Markets Duck And Cover As Normality Is Destroyed!

This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto on the way. This is a data rich tour as stocks finished lower on Wall Street but edged higher in Europe on Friday amid uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid policy initiatives, including spending cuts and tariffs, and Germany’s upcoming elections. Oil prices settled down more than 2% while gold eased from record highs. The Global MSCI index was down 1.04% on Friday, but MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 1.35% […]