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...
With the announcement of INR 20 lakh core stimulus package to combat Covid-19 lead economic crisis, the buzz of demand creates supply or supply creates demand, once again knocking the window of intellectual battle. The...
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...
Last week the IMF cut further its global (and national) forecasts for growth for this year (-4.9%) and next (+5.4%), which effectively means GDP will not return to its level in 2019 until 2022 globally...
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...
Despite the efforts of all the medical and scientific experts, much remains to be discovered about COVID-19. It is not life-threatening to most of us and yet highly contagious, with dire consequences for those it...
The S&P 500 turning higher on the year was the last straw before an arguably overdue bout of profit-taking kicked-in and is the dominant feature today in the capital markets. It began slowly in the...
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...
Over the past few decades, the Micro, Small, and Medium enterprise (MSME) sector have occupied a position of strategic importance in the Indian economic structure. This sector contributes nearly 28 percent of the country’s GDP,...
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...
