Market Sentiments
April 16, 2026
According to FTSE Russel, Vietnam is due for a promotion to a secondary emerging market status from its long-standing frontier market status. The key drivers for […]
April 10, 2026
When Kevin Warsh was announced as the successor of Jerome Powell in January 2026, the DXY immediately surged 0.35%. For the next month, the US dollar […]
March 25, 2026
Serving as a passage for about 20% of the world’s oil and gas shipments, the Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical energy […]
March 20, 2026
It comes as no surprise that as geopolitical tensions surge demand for safe havens rises and gold prices reach new highs. Something similar happened in January […]
March 20, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered the largest oil supply shock in market history in March 2026. As a result, the US Dollar Index […]
March 5, 2026
January 2026 marked another major turning point in the US President’s diplomacy. Starting with casual talks of buying Greenland, Donald Trump went on to threaten nations […]
February 25, 2026
JP Morgan’s Review of Markets over 2025 concludes with, “After a decade of US exceptionalism with returns concentrated in US technology stocks and boosted by an […]
February 2, 2026
After the second ceasefire on December 27, 2025, Thailand reported a border breach early in January 2026, which Cambodia claimed to be an accident. Historically, border […]
January 27, 2026
Three of the four major Australian banks have ruled out the possibility of any further cuts in cash rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). […]
January 16, 2026
Driven by rising interest rates and shifting inflation, Japan is pivoting to a new economic reality. With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi now at the helm, a […]
January 15, 2026
The historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping has raised hopes of a “tariff truce” between the two nations. The hopes […]
January 9, 2026
The OECD expects global growth to moderate from 3.2% in 2025 to 2.9% in 2026. Risk appetite of market participants tends to go down with such […]
January 7, 2026
The Dow Jones Precious Metals Index had surged 139.47% YTD by December 4, 2025. Key reasons for the uptick included the uncertainty surrounding trade policies, central […]
December 19, 2025
A subsidiary of the CME Group, the Commodity Exchange (COMEX) is the metals trading division of NYMEX. It is also one of the largest and most […]
December 17, 2025
As of November 2025, China pays for over 30% of its $6.2 trillion trade in goods and services in the yuan, rather than US dollars. This […]
December 9, 2025
The German economy is set to grow in the latter half of 2025 and in 2026, after two consecutive years of contraction. The real GDP growth […]
December 4, 2025
Three white soldiers is a bullish reversal candlestick pattern. It signals potential weakening of a downtrend and looks much like a staircase. The candlestick pattern represents […]
November 24, 2025
Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh in May 2025 culminated in the world’s largest defence deal worth $142 billion to expand Saudi Arabia’s military power. This was […]
November 14, 2025
Major US indices hit record highs in October 2025. While October is historically a month of positive returns for the US stock markets, the 2025 returns […]
November 12, 2025
After both gold and silver hit new all-time highs in the first half of October 2025, the two precious metals saw a sharp correction on October […]