Asia Morning: Asia Shrugs Off Trade Fatigue
Asia is off to a bright start today, perhaps reflecting a relatively quiet night in North America, w...
Classic Trump Speech, Platinum sinks on wage agreement
President Trump’s speech at the Economic Club of New York was a highlight reel of his best lines.Â...
Asia Morning: Staying Married on Singles Day
Alibaba's Singles Day is off to a roaring start with the first billion dollars of turnover achieved ...
Asia Stuck In Friday Tariff-Jam
The schizophrenic nature of the financial markets of late was highlighted overnight as the mid-week ...
US Open – Tariff Concessions, Stable Jobless Claims, BOE nearer to easing, Oil rallies, Gold struggles
What trade promise fatigue? Financial markets remain determined to climb higher as global equities...
Back To The Future With Peak Optimism
Financial markets consolidated their trade dispute premiums overnights, with US Treasury yields risi...
The US Blinks While Hong Kong Sinks
This morning the Financial Times is reporting that the US administration is considering dropping tar...
The Global Recovery Just A PMI In The Sky?
I can't recall an FOMC rate decision being consigned to the dustbin of market memory as fast as Wedn...
China PMI Sinks As Fed Cuts And Shuts
 The FOMC did indeed cut the target Fed Funds rate by 25bps overnight, to a target range of 1.50-1....
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Monday is likely to be Asia's quietest day this week, with Singapore, India and New Zealand on holid...
Who Letwin The Dogs Out
It appears that since Pro-rogue One: A Star Wars Story maybe, the loss of trust between Parliamentar...
US Open – China GDP falls to 6%, Turkey’s win, Brexit Vote looms, Oil rises, Gold stuck in range
US stocks and the dollar little changed in early Friday trade despite a worse than expected third-qu...
Scary Like Monday Morning
Most of us are probably not as enthused by Monday mornings, as we are waking up late on Sunday morni...
Boris Johnson Dup’ed as Singapore Slings
Brexit has moved to the season finale it seems, with UK PM Boris Johnson due to present a newly mint...
Brexit Bravado Begets Boris Bounce
It may still tease and disappoint us, but it seems increasingly likely that an acceptable draft Brex...
US Open – Trade War, Powell, Oil, Gold
Stocks are set to open higher following yesterday’s selloff as markets start to become slightly mo...
Asia Today: Swimming in Muddy Waters
Investors floundered in muddy waters overnight with markets weighed down by trade talk worries and s...
We’re Running Low On Gas Maverick
A much worse than expected U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI at 52.6 saw the yelling for a Federal Rese...
Trade Winds Neither Fair Nor Following
The trade winds of the dispute between the U.S. and China have blown chill across the world for much...
It’s Not All Bad in the Markits Folks
The waves of the trade war appear to be washing up on United State's shores finally as the ISM Manuf...