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The purpose of this article is to assess the macro-fiscal flows for South Korea and determine what effect these flows will have on the stock market and the economy. The chart below shows the national budget information to the present day over ten years tracked alongside the stock market. T...

Overview: The S&P 500 set a new record high and close yesterday, but the lift to global markets was not strong enough to overcome the disappointing Chinese PMI. Although Chinese equities traded higher on ideas that the news will spur additional stimulative measures, other Asian markets w...

The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ((CAPE)) ratio is a surprisingly controversial metric, but evidence suggests it is actionable for long-term investors. Rather than simply dividing the current share price by 1 year of earnings like the normal P/E ratio, the CAPE ratio divides the cur...

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Overview After surging yesterday, equities are struggling to maintain the momentum that carried that S&P 500 to its best level since last October. Most Asia-Pacific equity markets advanced. Japan's small losses were a notable exception. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 has advanced in four of the...

Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Apr 1-5) Investors in the week ahead will receive updates on Singapore’s economy and manufacturing sector, as the island nation’s growth faces increasingly heavier headwinds from global trade flows and China’s slowdown. Singapore’...

Interactive Brokers - Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Mar 25-Apr 1) South Korea is set to release a slew of new economic updates in the week ahead, including consumer and business confidence, retail sales and an update on its slowing manufacturing sector. South Korea’s economy has b...

By Bill Witherell, Ph.D. International equity markets recovered strongly in the first two and a half months of 2019. This followed last year's sharp drop in global markets, particularly in December. The revival in investment sentiment has occurred despite a moderation in global economic gr...

Overview: The Brexit drama continues to command attention. A vote on leaving without an agreement will be held today, and if that fails, there will be a vote tomorrow on an extension. Meanwhile, the first increase in headline US CPI in four months failed to impress, as the year-over-year pac...

By Bill Witherell, Ph.D. Last week included several dramatic examples of unexpected geopolitical developments in emerging markets: Two nuclear powers in South Asia, India and Pakistan, clashed and appeared to be on the brink of full-scale war; and the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi ended b...