Market Overview

And as quickly as it began, the latest Middle East crisis was over it appears. President Trump announced that no further action was to be forthcoming from the United States as Iran’s missiles...

What do we know so far?Iran has launched multiple retaliatory missile strikes against coalition bases within Iraq. Quite a few missiles it would appear. The overtness of the attack has surprised me,...

I was lucky enough to do a TV slot on a local Singapore business programme remotely from Jakarta last night. It was wonderful for two reasons. Firstly I got to strongly share my opinion on the...

by Caroline Gerber This is part two of our annual outlook for the coming year. Part one focused on the direction equities could take in 2020.During 2019, equities rallied to all-time highs despite...

Wall Street’s major indices are on track to end the year at all-time highs as the "phase- one" U.S.-China trade deal appears to have eased some of the uncertainty on the global economic outlook....

SPX up 28.67% so far for the year, on course to overtake the +29.68% hit at close of 2013. Expected January signing for Phrase I of trade deal and a dovish Fed may trigger traders to drive the...

Friday’s slim gains reflect tepid trade deal reliefRetreating yields signal stock trader ambivalence toward U.S.-Sino agreementSlumping VIX could indicate another leg higher for stocks After...

It's been quite a 24 hours for the leaders of the US and UK and investors are certainly getting excited about what's to come next.Boris Johnson's knockout performance in the UK election on Thursday...

With one active year of raising rates and reducing its balance sheet behind them, and a second active year reversing all those actions, the Federal Reserve seems ready to go into hibernation and sleep...

U.S., global benchmarks jump on strong economic data Investors still await decision on Dec. 15 tariffs on Chinese consumer goods A variety of monetary policy decisions coming this week...

President Trump's comments that a trade deal may not happen until after the 2020 election sent stock markets into a tailspin overnight, and are spilling over into the Asia Pacific this morning. One...

Investors may be getting impatient once again at the lack of trade progressYields set to keep fallingOil threatening to reverse into a downtrend With the approach of the Dec. 15 deadline for the next...

There are rather too many "Talking Heads" attempting to burn down the House for both President Trump and financial markets at the moment. Reuters reported overnight that an interim trade deal might...

Fresh from cutting the 7-day repo rate on Monday, China has shaved 5bps of its 1-year and 5-year Loan Prime Rates this morning to 4.15% and 4.80% respectively. It seems clear that China isn't waiting...