Print ‘Israel’s wet dream’ One of the many enduring paradoxes of American democracy is that a businessman-president—soon to return to his real... Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am
Opinion Pressure without clarity breeds market volatility With the tariff reprieve deadline behind us and the long-promised Trump-Xi phone call still nowhere on the calendar,... Updated 05 Jun, 2025 08:01am
Opinion Mispricing the volatility regime? It’s hard to price in the unpredictable. That’s the market’s dilemma with Trump’s second coming. While some... Updated 29 May, 2025 07:45am
Opinion Market’s red flag Notice Mr Market’s reaction to the sudden spike in geopolitical risk premium as war clouds gather over Iran once... Updated 22 May, 2025 07:18am
Opinion Trump’s biggest surprise yet When Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, the world braced itself for the customary shockwaves of his... Updated 15 May, 2025 07:53am
Opinion Hostage to narrative It’s interesting and instructive how modern communication technologies – twitter feed, real time video – just... Published 08 May, 2025 06:54am
Opinion Temper, tantrums, trust and gold Gold has been mankind’s ultimate financial refuge since Biblical times. From the treasure vaults of Pharaohs to... Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am
Opinion Not your garden-variety FX wobble King Dollar’s crown has weathered countless storms – but the recent market whirlwind has people asking if this... Published 17 Apr, 2025 06:15am
Opinion So much for the ‘Trump put’ Nobody’s surprised anymore that financial markets are throwing such a fit over Donald Trump’s tariffs. If you think... Published 10 Apr, 2025 03:14am
Opinion Smart money runs first Even by the turbulent standards of emerging markets, the past week was a master class in how quickly capital can... Updated 27 Mar, 2025 05:50am
Opinion Textbook Trump uncertainty Sounds crazy, but at first markets really thought Trump was bluffing about upending the global trade and tariff... Updated 13 Mar, 2025 07:20am
Opinion Trump Trade in retreat? It’s still early days, of course, but it seems the so-called Trump Trade is already unraveling, and with it, many of... Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am
Opinion Too late to buy gold? Gold’s relentless climb toward record highs is no mystery for Mr Market. In a world where financial markets are... Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am
Opinion Power abhors vacuum Everybody expected Trump’s obsession with tariffs to rattle international financial markets, no doubt, yet few... Published 13 Feb, 2025 07:07am
Opinion ‘Whom the gods would destroy…’ So, what’s more ridiculous? A properly senile relic in charge of the sole superpower (read Biden), or a deliberately... Published 06 Feb, 2025 03:16am
Opinion China does more with less The sudden rise of DeepSeek has been fascinating and instructive on so many levels. Just like that, it forced... Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am
Opinion What more could Bibi have done? EDITORIAL: Turns out that Donald Trump’s warning, that “all hell would break out in the Middle East” if a deal... Updated 23 Jan, 2025 06:47am
Opinion New century, new Great Game? The fact that Pakistan’s intelligence chief went on a rare visit to Tajikistan in the last days of 2024 means... Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:46am
Opinion The complicated web we weave A former Afghan journalist I once ran into in China – one who gave up a comfortable life in the Gulf to return to... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am
Opinion Cui bono? It didn’t take long for headlines out of Syria to turn, did it? Locals that set fire to Hafez al Assad’s grave... Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:30am