Asia Morning: Coronavirus, an unwelcome America First development
Prepared by Jeff Halley, Senior Market Analyst The United States reported its first case of the Wuh...
Asia Catches A SARS 2.0 Cold
Memories of the SARS outbreak of 2002/2003 have returned to haunt Asia this morning. Stock markets a...
Hong Kong shares slide after weekend violence
Index snaps a two-day streak In an otherwise rather dull Asian morning session today, the bigge...
Asia Morning: Cake By The Ocean
US markets are closed today for Martin Luther King Day, and this will likely take the edge of activi...
Asia Session: I Wanna Be A Trillionaire…
Financial markets put worries over the nuts and bolts of the US-China trade agreement behind them wi...
Risk upbeat as China data beats estimates
Retail sales, industrial production top estimates China’s industrial production rose 6.9% y/y...
Asia Session: Sign O’ the Times
One of Princes' darkest songs but one of my favourites may have been running through China Vice Prem...
Finally!! Equities rejoice on trade deal sign-off
A done deal, so far…. After three years of sometimes acrimonious and bitter confrontation on ...
Asia Midday: All Pact And Ready To Go
Markets in Asia have entered a holding pattern ahead of an expected signing by the US and China of t...
Risk off as tariffs remain in place
Tariff review subject to compliance The US has said that it will not be reducing any tariffs on...
Asia Morning: Markets Keep Buying Everything, Even Tesla
It is hard to believe that just one week ago, markets were again contemplating a potential war in th...
Stocks wallow in post-payrolls gloom
Equities trade lower The mood in Asia this morning was an extension of the US close on Friday, ...
Equities at record levels ahead of US payrolls
US stocks continue higher The Middle East confrontation seems to be a distant memory as investo...
Asia Morning: Business As Usual
Middle East fears faded further from the memories of investors overnight, with haven assets weakenin...
The reversal continues as war angst eases
US indices extend gains The sharp reversal in direction on Wall Street yesterday has extended i...
Asia’s Morning: Gone in 60 Seconds
And as quickly as it began, the latest Middle East crisis was over it appears. President Trump annou...
Safe havens surge as Iran attacks
Gold hits more than 6-year high Gold and the Japanese yen saw heavy demand as safe haven assets...
Iran Retaliates, Oil and Gold Surge
What do we know so far? Iran has launched multiple retaliatory missile strikes against coalition ...
Asia Morning Session: Extracting Value
I was lucky enough to do a TV slot on a local Singapore business programme remotely from Jakarta las...
Risk off continues as Middle East tensions escalate
Equities extend Friday’s losses The war of words (so far) between the US and Iran escalated a...