Last week started off with a détente in the US-China trade war sending global stocks soaring and US indices paring 2025 losses. Soft US data continued to disappoint, but hard data remains resilient. On Friday, US credit rating was downgraded by Moody’s to Aa1. History suggests that the effect, if any, will be short-lived.
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U.S. markets closed the week higher as exceptional Q2 earnings S&P 500 profits up 52%, the strongest since…
- August 24, 2026
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- August 18, 2026
Weekly Newsletter – 14th August, 2026
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