SUPPLY: Apple (AAPL) is world’s largest market cap stock, makes 60% its $400 billion sales outside US, and has one of the world’s biggest supply chains. It has long published its...

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2023: China is the global wild card for 2023. The world’s second largest economy could be the only one to pick up next year. This would be a crucial bulwark against rising global...

SANTA: Much is made of the strong December seasonal performance of the S&P 500. Yet this is left well behind by the typically stronger performance in the rest of the world...

CRYPTO: Bitcoin has hit new lows for this ‘crypto winter’. The FTX bankruptcy is just latest in this year’s string of self-inflicted damage. Uncertainty is high and may continue....

OUTLOOK: We are positive about the 2023 market outlook, but recognise risks are high. We see lower inflation and an end to rate hikes giving some needed valuation relief. Just as...

DISCONTENT: The UK faces a ‘winter of discontent’. Real wages are declining at the largest pace ever and forecasts are for the biggest fall in living standards since records...

LAYOFF: High profile tech sector layoffs, from Amazon (AMZN) to Twitter (TWTR), have surged to 135,000 globally at 850 companies. Investors are worried about a white-collar led...

PRESSURE: Global trade volumes are under pressure. Economic growth is slowing, demand rebalancing from goods to services, and trade barriers rising. This is offsetting untangling...

DROUGHT: Markets rallied hard on relief that US inflation is turning down and China’s outlook improving. This adds to supports from less-bad Q3 earnings, below average valuations,...