U.S. industrial stocks that appear compelling from quantitative, trend-following and earnings-growth perspectives.

Last week, major U.S. stock indexes then jumped to record highs after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could still cut its key interest rates by at least 0.75 percentage points by the year's end. Another set of key U.S. inflation data will be released on the coming Friday (March 29). Meanwhile most markets will be closed on Friday (March 29) for Good Friday Holiday.

Using Trading Central Options Insight, we filtered for bullish strategies to ride the PSX uptrend.

According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the Bank of Japan (BoJ) could raise its key interest rate to 0.000% from -0.100% on Tuesday (March 19). Meanwhile, central banks of the U.S., the U.K. and Australia will also set interest rates within the week.

Price trend-focused opportunities in U.S. listed equities.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will make his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress in the coming week. Investors will certainly focus on Powell’s tone (hawkish or dovish?) to gauge the timing of the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut.

U.S.-listed technology stocks with strong earnings and revenue growth, using a quantamental strategy.

On February 13 (Tuesday), U.S. data showed hotter-than-expected inflation in January, dampening market sentiment and weighing on stocks on that day, as investors largely expected the Federal Reserve not to cut interest rates in March. February 29 (Thursday) will see the release of another set of inflation data which investors should watch closely.

Japan's economy has already slipped into a recession, as gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in two consecutive quarters (the third & fourth quarters of 2023). Investors are therefore keen to know if Japan could show some signs of economic resilience. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", Japan’s Exports could grow 9.5% on year in January.