trade war

After a third round of talks made little progress last week, the US/China trade war has escalated badly with tit for tat moves on an almost daily basis by each side....

Over the past week developments in the US-China trade dispute have deteriorated materially. On 1 August, the US declared negotiations with China were progressing too...

Down here in the antipodes, where our own economic fortunes have for many years been closely tied to those of our neighbour to the north, we have seen firsthand how...

Visiting ‘Trumpsville’ … I mean the US … in June was, as anticipated, another journey of unexpected delights. Five days, three cities and 40+ meetings with companies...

We have a special episode of the Complexity Premia podcast out today on the Game of Thrones-style battle between Presidents Trump and Xi over trade, which is...

Weekly comment Global trade tensions continued to dominate market sentiment over the past week, with bond yields and equities prices dropping further. Oil prices also...

After consulting numerous Chinese and US intelligence, defence and political experts, I believe the probabilities have shifted materially from the benign modal case in...

After initially bursting on to fund managers’ radars in early 2010 with a spike in prices, rare-earths producer Lynas (ASX:LYC) has been trading in relative obscurity...

Week in Review The escalation in US-China trade tensions continued to dominate global market sentiment last week, with bond yields dropping lower and equities prices...

The latest episode of our very popular Complexity Premia podcast is now live where we discuss: the coming of Aussie quantitative easing (QE); the eruption of...

A two-pronged tweet from President Trump over the weekend threatening to increase tariffs on Chinese imports has shattered the relative calm currently being enjoyed by...

February offers insights on companies and economies around the world, including the US and China, which are of particular interest this time around. This years’...

The following is an extract from a note that was recently sent to investors in the Montaka Global Fund. At Montaka, we believe there are five major forces that will...

We asked our portfolio managers to share their views on potential surprises for 2019 which on balance of probabilities are unlikely to happen but shouldn’t be written...

In December last year, I wrote an article entitled “Nothing Terribly Wrong” talking about the market fears being overdone. At the time the ASX 200 was down 12% from...

I distinctly remember one investor telling me how lonely he felt undertaking the task of running his super. Alone with lots of information and no one to speak with or...

We believe there are three key themes that will persist in 2019; divergence, disruption and debt-overhang. Invesco's Chief Global Market Strategist, Kristina Hooper,...

2018 has proven to be a tumultuous year for the Australian equity market. Key themes driving the market’s decline and heightened volatility have included the increase...

Two of the world’s largest economies are going head-to-head and investors are fretting. Will the United States and China make a deal? Will tensions ensue and tariffs...

Asia is the best structural growth story in the world driven by strong demographics, a rising middle class, infrastructure build and technological leapfrogging. We...