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2024-06-29 10:57:33 ET Summary China critics believe Chinese stocks are uninvestable due to a myriad of economic and geopolitical issues. The Chinese stock market being down more than -60% shows many investors believe the same. Despite its many challenges, Chinese stocks may s...

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2024-06-26 13:40:00 ET Summary China's stock market has been mired in a long and steady downtrend for several years. In February, there was a brief respite from the selling as the Shanghai Composite bounced just over 20% through May, the rally was capped at the knees with a 7.6% d...

2024-06-24 08:20:00 ET Summary Ten-year Treasury yields traded this week at the lowest level since March. The market closed Friday pricing a 4.85% policy rate at the Fed’s December meeting, implying two rate cuts (48 bps). For the Week:The S&P 500 added 0.6% (up 14....

2024-06-23 12:30:00 ET Summary While the Bank of Canada and the European Central Bank cut interest rates in June, the Federal Reserve decided to keep rates steady. While the European Union is in the throes of political uncertainty, the UK appears to have significant political cert...

2024-06-21 05:30:00 ET Summary The real GDP growth forecasts for 2024 have been lowered in a few major economies, including the US, Canada, Brazil and Japan. We continue to expect a gradual downward trend in global consumer price index inflation in 2024-26, driven by a moder...

2024-06-17 12:10:00 ET Summary The People's Bank of China kept the one-year medium-term lending facility rate unchanged at 2.5% today, in line with market expectations. We believe that in conjunction with today's data releases and the start of rate cuts in other central banks such...

2024-06-15 05:56:00 ET Summary Global risk-off is gathering momentum, and there's now a clear and present potential de-risking/deleveraging catalyst. Unlike the fleeting UK debt crisis, French election results have the potential to reverberate throughout the European debt markets ...

2024-06-11 07:30:00 ET Summary The US dollar is firm against all the G10 currencies, except for sterling. Most emerging market currencies are lower, including the Mexican peso, which has become unhinged amid heightened political uncertainty. European bonds, especially French b...

2024-06-08 14:30:00 ET Summary Key economic indicators are mixed in China and, in fact, were mostly weaker than expected last month. So, policymakers are now stepping up support for the property sector in particular. The increased aggressiveness of policy support has...