In August, wholesale inflation in the U.S. skyrocketed by 8.3% hitting a 10-year high, while the same indicator was worse in China by mid-September with a 9.5% increase. Worker shortages and supply chain constraints have hit industries at large, and mining has also felt the bumps.
For many first-time investors, some financial market terminology can be confusing. A question that often crops up is ‘what is the difference between the Nasdaq and the nasdaq100?’. Effectively this question can be answered by defining the difference between a ‘Stock Exchange’ and a ‘Stock Exchange Index’.