Sound Economies with Mel and Peter

In this episode, we observe silver and gold prices plunge over the past week while China stocks saw a deep one-day slide. Though worrisome, we argue that these declines should not trigger panic among investors. We also weigh expectations regarding... Read More →

Trump’s wild rhetoric has claimed new victims: the US dollar, which suffered a continuing slide against the yen; and consumer confidence that has plunged to a 12-year low. This bolsters our forecast of a 10% slide for the dollar this... Read More →

Trump is pushing the markets to new limits as he threatens a renewed tariff war with the EU over his quest to acquire Greenland – an attempt that would make life harder for investors and offer little gains for the... Read More →

Trump vows to raise public spending on defence but demands defence companies to temper dividend payouts in favour of reinvesting to raise production, and we explain why this is unhealthy. This episode, we also look at the escalating attack on... Read More →

Big shifts headline the new year. In our maiden episode for 2026, we look at cost of living pains in the US and Europe against a fast-growing middle class in Asia, the latter fueled by high economic growth. We explain... Read More →

The German government wants to attract private capital with a EUR 130 billion investment fund, but we disagree with this strategy. On our last episode for 2025, we take the latest US jobs report as another confirmation of the economy’s... Read More →

We are at the second to the last episode of this year. This time, we observe the US dollar was on a losing streak in 2025, and we expect this to persist into the new year amid heightened uncertainty in... Read More →

Financial markets will face greater volatility in 2026, and we think it will be more challenging for investors. We look at what’s ahead for US and Japan in this episode, as well as India’s record IPOs and China’s dominance in... Read More →

US consumers are getting even more squeezed, and we are not surprised. This is likely to trigger successive rate cuts from the Fed, which we discuss in this episode. We also look at Saudi Arabia targeting wealthy Asians as it... Read More →

Fears are high concerning an AI bubble, but will it really take the whole financial market down if or when it bursts? For this episode, we also explore tough economic and diplomatic woes faced by Japan, the increasing allure of... Read More →