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Market Talk- March 16, 2018

A mixed shop for Asian indices with most playing either side of unchanged for much of the day. The Nikkei opened with a small gain but was again soon under pressure...

Market Talk- March 15, 2018

  Asian markets were pretty mixed after yesterdays US sell-off complemented by the tech turnaround. With little activity in Asia the focus is turning to next...

Market Talk- March 14, 2018

  All of the core Asian markets suffered from US uncertainty today with closes mostly in the region of -0.5% lower on the day. Continued uncertainty...

Market Talk- March, 13, 2018

A pretty mixed bag for Asia today with most core indices playing around unchanged for much of the day. The late weakness in the DOW obviously didn’t help...

Market Talk- March 12, 2018

Having seen a record set for the NASDAQ and strong recovery in other core US markets, Asia opened the week on a positive note. The Hang Seng set the pace with an...

Market Talk- March 9, 2018

A strong opening for all core Asian markets, but not all could maintain the opening strength. The Nikkei had a great morning session up over 1.3% then was hit after...

Market Talk- March 8, 2018

  Markets breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, having heard US trade tariffs may well be targeted rather than blanket and this lifted both US and global...

Market Talk- March 7th, 2018

Gary Cohn’s resignation, although highly rumoured yesterday, was to have a negative effect on all markets once confirmed. The Asian indices held in initially, but...

Market Talk- March 6th, 2018

  Asia was very happy to see the US markets rally yesterday and responded with a strong performance themselves. News that the fear of trade wars may have faded...

Market Talk- March 5, 2018

Although at the National Peoples Congress meeting, China announced an estimated annual growth rate of 6.5% – it was the Hang Seng that took centre stage as...