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MEXICO (April 27): Mexico’s peso, the Canadian dollar and shares of companies that rely on cross-border trade plunged on speculation the Trump administration was close to scrapping Nafta. The moves slowed a surge in riskier assets sparked by President 

SYDNEY (Dec 19): For investors in Japan’s markets this year, it’s been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.

TOKYO (Nov 21): The global stock market’s biggest comeback story of 2016 isn’t over yet. So say Citigroup Inc., AllianceBernstein and Bordier & Cie, who all see further gains for Japanese shares after the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed more than 20%

SINGAPORE (Nov 8): Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as world markets braced for the outcome of one of the most contentious US presidential elections in history, with most investors cautiously optimistic of a win by Democrat Hillary Clinton.

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): Singapore's exports in August stalled as overseas demand remains anaemic, numbers from trade promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore showed on Friday.

SINGAPORE (July 25): To distinguish between political developments that really matter to the economy or financial markets and others that are just noise, we need to understand which dimensions of politics actually impact businesses, and then assess whethe

SINGAPORE (July 8): DBS CEO Piyush Gupta and Chief Investment Officer Lim Say Boon had words of wisdom for their clients in the DBS Private Bank 2H 2016 Market Outlook.