Tobias Harris, founder and principal of Foresight, says the Liberal Democratic Party “needs someone who can really appeal to the public,” among other things.
Olivier Blanchard, research director at The Futurum Group, discusses the potential impact the chip giant’s results will have on the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks, among others.
Kelvin Tay from UBS Global Wealth Management argues that the weak Yen is the key driver to Japan’s stock market rally the past 2 years. He expects the Yen to strength to 143 against the US dollar which means the selling pressure on Japanese stocks isn’t over yet.
Izumi Devalier, head of Japan economics at BofA Global Research, says the Bank of Japan is “much more focused on determining progress towards inflation using an outlook-based approach.”
Hui Shan, chief China economist of Goldman Sachs, says the implications for the macroeconomy are significant if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election and imposes a 60% tariff on Chinese imports.
Christine Li, head of research for Asia-Pacific at Knight Frank, says “high net worth individuals are a little bit concerned” in light of a money laundering case, among other things.