The powerful momentum moves in the capital markets continues unabated by escalating US-China tensions and continued spread of the virus. Asia Pacific equities were mixed. Tokyo was closed for a holiday, but several other large...
Global trade uncertainty as COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy can lead to painful consequences across all sectors. As per the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global trade is expected to fall by between 13% and...
The S&P 500 rallied 1.6% yesterday to extend the streak to a fifth consecutive session, and the longest of the year and completed the negation of a bearish technical pattern. However, the main feature today...
The combination of rising virus cases and the sell-off in the US before the weekend dragged nearly all the Asia Pacific bourses lower. The Nikkei led the way with more than a 2% drop, but...
Covid-19 and resultant disruption of economic activity and trade supply chain will lead to contagion call for boycotting China, taming its economic clouts, maiming its unethical medical and infrastructure diplomacy. Across the globe, some trade...
The US Secretary of State’s announcement that the autonomy of Hong Kong could no longer be affirmed did not derail the rally in US equities. However, the threat of an executive order against social media...
New two and a half month highs in the S&P 500 yesterday failed to have much sway in the Asia Pacific region and Europe today as US-China tensions escalate and profit-taking set in. Perhaps it...
Indian high tech manufacturing may be the big winner as rich countries around the world are rethinking globalization and their heavy reliance on China as the coronavirus pandemic slows down. It has been a bad...
The head of the European Chamber of Commerce in China says the Asian country has lost some of its influence in the world. But he doesn’t expect a fundamental rethinking of economic ties in the...
That Covid-19 comes from the city of Wuhan, China is in no doubt at this point. As new human flus come from Asia every year, almost in a pendulum-like fashion, but also avian flues, the...
Non-Chinese investors are shifting into yuan-denominated government debt at a record rate as they seek a safe haven amid the coronavirus pandemic. The shift bears signs of longer-term recalibration of global finance. When the Financial...
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the overreliance of companies and governments on China for just about everything, from cars to medicines. But they will not be packing up and leaving China anytime soon. The COVID-19...