MACRO

After a rare weak December, markets debate the outlook for 2025, with Wall Street bullish but wary of unreliable January signals.

Plus, the Eley Griffiths Group co-founder and executive chairman outlines some of the major macro forces moving markets today.

The US budget deficit is over US$2T for the last year - that's almost 8% of GDP, highest since the GFC.

Rate cuts are coming. The Fed needs to get ahead of the curve but the economy is slowing rapidly. That leaves risks elevated for investors.

The surging demand for AI and renewable energy is creating unprecedented pressures and opportunities in the copper market.

It was the late great (at least in economic circles) Noble Prize-winning economist Harry Markowitz who said the only free lunch in investing is diversification. ...

The Fed is going to cut rates, but slowing growth means it may not be the time to be chasing equity returns.

In a media briefing this morning, J.P. Morgan revealed an oncoming debt cliff could see US small caps continue to suffer.

Is it time to consider a different approach to guarding your capital against macroeconomic and geopolitical shocks?

What might next year bring?

And why KKR's Richard Schoenfeld believes we're nearly the end of the interest rate hike cycle.