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China/US trade speculation continues to dominate markets, with little in the way of economic data releases coming from the US, down to the extended US Government shutdown.
Read more →Equity markets across Asia, Europe and the US reflect growing confidence and trade around record levels. The positive talk regarding China-US trade and the coming meeting between President Trump and Xi, at AIPEC, has settled many nerves.
Read more →Global equity markets surged at the open of the new week, with strong GDP and Industrial Production data coming out of China and a coalition Government announced in Japan. The Bank of China left rates unchanged, while other markets await inflation data.
Read more →Markets closed out a volatile week, on a positive note, with all US bourses closing higher. A week rocked by reignited trade tensions, between China and the US, was calmed by rhetoric by the end of the week.
Read more →US and European markets continued to shuffle sideways, but around record highs, nervously awaiting much anticipated outcomes. The US Government remains shutdown, while China/US trade talks continue to evolve.
Read more →More shots were fired in the China/US trade wars, with Trump criticising the Chinese failure to purchase US soya beans, threatening increased sanctions on Chinese imports.
Read more →Markets continue to recover from the sell-off last Friday, although many Geo-Political and economic balls, remain in the air. The US/China trade war threats have lessened, with a much more conciliatory response, now being taken by the US.
Read more →Markets rebounded strongly to open the trading week, following the panicked sell-off, the previous Friday. The trigger for the market panic was the reignition of the China-US trade wars.
Read more →US equity markets hit the skids Friday, as threats of a new trade war between the two world economic super-powers (China and the USA), exploded.
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