Ten things to understand about SVB's and SBNY's failure and the US financial system 1. BOTTOM LINE: Friday’s closure of the US’s 16th largest bank worried investors already on...

RALLY: Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear. The SOXXX ETF is 40% off its October lows. They lag only TESLA-fuelled autos among the 24 US industry groups this year. Has been...

VIEW: Inflation expectations have been rising. And the size and duration of the Fed interest rate cycle is increasing. This has sent short and long term US bond yields surging....

LEADING: Spain (ESP35) is neck-and-neck with Italy as the world’s best performing major stock market this year. Their 16% gains are well ahead of the 6% for global equities. They...

REORGANISATION: Some of the largest tech and consumer stocks will be changing sectors in a big GICS reorganisation of global equity sectors. This happens at the close of Friday,...

AIRLINES: They are usually considered some of the riskiest stocks. With a miserable long term performance record. Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson is quoted saying the...

COMEBACK: Bonds are world’s biggest traded asset class, at c$130 trillion, and one of its most liquid. They fell sharply out of investor favour last year. Many saw worst ever...

VIEW: Markets saw a February reality check after wrong-footing investors with the big January rally. Sticky US inflation and resilient economies pushed back peak Fed expectations...

PRICES: Lithium prices are off their highs (see chart). This is stoking fears on electric vehicle demand in China, its biggest market, as it reopens and EV subsidies are cut....

RETAIL: Q4 company earnings season is coming to an end. This shifts investor attention to the upcoming annual general meeting proxy voting season. This will likely be focused on...