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Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

How markets could topple the global economy

Stocks are retreating from record highs on fears equity markets may have become overstretched.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Asia: Stocks tumble as stretched valuation fears grip markets

The PSEi has slid 9 per cent this year, the weakest showing in Asia, dragged by structural issues such as limited market diversity, sluggish turnover and a dearth of new listings.
ASEAN Business

Philippines seeks fix for world’s worst-performing stock market

In China, weak household confidence and a booze ban for official functions have added fuel to the downtrend.
Global Enterprise

Shift in drinking habits wipes US$830 billion off alcohol stocks

Tech shares have helped Wall Street’s three main indices hit records, as have chipmakers listed on Seoul’s Kospi index.
Global Enterprise

Why are stock markets hitting record highs?

South-east Asia's top five markets have been dealt blows by tariff headwinds and ailing currencies, but more listings and market reforms have offered some markets a boost
ASEAN Business

The bulls, laggards and the IPO leaders: Asean’s markets in four charts

Like many other places around the world, Singapore faces the apparent contradiction of a booming market alongside a tepid economy, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Growing disconnect between stock market and underlying economy

Much of the trillions of dollars in stimulus rolled out during and after the pandemic is still sloshing around the system and continues to drive the momentum trade across many assets, including stocks and gold.
Opinion & Features

Why gold and stocks are partying together

A market crash today is unlikely to result in the brief and relatively benign economic downturn that followed the dotcom bust. There is a lot more wealth on the line now – and much less policy space to soften the blow of a correction.
Opinion & Features

The crash that could torch US$35 trillion of wealth: Gita Gopinath

The rally in gold is increasingly spawning a rally in several related assets.
Wealth

All that glitters is not gold

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