AEX course down on a red day before the stock exchange

The markets today woke up with light red figures. The AEX course also had to go with a decrease after the stock markets in Hong Kong and Japan also fell by around 1 percent. Investors seem to take some profit, while the big boys advise their customers to protect themselves.

The foundation is fragile

Although the American stock exchange recently made an all-time high, it seems to be sentiment that the foundation is somewhat fragile. For example, the trading desks of Goldman Sachs and Citadel would advise their customers to cover themselves at possible price falls, now that buying that protection is still cheap.

At the same time, we see that Donald Trump suddenly no longer has such a big mouth about the dismissal of Jerome Powell as chairman of the US Central Bank.

The problem, however, is that inflation expectations for the next five years break out in the United States. That is why it is unlikely that the US central bank has a lot of room to lower interest rates.

More and more risk in the market

After a period of almost uninterrupted increases from the April soils, we are currently seeing more negative stories in the market sneaking. Investors get cautious reasons to worry.

It is precisely from a point where nobody was worried about the future, that can cause damage. It is precisely at such moments that the market is extra vulnerable to price falls.

Now the AEX has not had the most fantastic period, because the previous all-time high dates back to February 2025.

Yet the AEX will not be left out if the rest of the investment world dives into the red figures. In the slightly longer term, however, the picture remains predominantly positive. Not only for the AEX, but also for other risk investments.