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Global markets were mixed overnight after the release of the Federal Open Market Committee’s minutes from its last policy meeting as the S&P 500 US market index marked its longest bull-market run.

Global markets continued to rally overnight as the S&P500 (major US market index) touched its record high and equalled its longest-ever bull-market run. We are now in the 9th year of a bull market since the depths of the global financial crisis at the sta

As we touched on yesterday, there are hopes of an easing in trade tensions between the US and China, with a planned meeting this week between US negotiators and a Chinese delegation. Both the US and China are set to impose further tariffs on each other th

For the week ahead, the crisis situation in Turkey is likely to keep investors on edge as emerging markets remain under pressure. On the trade war front, there is some expectation of the US-China trade war easing with a planned meeting this week between U

Global markets were higher overnight, helped by upbeat earnings from Walmart and Cisco and easing trade worries after the United States and China said they would hold talks later this month.

Global markets retraced overnight as US stock indices slid on a broad decline over concerns of a strengthening dollar, Turkey’s currency crisis and United States’ trade relations with its partners.

Global markets stabilised overnight, with shares on Wall Street rallying on a strong set of earnings from retailers and as bank stocks rebounded after the Turkish lira snapped a three-week slide.

We thought we would talk about something different today given the local headlines have been dominated in recent times by talk of a property market correction.

Global markets were lower on Friday, with European markets falling sharply in a wave of global selling amid concerns about a deepening economic crisis in Turkey. The US dollar continues to rally versus the Kiwi and Aussie dollars on safe-haven buying.