Inflation is coursing through the global economy, and central bankers around the world are raising rates in a bid to stamp out these scorching consumer prices.

Investors and traders worldwide for several months now have been obsessing over how the Fed intends to go about its 'quantitative tightening' a.k.a. QT. Hold up! What even is QT? To understand QT, first we must have an idea of QE (quantitative easing).

Even as the drums of war continue reverberating across global financial markets, investors and traders remain gripped by the Fed’s next policy moves. Look out for the FOMC minutes due mid-week, sandwiched between speeches by key Fed officials in the coming week:

This well-worn phrase is meant to go back to the early 1800s and is attributed to London financier Lord Rothschild which suggests that the start of a war is a good time to invest in the stock market. Conversely, the end of a war is a good time to sell.