Please help with all four questions!
1. What are some of the leading "indexes that are best known or are the most popular in the US and/or in other leading countries? How are some of these indexes created and/or are unique or similar? Which of these indexes, in your opinion, best reflect the fundamental economic situation of (or correlates best with) that economy and why? 2. How have the financial markets been behaving in recent times (say, past two or three years)? Is that considered to be fairly normal? What do you think are driving the markets? 3. What, in your personal opinion, has been the impact of the recent developments, such as that of the COVID-19 ramifications, on stock markets, in the past couple of months...or since say, June 2021? What do you think will be the longer-term impact of the current crises (COVID-19; sudden spike, and then decrease, followed by another increase in unemployment; spate of race-related unrest in the US and in some other countries, etc., etc.) on the stock market AND the underlying economies? 4. In recent times, crypto currencies have been on the rise--both in value and in the number of different types--especially in the US. What exactly are crypto-currencies, and why is there a sudden interest in these financial instruments? What do you feel is the future prospects for these instruments and their possible impact on other financial instruments? Hopefully, y'all observed a significant development in these instruments this week (think about US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen's comments THIS WEEK i.e., starting Monday, October 4th, on CNBC). 1. What are some of the leading "indexes that are best known or are the most popular in the US and/or in other leading countries? How are some of these indexes created and/or are unique or similar? Which of these indexes, in your opinion, best reflect the fundamental economic situation of (or correlates best with) that economy and why? 2. How have the financial markets been behaving in recent times (say, past two or three years)? Is that considered to be fairly normal? What do you think are driving the markets? 3. What, in your personal opinion, has been the impact of the recent developments, such as that of the COVID-19 ramifications, on stock markets, in the past couple of months...or since say, June 2021? What do you think will be the longer-term impact of the current crises (COVID-19; sudden spike, and then decrease, followed by another increase in unemployment; spate of race-related unrest in the US and in some other countries, etc., etc.) on the stock market AND the underlying economies? 4. In recent times, crypto currencies have been on the rise--both in value and in the number of different types--especially in the US. What exactly are crypto-currencies, and why is there a sudden interest in these financial instruments? What do you feel is the future prospects for these instruments and their possible impact on other financial instruments? Hopefully, y'all observed a significant development in these instruments this week (think about US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen's comments THIS WEEK i.e., starting Monday, October 4th, on CNBC)
