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Surging Covid caseload dents investor confidence
Business, Published on 26/09/2020
» Recap: Global stocks fell amid surging Covid-19 infections globally, with Hong Kong posting its biggest weekly drop in six months. European stocks fell along with US equity-index futures as investors weighed the receding prospects of a new American stimulus package.
Few fresh catalysts to stir investor interest
Business, Published on 19/09/2020
» Recap: Asian stocks inched up although most bourses continued to struggle amid worries about a resurgence in coronavirus cases and lingering disappointment that central banks merely affirmed their monetary support this week, without promising any new stimulus.
China's economy picks up speed
Business, Published on 16/09/2020
» BEIJING: China's industrial output accelerated the most in eight months in August, while retail sales grew for the first time this year, suggesting the economic recovery is gathering pace as demand starts to improve more broadly from the coronavirus crisis.
ECB uncertainty, US tech plunge rattle investors
Business, Published on 12/09/2020
» Recap: Global stock markets were mixed following a European Central Bank meeting that left investors with questions about extra monetary stimulus, and a plunge in major US tech shares. Fears of a hard-landing Brexit were also fanned after the EU told Britain that it should urgently scrap a plan to break their divorce treaty.
Mixed day for Asia after Wall Street surge
Business, Published on 04/09/2020
» Recap: Asian equities were mixed yesterday following another blow-out session on Wall Street, with new vaccine hopes and central bank largesse offset by a well-below-forecast US jobs reading and tensions between Washington and Beijing.
US economy collapsed in Q2 amid pandemic
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US economy collapsed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, suffering the largest decline on record, while hopes for a recovery took another hit as job losses increased, according to government data released Thursday.
Is this the turning point?
Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 25/07/2020
» In our last column we warned about the great uncertainties surrounding the divergence of the economic and investment worlds, and how they may converge due to the rise of those uncertainties. It is possible that we may begin to see a turning point this month.
United Airlines Warns It May Furlough 36,000 Staff
Business, Published on 10/07/2020
» United Airlines Holdings Inc. said it is exploring the possibility of shedding almost half its U.S. workforce, the first major domestic carrier to detail how deep the industry might have to retrench amid the pandemic-driven slump in passenger demand.
Look for second-half recovery plays
Business, Published on 20/06/2020
» Market volatility has increased with the forecast 2021 price/earnings (PE) ratio of the Stock Exchange of Thailand reaching its upper band. Assuming no new wave of infections or renewed lockdowns (domestic and overseas), economic recovery remains our base-case assumption for the second half of 2020.
Emerging markets stumble as US-China tensions return
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2020
» Just as early bets on an emerging-market recovery start fuelling appetite for stocks and currencies, an old bugbear is reappearing to haunt investors: US-China tensions.