BIL INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Global stock markets rallied on Monday as trade talks in Malaysia over the weekend fuelled hopes that the US-China trade truce will be extended later this week. The US is expecting China to delay the introduction of its rare earth export controls following the weekend’s...

In France, prime minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no confidence last week, offering hope that the country might have a budget before the end of the year. Nevertheless, this did not stop the rating agency S&P from stripping France of its AA status over...

Gold rallied above USD 4,000 a troy ounce for the first time last week, with investors worried about sticky US inflation, ongoing geopolitical risk, and soaring debt levels. The US government shutdown, now entering its second week, has also spurred the rally. From a more...

Last week, the US government went into shutdown after the Republicans and Democrats failed to come to an agreement to fund the federal government. Without funding, federal agencies could end up having to furlough around 750 000 workers, and scale back public services, costing the...

  On Friday, President Trump announced that the US will impose 100% tariffs on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical goods from October 1. There will be an exception, however, for companies that are in the process of building new manufacturing sites in the US....