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Market Talk- June 1, 2018

An interesting mixed to slightly negative Asian session in the face of so much uncertainty. Obviously, Trade Talks will dominate headlines over the weekend, but...

Market Talk- May 31, 2018

  Asia followed the US bounce opening strong across the region. Dealers were relieved to have seen the US markets rebound after Tuesdays price uncertainty. The...

Market Talk- May 30th, 2018

Asia responded to the uncertain US session by trading lower fro the open. It was only the Shanghai index that closed on its days low (-2.5%), with other core...

Market Talk- May 29, 2018

Asia was relatively well behaved today, weaker obviously after what market activity there was yesterday in Europe, but lets just jump straight to the action....

Market Talk- May 25, 2018

The safe-haven bid that the Yen has received this week, has resulted in a 2% decline for the Nikkei by the time we closed Friday. Despite todays market managing to...

Market Talk- May 24, 2018

Asian markets declined on the President Trump China Trade headline and also on talk that the Singapore meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un may not happen....

Market Talk- May 23, 2018

The jittery close in US markets weighed on Asia at the opening and the lack of clarity just accelerated the uncertainty. The safe-haven bid returned for the...

Market Talk- May 22, 2018

A fairly quiet day across all regions today, but probably expected given little overhang of the US/China Trade Talks, a lack of economic data and the FED minutes we...

Market Talk- May 21, 2018

The weekends news of on-going constructive talks between the US and China, certainly gave Asian markets a boost this morning. One noticeable event was the weakening...

Market Talk- May 18th, 2018

After watching the US market decline over fears of US/China trade talks erupting yet again, many were concerned that Asian markets would suffer a similar fate....