De-escalation of tensions in Iran following the relieving speech made by US President Donald Trump confirming that no military actions should be undertaken in Iran following missile strikes gives safe-haven Swissie some breathe...
For Walgreens Boots Alliance shareholders, the bad news keeps rolling in. After wrapping up 2019 as the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the company delivered worse-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue Wednesday morning, sending shares falling...
Winds seem to be turning for the single currency after benefitting from stoic trade activities during the holiday season. Yet rising Middle East geopolitical tensions combined with poor economic data in Germany are weighing on the single currency despite a slight rebound in consumer prices...
2020 has started with a geopolitical « White Swan » (an understood risk that occurred unexpectedly) in the Middle East involving the US and Iran. Overnight the situation has escalated as Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles on two bases in Iraq that house American Troops...
The Sino-American trade conflict takes back seat as the signature of the Phase One trade deal due for 15 January 2020 is expected to include a halving of US tariffs on $120 billion worth of Chinese goods implemented on 1 September 2019 to 7...
With Middle East tensions seemingly easing after financial markets tempered risks of a full-blown war beyond threatening rhetoric following the US drone attack from last week, safe-haven assets appear less of a bargain although fresh headlines on the front of Iran’s stance related to uranium enri...
Pivot (invalidation): 63.10 Our preference Short positions below 63.10 with targets at 62.20 & 61.50 in extension. Alternative scenario...
The Euro Stoxx 50 index was trading 1.2% lower in morning trade, Brent crude was 4.3% higher, safe haven bond prices were stronger and gold was up by 1.3% as Iran threatened to retaliate...
Tesla Inc. made good on Chief Executive Elon Musk's promise of boosting production and delivering at least 360,000 electric vehicles in 2019, sending shares to new heights and increasing expectations for this year...
The issue boils down to correlations between US and international equity returns differing depending on the time horizon considered...
With 5G still in the early days, the next decade should provide both opportunities and risks to investors as 5G adoption increases sharply...
The People's Bank of China on the first day of 2020 announced that it would lower banks' required reserve ratio (RRR) by 50bps, effective January 6. The cut is estimated to release CNY 800bn in liquidity as China shores up the slowing economy...
India's GDP growth has slowed to 5% in FY19E – and a swift return to the 7-8% rates of recent years may be out of reach for the time being. UBS forecasts GDP growth to improve only gradually, to 6.2% in FY21 (which ends on 31 March 2021) and 6.5% in FY22...
German politicians have called on Europe to adopt protective measures against U.S. sanctions after Washington managed to halt completion of a new submarine gas pipeline linking Russia directly to Germany. The bipartisan U.S...
The US employment report is one of the most closely watched statistics in financial markets. As the previous chart shows, you should watch for quite a while before deciding what has happened. Revisions to payrolls have averaged over forty-one thousand since the start of 2018...
The past year has offered significant headline risk and slowing growth. Global growth has moderated to a below-trend 3.0% rate in 2019, as investment slows and US-China tariffs bite. Separate US measures like the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" have irritated China's government...
The past year has offered significant headline risk and slowing growth. Global growth has moderated to a below-trend 3.0% rate in 2019, as investment slows and US-China tariffs bite. Separate US measures like the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" have irritated China's government...
Tiffany & Co. reported challenges during the holiday shopping season in Hong Kong and Japan, but said overall sales for the period increased. The jeweler said global sales rose about 1% to 3% from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve compared with the same stretch last year...
