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The China credit impulse indicator has plunged, typically this is a dire signal for the global economy. By a number of measures on the policy stimulus front, China has been zigging while the rest of t...

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through September 14, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 7.50%.

Our leading economic indicators suggest growth is gaining momentum. Global market sentiment continues to improve, as evidenced by broad-based outperformance of risky assets over defensive assets in bo...

The Australian dollar is consolidating yesterday's recovery and is in about a quarter-cent range above $0.7260. The ECB dominates today's agenda.

Equities continued to slump in the Asia-Pacific region, with many large markets off more than 1%, led by Australia's more than 2% decline.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index snapped a three-day slide today with most markets moving higher, led by a 1% gain in Australia.

Once we factored in the recent market decline and recalibrated our return expectations for the five-year period, forecasts for most asset classes, especially the riskier ones, were not all that differ...

The US dollar is continuing to recover after hitting new lows earlier in the week. It's lower against all the major currencies and most of the emerging markets.

The S&P 500 share index has gained around 50% from its March 23 low of 2237, although the sharpest appreciation was already realized by June.

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through August 31, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 11.33%.