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Market Talk – February 26, 2019

Asia: Most of the major Asian stocks decreased today after yesterday’s impressive rise, particularly in the Shanghai Composite. The Shanghai dropped 63bps to 2943...

Market Talk – February 25, 2019

Asia: Major global news today regarding the US China trade talks. President Trump tweeted on Sunday that the US and China have made substantial progress with the...

Market Talk – February 22, 2019

  Asia: The global markets reacted to the following news of President Trump expectations to meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu later in the day to conclude...

Market Talk – February 21, 2019

  Asia: Reports from Asia state that China is proposing an agricultural deal worth up to 30 bn a year. This would mean that China would have to source products...

Market Talk – February 20, 2019

  Asia: The markets had a stronger sense of direction today compared to yesterday with the majority of the markets in the green. After Trump’s comments...

Market Talk – February 19, 2019

  Asia: The Asian markets were mixed today. The Nikkei 225 rose by 10 bps and the Shanghai composite rose by 5 bps. The Kospi and Hang Seng slipped 24 bps and...

Market Talk – February 18, 2019

Asia: Asian markets jumped today at the idea of progression with the US – China trade talks. The event on the weekend of course helping when both President...

Market Talk – February 15, 2019

  Asia: The week ended on a disappointing note for the Asian markets from an otherwise relatively decent weekly return. The Nikkei 225 declined 1.08%, but...

Market Talk – February 14, 2019

  Asia: Asian markets were mostly flat today with the exception of the KOSPI index (+1.1%) and the Hang Seng (23 bps decrease). The Chinese Shanghai stock...

Market Talk – February 13, 2019

Asia: The Asian markets had another good day today with the Nikkei increasing 1.34%. This puts the 12-month rolling value at minus 5 bps. Compare this to the...