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While the tariffs do not directly impact Singapore’s housing market, their knock-on effects on GDP growth and employment could weigh on home-buying sentiment (Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/EdgeProp Singapore)In the Netflix series The Residence, a murder mystery set in the private quarters of the White House, there was one clear victim: the chief usher. In US President Donald Trump’s world-stage drama – the “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2 – the victim was no longer fictional but real and far more consequential: the global order.“The era of rules-based globalisation and free...

Editor's note: This article was originally published April 7 and has been updated with the latest market information. Stock, bond and commodity ETFs were mixed Wednesday, with S&P 500 funds like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) rebounding into the green after four days of declines and a tumble into bear market territory, while Treasury prices fell as investors try to make sense of President Donald Trump’s tariff war. The biggest U.S. exchange-traded funds, including VOO, the SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV),...

New York Stock Exchange NYSE Trump Supporter Trader TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images To some, the stock market seems like a casino. Put some money in, and take a gamble to see if your investments moon or go to zero. But that's not the reality for a large part of the investment world: For those who primarily engage in buy-and-hold, diversified investing — such as pension funds and mutual funds — the market is generally seen as a reliable way to grow long-term wealth. Sure, there may be some...

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Stocks closed broadly higher Monday amid hopes on Wall Street that the Trump administration may take a more targeted approach as it tees up a new round of tariffs on imported goods next week. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%. The index was coming off its first winning week after a four-week losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4%, and the Nasdaq composite closed 2.3% higher. “The market was primed to respond well if the administration pulled back on some of the tariff threats or even provided off ramps...

In a volatile trading session on Wednesday, the Indian stock markets concluded flat, continuing the trends seen in the previous day. Investor sentiment was affected by worries over overvaluation, tariff war threats, and currency depreciation. At the end of the session, the BSE Sensex was recorded at 74,029.76, a decline of 72.56 points or 0.10 per cent, while the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange fell by 27.40 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 22,470.50.On the NSE, significant gainers included IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tata Motors,...