• Apr 23, 2025

Markets Surge on Trade and Bitcoin Boost

As I write Wednesday mid-afternoon, all three major stocks indexes are up nicely after a flurry of good news this morning. Let’s begin with Trump: The President said that he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell He appears willing to take a less aggressive approach toward trade with China, saying that his administration’s tariff rate on China is “very high, and it won’t be that high. … No, it won’t be anywhere near that high. It’ll come down substantially. But it wo

  • Apr 23, 2025

Singapore's high-yield stocks gain from tariff-induced flight to safety

(Reuters) -As reverberations from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are felt across markets, investors are increasingly gravitating toward Singapore's high-yield, defensive companies, including telecom firms, pivoting away from old favourites such as banks. Singapore's benchmark index has proved resilient in the face of the back-and-forth tariff salvos, eking out a small gain for the year and faring better than regional peers as investors hunt for safe bets during the market tumult. "Singapore is a high-yield market, which is going to be interesting and defensive in these times," said Kenneth Tang, senior portfolio manager at Nikko Asset Management.

  • Apr 23, 2025

Jefferies’ Wood Says Best Over for US Stocks, Sees More Losses

(Bloomberg) -- The US stock market is well past its best days and investors should be prepared to see further declines in the nation’s equities, Treasury bonds as well as the dollar, according to Christopher Wood of Jefferies Financial Group Inc.Most Read from BloombergTrump Gives New York ‘One Last Chance’ to End Congestion FeeWhy Car YouTuber Matt Farah Is Fighting for Walkable CitiesThe Racial Wealth Gap Is Not Just About MoneyBackyard Micro-Flats Aim to Ease South Africa’s Housing CrisisTo F