Global Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Trends
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Wuhan coronavirus a “public health emergency of international concern.” The markets took this news as good-bad news. The stock markets, which tumbled on Thursday due to the rising death toll in the world’s second-biggest economy, steadied slightly on Thursday […]
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. ASIA Asian markets succumbed to the news that the coronavirus has not gone away overnight. Japanese and Hong Kong shares fell, Nikkei 225 is off -1.79% while the Hang Seng dropped -1.83%. The Shanghai Composite is not trading as the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays have
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. Asian markets opened up the day nervously and finished mixed as of the most recent closing prices. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng scratched out a small gain of 0.15%, while the Japanese Nikkei finished lower by -0.55%. Chinese markets were closed yesterday. European markets finished broadly higher
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. Stocks got hammered at the opening of Asian markets after a weekend of nervous headlines surrounding the Wuhan coronavirus. All eyes and ears await the meeting between the World Health Organization and the Chinese officials. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite is down -2.75%, the Japanese Nikkei down
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Market Summary: The long and the short of it. US Markets: Equity markets opened up pessimistically in morning trading and dove into the red. Investors regained their courage on the back of the Federal Reserve’s Chairmen Jerome Powell’s testimony to congress. The Chairman said the U.S. Central bank is done cutting interest rates for the
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. U.S. Markets: The equity markets stalled again yesterday following Chinese media comments on President Trump’s speech to the Economic Club of New York. China Global Times said, “Quite a lot of criticisms and complaints about China from President Trump in his latest speech, but hardly anything
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. US Markets: Equity markets were again dominated by President Trump’s remarks over the weekend, dashing investor optimism that Washington and Beijing would soon reach a deal to end the paralyzing trade war. Both the S&P 500 and the New York Composite (NYA) dove into the red