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Overview: Equities in the Asia Pacific managed to mostly shrug off the drag of the losses in US equities yesterday. China and India could not escape the pull, but most other bourses were higher, led by Singapore and Hong Kong. It was the second consecutive week that the MSCI Asia Pacific Ind...
Overview: The strongest signs to date that even phase one of a US-China trade deal is proving elusive helped spur the risk-off mood that had already been emerging. The S&P 500 fell by the most in a month (~-0.40%) yesterday, closing the gap from last week we had noted was the risk, and f...
The last significant election in the UK took place in June 2016. The people of the nation did not go to the polls to elect leaders. Instead, they voted on whether to remain part of the European Union or to go it alone. Before the 2016 referendum, the polls said that the majority would vote to ...
Overview: The idea that a US-China trade deal is proving more elusive than the agreement in principle on October 11 implied is being seized upon to spur what we suspect is an overdue round of profit-taking in global equities. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index snapped a three-advance, with over 1% ...
The EUR/JPY pair has been travelling downward in a long-term bearish trend since the beginning of 2018. The chart below illustrates this using blue trend lines (weekly candlesticks are used). (Chart created by the author using TradingView. The same applies to subsequent candlestick charts pr...
Originally published November 18, 2019 By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Weekly Market Compass: We expect a clear Conservative majority in Parliament, which should bode well for the prime minister's Brexit agreement. But the real work would come afterward. On Dec...
Overview: The run-up in equities continues to be the dominant development in the capital markets. Although the Japanese and South Korean bourses fell, the rise in Australia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan underpin the MSCI Asia Pacific Index. The Hang Seng's gains (1.5% on top of yesterday's 1...
Macro News Global: We saw last week that Chinese economic data continues to disappoint , with retail sales and fixed-asset investment growth rising at their lowest pace since 2003 and 1998, respectively, adding pressure on non-performing loans. China has the world’s biggest financi...
By Chris Turner, Global Head of Strategy and Head of EMEA and LATAM Research and Francesco Pesole, FX Strategist EUR: PMIs unlikely to turn the tide for the euro The contradicting news flow on trade negotiations continues to generate market noise but it can neither trigger a ...
Overview: Equities in Europe and the US look to extend their six-week rally, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gets back on the winning way after stumbling last week. Despite the escalation of the conflict in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng rose 1.35% to lead the region and recoup a chunk of last w...