Market Analysis: Brief Summary of the Q1 for the Stock Market

<img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1583752028088-91e3e9880b46?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHNoYXJlc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2ODg0NTYwNzB8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=2000" alt="Market Analysis: Brief Summary of the Q1 for the Stock Market" /><p>The graph of popular stock indices shows that since the beginning of the year, the Nasdaq index has managed to achieve the best result (almost + 40%), while the FTSE shows itself worse than others (about 0%). What are the reasons behind that?</p><p>The Nasdaq (NDX 100) is bullish because the index:<br>→ comprises tech stocks that are rapidly rising in value amid the AI-related hype. Businesswire writes that the AI industry will grow by +40% every year until 2026;<br>→ is less affected by concerns about bank failures in spring 2023.</p><figure><img src="https://fxopen.com/blog/en/content/images/2023/07/4j1.png" alt="Market Analysis: Brief Summary of the Q1 for the Stock Market" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1099" srcset="https://fxopen.com/blog/en/content/images/size/w600/2023/07/4j1.png 600w, https://fxopen.com/blog/en/content/images/size/w1000/2023/07/4j1.png 1000w, https://fxopen.com/blog/en/content/images/size/w1600/2023/07/4j1.png 1600w, https://fxopen.com/blog/en/content/images/size/w2400/2023/07/4j1.png 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px" /></figure><p>The FTSE (aka UK100) is bearish because technology companies that can benefit from AI development are not heavily weighted in the index, but commodity companies are relatively heavily weighted, and the price of oil has decreased by about 13% since the beginning of the year. High inflation rates in the UK also add to the negative. The FT writes about doubts that the Bank of England will be able to curb it.</p><p>It is likely that inflation, high central bank rates (which lead to bank failures) and the boom associated with AI will continue to be relevant topics to some extent in the second half of 2023.</p>