Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities rose on the week while interest rates moved up sharply. Easing recession fears and hopes for progress in US-China and Brexit talks helped boost investor sentiment. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose 30 basis points to 1.86%...A Few Random Thoughts on Economic Structural Integrity: Global Order Meets Finance
The story of humankind has been a long tale of war, tyranny, misery, conflict, and illiberalism. To that extent the recent decades of relative peace and prosperity, along with the rising middle classes and democracy around the world is a historical aberration. From...Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities rose last week as part of a risk-on rally in asset prices due to a slightly brighter outlook for US-China trade talks, receding risks of an imminent no-deal Brexit, and hopes that tensions in Hong Kong will abate. The yield on the US...Crossroads: At the intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
Here are some critical issues to watch around the globe over the coming month: North America At the start of the month, the United States (US) announced sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, escalating tensions between the two countries....Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities rose on the week as the rhetoric surrounding the US-China trade battle became less charged. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.52% from 1.60% a week ago, while the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil...Sign Up for Our Publications
