No safe harbour in asia

“Pick a side,” says The Economist. While the US and China have smoothed over their own trade spat, US strategy has pivoted to pressuring “unfortunate third countries” to do the dirty work of isolating

“A latter-day Rip Van Winkle… napping since the start of the year, might think not much had changed” over the past six months in financial markets, says Randall Forsyth in Barron’s. The S&P 500 index

Vietnamese stocks have rallied to a three-year high after the country became the first in Asia to secure a trade deal with America following the announcement of “liberation day” tariffs in April. US p

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Issue of the week: renewed tariff turmoil ...

Stocks are living their best life while the dollar is having its worst year since 1973