Opinion

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, The $2.8 billion antitrust fine levelled upon Alibaba by Chinese authorities this weekend has set the tone for the Asian equity...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Singapore's Growth: Of Flutter & Flatter Our base case is for a flutter of surprise of positive...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stayed solidly on message overnight, emphasising once again the Fed's priority in assisting the US employment recovery...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Why SGD Bulls Should Take a Backseat on MAS  "Don't underestimate the value of doing...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, The FOMC Minutes passed without incident overnight. The committee felt that risks were balanced but that the economy remained far from...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, US markets paused for breath overnight, with Wall Street easing slightly after a frenzied Monday session. Rotational spin was the theme...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, In a flashback to the future, US markets fully returned to work overnight and partied like it was 2020. Stock markets...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Optim-ISM? US Services ISM blowing upbeat expectations (of 58.2) out of the park with a 8.4-pt jump to...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, Asia is treading cautiously this morning despite the blowout US Non-Farm Payrolls data on Friday pushing Wall Street to an impressive...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, That is what is running through my mind this morning after an emotional overnight session. The calming effect of a suitably...