Plenty Of Fudge Around Tariffs, Markets And The Election Campaign!

Markets have continued to react negatively with the ASX 200 down another 2.38% on Friday, taking year to date falls to 6.02%. The local volatility index was also elevated. It was a similar story across Asia, apart from in China and Hong Kong which were closed for a holiday, with the Japanese Nikkei down 2.8% and down 9% across the week, and down 15% year to date; while the KOSPI was down 0.86% (perhaps impacted also by the news on the presidential impeachment, and overnight). In the US, the S&P 500 was down 4.84%, the Dow down 3.98% and the […]