Weekly Summaries
Week Ahead: Reopening Economies vs ‘New Cold War’
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets In the middle of a pandemic, the world’s two most powerful economies are embroiled in a series of clashes which could take both countries to the brink of a “new cold war”. The latest fallout is about Chin...
Read MoreWeekly Summary: An Environment of Caution
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Geopolitical Tensions In the middle of a pandemic, the world’s two most powerful economies are embroiled in a new war of words surrounding the novel coronavirus. After two long years of trade tensions, the cor...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: A War of Words Amid the Reopening
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The coronavirus war of words between China and some governments has dominated headlines over the past couple of weeks. The confrontation between the world’s two largest economies is escalating as both the US ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – The Reopening of the Plunging Economies
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets While investors might find solace in reopening plans for global economies, they are also bracing for a series of economic reports, which will reiterate the global economic turmoil created by the pandemic. Cauti...
Read MoreThe Lockdown, the Fallout and the Roadmap to Recovery
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Global Lockdown In an abrupt and unprecedented manner, the world witnessed a mass halt to global activities due to the pandemic. Governments and central banks rushed in to intervene and support the global econ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: Draft Proposals to Resume Activities Expected
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The number of coronavirus cases is still relatively high, but many countries have recorded the slowest pace in new cases and deaths in the past few days. The attention is therefore slowly shifting towards how q...
Read MoreWeekly Summary: Coronavirus Spreads Across Borders
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Weekly Summary Coronavirus Outbreak Investors exert caution this week as the Coronavirus is spreading quickly across borders ahead of a busy holiday period in China for the Chinese Lunar New Year. China has loc...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Central Banks, PMIs and Davos 2020
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Central Banks, PMIs and Davos 2020 Investors are gearing up for a busy week ahead with major central bank meetings and a slew of economic data. Given that the major geopolitical tensions that roiled the market...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Flash PMIs
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Week Ahead Flash PMIs Last week ended with some good news which set the stock market on a Santa rally. After much speculations, it was reported that both the US and China have agreed to Phase One pending formal...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – A Busy Week Ahead
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets A Busy Week Ahead Despite a relatively quiet end to the month of November due to the US public holiday, Wall Street recorded fresh record highs. We expect the first week of December to be a busy one with a serie...
Read MoreWeekly Summary: Last Day of the Month
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Weekly Summary Last day of the Month As the year comes to an end, investors have been looking for more concrete developments on the trade front to push global stocks higher. Generally, the stock market tends ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Thanksgiving Week
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Week Ahead Thanksgiving Week It was a busy last week with plenty of trade headlines, the Hong Kong Act vote, the first election debate in the UK, and Saudi Aramco’s IPO. Investors were also keeping an eye ...
Read MoreWeekly Summary: Reality Check on Trade Negotiations
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Weekly Summary Reality Check on Trade Tensions The trade winds have blown and the expectations have changed this week. The recent optimism has receded in the markets as new developments on the trade front have ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Central Bank Minutes, Trade Headlines, Aramco and UK Politics
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Week Ahead Central Bank Minutes, Trade Headlines, Aramco and UK Politics Last week, the attention was on the likelihood of Phase 1 of the trade deal amid a few central bank meetings and market-moving econo...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Trade Remains in Focus
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Week Ahead Trade Remains in Focus Trade headlines have sent markets swinging last week. Despite mixed messages, the three major US equity indices had posted record closing highs buoyed by the overall trade p...
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