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Trade Wars: What’s the Point?
Markets | Jul 1, 2019
At the beginning of the year, an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China was noted as a risk to our outlook, which was that global economic growth is…
The Power of Zeros
Markets | May 30, 2019
It has been 10 years since stock markets bottomed in 2008-09 following the financial turmoil caused by excessive leverage. Since then, many central banks globally have reduced interest rates to…
Sound Bites with Alfred Lam – Part II
You asked your questions, and Alfred answered! Over the course of the last four weeks, we’ve compiled a number of common “what’s going on the world” questions that come out…
Seizing Opportunities
Markets | Apr 30, 2019
Over the first quarter of 2019, global economies continued to slow, Brexit and U.S.-China trade remained uncertain, but the key theme was the pivot in U.S. Federal Reserve policy. Expectations…