US elections

Fears of a second Covid-19 wave are also exerting downward market pressure.

A Biden presidency could see the US strengthen US alliances to get tough on China.

As the US-China bilateral relationship spirals into greater acrimony, investors brace themselves for a new Cold War.

The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 to find Trump not guilty of abusing his power and 53-47 to find him not guilty of obstructing Congress.

The US has reignited geopolitical tensions with Iran, even as the trade war with China goes on. While there are signs of a broader global economic recovery, central banks have little room to manoeuvre if growth stalls again.

From a fragile US-China trade truce to volatile relations in the Middle East, investors have seen an uneasy start to 2020.

WASHINGTON (Nov 7): Donald Trump was heard but not seen on Tuesday as voters took to the polls in an election expected to be a referendum on his leadership and a harbinger of the next two years in his presidential term.

ROME/LONDON (Nov 30): There’s an acrimonious campaign, a vote and then a cliff-hanger result. The routine is all too familiar for bond and currency traders.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 23): Asia’s worst-performing currency since Donald Trump’s surprise US election victory is putting a Malaysian interest-rate cut out of sight for now.  

Now that financial markets have gotten over their initial shock, a more optimistic take on the unexpected election of Donald Trump as the US president is gaining currency. The argument is that the damage he might do will be less than his rhetoric suggeste