Major U.S. indices closed the week on mixed ground, with Dow Jones rising 0.46% in the Friday session, driven by a 3.5% jump in Apple stocks, while Nasdaq fell 0.64% in the same slope.
Outside the United States, Japan’s Nikkei 225 leads the global performance of the year, with a cumulative rise of 27.4%, ahead of the Canadian stock exchange TSX (10.2%) and the S&P 500 itself (8.7%).
An alert of weight.
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said this week that investors are underestimating the risks surrounding the global economy and said he would not buy long-term U.S. Treasury shares or bonds at current prices.
Energy under pressure.
Brent futures contracts rose after Houthi attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea, reinforcing the geopolitical risk premium embedded in the energy price.
What does this mean for those who make the decision?
For companies with exposure to foreign exchange, energy or dollar financing, the week reinforces a pattern: markets in nominal high but with a geopolitical risk fund that treasury and investment executives should not ignore just because indices rise. Dimon’s caution about long-term assets tends to weigh on corporate allocation and foreign exchange hedge decisions in the coming weeks.