Market Overview

Central Banks around the world appear to be about to deploy more large caliber monetary weaponry than an NRA convention. Both the Federal Reserve and Reserve Bank of New Zealand have enacted emergency...

Unless you were living on Mars—and in these days of connectivity that’s no excuse—you could not have missed the carnage that swept across financial markets overnight, driven by...

The legions of Optimism-20 virologists and epidemiologists were out in force overnight on Wall Street. After much academic debate based on their years of experience in the field, they came to the...

The Federal Reserve pricked the bubble of a nascent equity recovery overnight, with the FOMC leaving both rates and its forward guidance unchanged. A passing mention that it was monitoring...

Wall Street’s New Year’s resolution to eat a more plant-based diet paid dividends yesterday (sic), with investors gleefully consuming Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest results, sending its...

The Fed's policymaking, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will undergo a significant shift at its January meeting this week, as four new regional chiefs rotate into voting positions.Also on the...

The European Central Bank (ECB) left monetary policy unchanged last week even as its president, Christine Lagarde, launched the first strategic review of the central bank's targets and tools in 16...

The sense of serious concern about the economic effects of the Wuhan virus—evident on Wall Street last Friday—has turned into something approaching panic in Asia this morning. China has...

U.S. markets are closed today for Martin Luther King Day, and this will likely take the edge off activity in Asian markets as the week starts. That didn’t stop Wall Street setting another set of...

Markets in Asia have entered a holding pattern ahead of an expected signing by the U.S. and China of their Phase-1 trade pact later today. The morning has not been without drama, however. The U.S....

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...