Author: Sebastian Montague

As the week unfolds in Asia, the atmosphere resembles the subdued glow of a trading floor that has seen too many late nights. The traders, weary from incessant scrolling through news updates, find themselves in an environment where the future’s prospects flicker weakly, the dollar remains constrained, and an overarching sense of ennui pervades the market. Anticipation had been building for an event in Anchorage which, rather than delivering the fireworks many had expected, concluded with an underwhelming display of diplomatic formalities, offering more in the way of handshakes than groundbreaking headlines. The summit between Trump and Putin, notable world…