Market Overview

After Iranian retaliation, market volatility accelerated, but Iran, U.S. allay war fears Investors roll back into risk assets Still, gold continues to rise Key EventsU.S. futures contracts,...

Overview: The Iranian retaliatory missile strike on Iraqi-bases housing US forces initially sparked a dramatic risk-off response throughout the capital markets. The muted response by the US coupled...

According to Bloomberg, Iraq says there are no casualties among its forces in the missile strikes on the US airbase It's a similar outcome for the US forces, so the attack was sufficiently broadcasted...

Early morning news that Iran has attacked a US base in Iraq has sent equities lower and the usual safe haven plays, gold and the Japanese yen higher. Oil is little changed.US30USD Daily...

Gold hits more than 6-year high Gold and the Japanese yen saw heavy demand as safe haven assets after it was reported early morning that Iran had attacked a couple of US bases in Iraq. Equities...

Over the past year, 4 housing indicators have moved in ways consistent with patterns seen in 3 previous recessions. Housing is Signaling a Recession Despite optimistic talk from Fed...

Middle East tensions escalated. And they could come mightily close to taking the lift.Earlier in the session, Twitter streams were jammed with reports of missiles being fired at U.S. airbases from...

Risk assets are rising, despite an inevitable retaliation from Iran. US stocks appear bulletproof after recovering most of the decline from the assassination of Iran’s top commander. The world...

Overview: Without fresh escalation, investors cannot maintain a heightened sense of geopolitical anxiety. The recovery of US shares yesterday set the tone for today's rebound in Asia and Europe. All...

Ambiguity Impacts Equities European equity futures were trading lower as Iran listed potential retaliation strategies. Asia oil, bond, and gold flows, which are hedging the tail risks again, are...

I was lucky enough to do a TV slot on a local Singapore business programme remotely from Jakarta last night. It was wonderful for two reasons. Firstly I got to strongly share my opinion on the...

After opening lower on fears of continued escalation in the tensions between the US and Iran/Iraq, markets calmed down throughout today’s US session with traders reassured by soothing...

China To Diversify Its $3.1 Trillion FX Reserves China has yet to officially confirm the signing of a trade deal with the US, but Global Times tweeted this morning that an agreement would be signed...

FX Brief: The US denied reports that they were preparing to remove their troops from Iraq, after an unsigned letter was leaked online suggesting the US was doing just that. The top US...