Markets Ride The Volatility Rollercoaster, With No Visible Support!

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Apr 04 2026 | 00:22:30

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Show Notes

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 along the way. This past week, foreshortened by the Easter holidays, but haunted by the Gulf War and Trump’s gyrations, an oil shock and a potential inflation outbreak all combined to create significant market swings. Fears of a recession, stagflation linked to higher interest rates and an energy shock looks now pretty certain. Economists have wound back growth forecasts, central banks have halted rate cuts, and while US President Donald Trump had promised a quick […]

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