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Overview: Despite somber warnings that the US economic recovery can stretch to the end of next year, investors have begun the new week by taking on new risks. Most equity markets in the Asia Pacific region rose, with Australia leading the large bourses with a 1% gain. India was an outlier, s...
The US dollar was generally stronger last week. The dollar-bloc currencies and sterling bore the weight most. Decreased appetites for risk, illustrated by losses in the major equity benchmarks, seemed to have played a role. Sterling fell every day last week to reach its lowest level since la...
Overview: Risk appetites have been gradually waning this week. US equity losses mounted yesterday after Tuesday's late sell-off. Asia Pacific equities were off, with many seeing at least 1.5% drops. Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is off a little more to double this week's decline and leaves it...
In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, all too many major emerging market countries - including Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey - appear to have embarked on a dangerous monetary policy path. At a time that these economies are experiencing a record pace of capital outflows and their ...
Overview: Another late sell-off in US shares, this one perhaps related to the sobering assessment by the leading medical adviser for the Trump Administration about the risks of opening too early, failed to deter investors in the Asia Pacific region. Although Japanese shares slipped, most oth...
Overview: The new week begins slowly in the capital markets. Many markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia, gained over 1%, but European and US shares are heavier. Benchmarks off all three regions rallied by 3.4%-3.5% over the past two weeks. Bond markets...
The threat of the US not servicing its debt to China, the loss of 20.5 mln jobs last month, nor the prospect of negative interest rates have undermined the US dollar. It sat at the fulcrum between the currencies seen as beneficiaries of risk appetites, namely the dollar bloc and Scandis and ...
Overview: There is a sense of indecision in the air today. There have been several developments, but investors seem mostly reluctant to extend positions. China reported a surge in exports in April and an increase in the value of reserves. Australia reported a rise in exports in March. The Ba...
Overview The late sell-off in US stocks yesterday has not prevented gains in Asia and Europe. Most of the equity markets, including the re-opening of China, gained more than 1%. Australia was a notable exception, falling about 0.4%, and Taiwan was virtually flat. European bourses opened high...
Overview: The S&P 500 recovered yesterday after dipping trading below the 20-day moving average for the first time in a month. The key area is the gap between the April 30 low (~2892.5) and the May 1 high (~2869). Oil reversed higher as well. June crude was off nearly 9% in the US mornin...