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Trump and Xi Take Centre Stage The G20 summit held in Japan last weekend was once again upstaged by the meeting which took place along the sidelines between Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping. The fresh outbreak of tariff increases…

Fresh US Data Weakness The US ISM Manufacturing index released yesterday added further weight to the case for the Fed to ease. The data showed the sector recorded its slowest growth since October 2016 over June. It fell to 51.7, from 52.1…

US equities surged higher on Monday with the S&P500 hitting new all-time highs intraday before pulling back towards the close. The G20 theme remains dominant with Washington and Beijing calling for a temporary truce to the trade wars.…

The markets remained rather subdued on Thursday in the run-up to this weekend’s G20 summit. As Trump and Xi meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit, reports indicated that China is to submit its set of terms to be met before further…

The main event for Forex markets this week will be the G20 summit which gets underway in Japan on Thursday. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet alongside the event. In the wake of the recent escalation in…

Gold The yellow metal rallied this week, benefiting from weakness in the US Dollar to trade back to its highest levels since Q1 of the year. The weakness in the US Dollar was seen in response to Fed chairman Powell comments at the Economic…

A certain amount of risk-off sentiment is normal for a Friday, but investors would understandably be a bit nervous going into the first weekend of December. The major event on tap is the G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, and that could have a…

The main focus of the upcoming G20 summit this week will not be any discussions taking place within the formal proceedings but instead, the meeting taking place on the sidelines between the US and China. The year-long trade war between…

Trade Tariffs Take A Backseat So Far Over the course of Trump’s presidential campaign, his proposed trade restrictions were a key focal point, and risk sentiment suffered as a result of the uncertainty linked to the issue. However, at the…

Trump Vs Putin US President Donald Trump is set to face off with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time this weekend over the course of the G20 talks. Both parties are said to want to discuss the situations in the Ukraine and…