Market Overview

The United States reported its first case of the Wuhan coronavirus overnight, an America First development that neither President Trump, nor U.S. financial markets wanted. With Asia on the back foot...

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...

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...

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...

Cryptocurrency is undoubtedly an exponentially lucrative marketplace. If tread wisely, investors and traders can earn an enormous amount of profit. However, similar to any other concept,...

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...