 4%, paring some earlier losses, while Dow and S&P 500 futures fell at least 1.5%.

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Key Takeaways:

• An unexpected interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan, weaker-than-expected US jobs report, and ongoing geopolitical issues have contributed to a global stock market selloff.
• The selloff could be short-lived if market participants overreacted to recent events, but could also extend if underlying economic concerns deepen or new negative catalysts emerge.
• Further economic data, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions, shifts in investor confidence, and escalating geopolitical risks are key factors to watch in the coming days.
• The correlated global financial market sell-off was triggered by a series of related economic and political events. The US fiscal stimulus pulse is showing early signs of fatigue.
• Markets are likely to trade in a volatile corrective pattern for several weeks due to high valuations on aggressive earnings estimates that were dependent on the Fed not letting the economy slow.

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