Despite dramatic headlines, markets resume growth trajectory

[SINGAPORE] Recent world news headlines remind me of Michelle Yeoh’s award-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, in which multiple events happen in parallel, creating different possibilities.

Geopolitical trade tensions are happening alongside ongoing physical conflict between nations, while populations are feeling the effects of climate change as natural disasters strike communities unexpectedly and seemingly more often.

The state of the world feels increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, as every event threatens to upend financial markets and rattle the global economy.