Market Overview

It is hard to believe that just one week ago, markets were again contemplating a potential war in the Middle East. That bullet was dodged, as both the US and Iran stepped back from the brink, albeit...

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....

When former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi uttered his famous “whatever it takes” to defend the euro declaration, what mattered was not only the words he used, or...

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 has been a night of high drama so far, with exit polls suggesting that Boris Johnson's Conservatives are on course to vanquish Labour and achieve an 86 seat majority in yesterday's UK election....

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...