Halftime Update: NOK - Nokia CorporationNokia brought out of it's current channel, tapping $5.14 before pulling back which we expect it to come back to the $4.53 for another potential entry before it's stronger continuation to the upside within this channel, ultimately heading back to the $6.50 Price Levels.
FINANCIAL NEWS:
Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) shares are trading higher by 6.25% to $5.104 during Monday’s session after the company announced, along with industry leaders, an acceleration of AI-RAN development and will establish an AI-RAN center in the US.
What To Know: Nokia’s stock surged Monday following its collaboration with Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) to integrate its military-grade 5G solutions into Lockheed's 5G.MIL® Hybrid Base Station (HBS).
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Per a Sunday press release, this partnership advances battlefield communications by seamlessly merging commercial 5G with military networks, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making for defense operations. Nokia’s technology will ensure real-time data exchange across defense networks.
What Else: Initial integration tests took place at Verizon’s Boston Innovation Center and Lockheed Martin’s Pennsylvania and Texas facilities, demonstrating successful interoperability with existing military systems.
Plans include further integration at Lockheed Martin's 5G.MIL Experimental Network site in Orlando, leveraging Nokia's 5G to expand tactical communications.
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A NOKout in round 1 - Why the NOK will win 2024Over the past two years, the Norwegian krone has undoubtedly been one of the big losers in the FX market.
Not only has it embarrassingly been constantly beaten up even against the EUR and traded at an all-time low, no, since November 2022 it has bottomed vs. ALL G10 currencies.
This was hardly surprising as almost all fundamental factors spoke against the NOK.
However, the tide will turn dramatically in 2024:
NOK positive:
➡️ Energy prices appear to have bottomed out and could rise again🟢
➡️ The oil price seems to be stabilising around the USD 60-70 mark and could rise in the event of a soft landing🟢
➡️ January and February are seasonally positive for the NOK🟢
➡️ Norges Bank surprised EVERYONE in December by raising interest rates again🟢
➡️ Norges Bank enters 2024 as one of the hawkishest of the G10 central banks
➡️ A further rate hike by Norges Bank in early 2024 cannot be ruled out🟢
➡️ It would raise interest rates while virtually all other central banks would be in rate cut mode🟢
➡️ Norges Bank will drastically reduce its NOK purchases from January (as previously announced by me in the NOKSEK Tradeidee ), see here: