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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. 

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash rate at 1.75%. While that was widely expected, Governor Orr also said he now expects to keep rates on hold into 2020, at least a year longer than previously thought, and reiterated the next mov

As we highlighted on Monday, local earnings season across Australia & NZ gets busier this week, with the likes of AMP, Commonwealth Bank, and SkyCity reporting yesterday.

Closer to home, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) once again kept interest rates on hold at the record low 1.50% level, marking two years since it last moved interest rates. The RBA said it continued to believe the next move in the cash rate was more li