Trade wars + privacy breaches + more Trump resignations/sackings = more volatility
March 26, 2018When Donald Trump assumed office as US president last January, the world braced itself for a trade war that he had promised with China. When none materialized in the subsequent months, markets drew a sigh of relief and turned their...
Read MoreTrade wars + privacy breaches + more Trump resignations/sackings = more volatility
March 26, 2018In the meantime, Mr Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) agreement was dismissed as having not much consequence for the country. About 14 months after Mr Trump came into...
Read MoreAll eyes on FOMC and its accompanying statement
March 19, 2018The week just past lived up to expectations when trading here and on Wall Street underwent large bouts of volatility following uncertainty created by US President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum. However, what was unexpected was one of the...
Read MoreTrade war worries + Cohn’s resignation = more volatility
March 12, 2018Last week’s trading picked up where it left off the week before – towards the downside because of US President Trump’s announcement on 2 March of import tariffs on steel and aluminum, an announcement which kindled fears of a global...
Read MoreTrade war, inflation and interest rate concerns to set tone in FOMC month
March 5, 2018The central feature of February’s trading in equity markets was that of a complacent Wall Street shaken by a sudden surge of worry over the pace of interest rate hikes which then led to a spike up in volatility. Although...
Read MoreFebruary market wrap – Volatility, GST hike and…market resilience?
March 1, 2018February will be remembered for the return of volatility, the realization that stocks cannot keep rising indefinitely and the Government’s Budget in which it was announced that Goods & Services Tax will be raised from 7 to 9% sometime from...
Read MoreUS inflation, month-end “window-dressing’’ to set direction
February 26, 2018Last week’s report advised investors to keep an eye on movements in the US Treasury bond market because if the 10-year yield was to come close to or cross 3 per cent, Wall Street stocks could encounter heightened volatility as...
Read MoreKeep an eye on the 10-year US Treasury yield
February 19, 2018Over the course of last week, the Straits Times Index gained 66 points or about 2 per cent at 3,44.51. This means that its 2018 gain is now 1.2 per cent, the entire amount coming on Thursday as it was...
Read MoreA “healthy correction’’?
February 12, 2018When stocks plunge as they did last week, we often hear experts describe the falls as "a healthy correction" so as to suggest that normal upward service would resume shortly and that there’s...
Read MoreBeware the return of risk
February 5, 2018Last week’s volatility on Wall Street including Friday’s large selloff should serve as a reminder that although all the forecasts for 2018 are bullish, there can be many pitfalls ahead, primarily from the US where risk has not featured for...
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