Market Watch
Market Watch
Dovish or hawkish? Over or underweight? Bull or Bear? Investor paralysis? We speak to leading local and foreign analyst to find out how the different asset classes and markets will react to the latest news, results and even geopolitical events.Social links:
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Gold & Silver, Still Good Long Term Asset
Precious Metals has continued their price rally in 2026 but has the easy money been made for Gold and Silver? Dilin Wu, Research Strategist, Pepperstone gives us her view on this asset class while we explore the pace of Fed rate cuts with a new Chair in May. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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Banking & Tech Reverse Equities' Direction: What Next?
Overnight saw some shine return to Wall Street as banks and tech staged a rebound following back-to-back days of declines. Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer at Jevons Global shares his insights into markets to look out for including Malaysia and the region. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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Markets Still Positive But Caution Advised
Overnight saw the release of US PPI and retail sales numbers, as well results for some major US banks were released. Gold also hit a new record high with other precious metals following closely. Tony Nash, CEO of Complete Intelligence, shares his perspectives on where investment opportunities might…
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Do Snap Elections Affect Economies?
How will snap elections affect the Japanese and Thai economies? We speak with Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist at UBP, about the expected impact, as well as other developments in Asian markets.
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Markets Rally Despite Geopolitics And Fed Debacle
US markets rallied despite the Federal prosecutors opening a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. We ask Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management why and if markets will continue to rally. We also ask about the banking results that wil…
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Petrochemical Sector, Recovery in Sight
The petrochemical sector has suffered from global overcapacity for the past few years due to the Chinese players leading to margin pressure and even consolidation. Is the sector at a turning point yet? Ahmad Maghfur Usman, Equity Analyst at Nomura Malaysia gives us his perspective whilst we ask abo…
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Go Long Equities for 2026
The S&P500 broke another record on Friday but will the rally continue? Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade tells us his perspective whilst we also look at the upcoming earnings of the banks. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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FOMO is Not an Investment Strategy
Tech and AI names in Asia have rallied hard in the beginning of the year as TSMC is up about 8% while the Kospi is up more than 9% in just the first 8 days of the year. We ask Laurent Lequeu, Independent Market Analyst & Writer, The Macro Butler Newsletter if these markets or Asia tech names still …
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2026, Economic Uncertainty Lies Ahead
With mixed data points, uncertainty remains as to the outlook for the US market. We ask Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, Mizuho Bank as to his view of whether the Fed will be more aggressive with their rate cuts. We also ask if the Ringgit will continue to appreciate in 2026. Image…
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Asian Rally, Early Days yet
Asian equities in particular Hong Kong, Korea and Japan have started 2026 with a bang. We ask Dilin Wu, Research Strategist, Pepperstone as to the reasons for this early rally and what are the investment ideas to capitalise on this. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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