📉 The Merval index ended the week almost neutral, down 0.10%, despite a nearly 4% loss at the start of Friday's session.
📈 The index showed a recovery in the last two hours of Friday's trading, potentially indicating a shift in market sentiment.
📊 After reaching the 200-day moving average area, the candles began to show ascending highs and bullish price action, suggesting buying pressure at lower prices.
🇧🇷 This chart compares Merval against EWZ (Brazil's stock market) to determine which is more convenient to be positioned in.
📈 From 2014 to 2019, they were lateral; after the 2019 PASO, Merval fell more and EWZ less. From 2022, Merval's bull market began, leaving EWZ far behind.
🤔 Since the beginning of this year, there's been a strong correction in favor of Brazil. After touching the 200-day moving average, it seems to have found a floor and rebounded, suggesting it might be more convenient to be positioned in Argentina than in Brazil, at least in the short term.
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📈 The company faces challenges, such as high capital expenditures for AI and cloud infrastructure, but also has substantial growth opportunities in monetizing AI services and expanding cloud gaming.
💰 Analysts project double-digit growth in profitability for the next 3 to 5 years, with a reasonable price target between $475 and $575, reflecting strong operational efficiency and strategic positioning.
📉 An investor sold shares of an oil company after the stock price fell, assuming it was due to a drop in oil prices.
🤔 The stock quickly recovered, leaving the investor confused as the oil price hadn't significantly changed.
🧠 This highlights a common cognitive bias where investors rely on readily available information and pre-existing ideas, ignoring other potential market factors.
📉 The Argentine Central Bank made its largest dollar sale of 2025, selling $474 million, the second-largest sale since Milei's government took office.
🏦 This sale reduced the accumulated balance for March to $150 million, down from approximately $600 million, due to a halt in dollar-denominated loans.
💳 The decrease in dollar loans is linked to reduced credit card financing in dollars, impacting the Central Bank's dollar purchases.
