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Wall Street’s major indexes fell late in the day as US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of additional tariffs on Chinese imports and Apple Inc indicated that some of its products (such as the Apple watch and AirPods) could be subjected to suc

Australian stocks suffered their biggest one-day fall since March, falling victim to a sell-off that swept across Asian markets with the ASX falling to a 2-month low. Investors are questioning how much further stocks can run as the trade spat between econ

Emerging markets led declines as investors positioned themselves more defensively while a deadline in the US-China trade conflict loomed. This also hit the Australian market, particularly given its ties to China.    

Closer to home, yesterday saw the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) keep its benchmark rate on hold for a 25th month.

Global stock markets retraced overnight, hurt by worries over the escalation of trade disputes between world powers and a deepening sell-off across emerging market currencies

Despite the pullback with profit taking at the end of last week, it was a strong month for equities in August with several markets hitting all time highs last week.

Global markets retraced overnight, consolidating a 4-day gain, with the ASX and NZX also halting what has been a strong rally in recent days that saw the ASX hit a post global financial crisis high and the NZ market hit a fresh all-time high. 

Global markets continued to move higher overnight with US markets hitting all-time highs for the fourth session in a row, boosted by a jump in Amazon.com and Alphabet, and on optimism over trade talks between the United States and Canada.

Global markets were little changed overnight, with major US markets hovering at all-time highs, a day after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement to overhaul the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canada has also re-joined talks to st