Some data out this week might show evidence that the trade war is hurting some economies with one of them being China.

There is market expectation that China's purchasing managers data out this Thursday might report the first drop in manufacturing activity since April 2017.

We get Carlos' take on this and the yuan that has been under pressure.

We also talk about China's slowing GDP where its Q3 GDP slowed to 6.5% - the slowest pace since 2009.

Carlos shares his views on expectation on the Chinese economy moving forward.

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US stocks rallied overnight, rebounding from what commentators are calling “Wild Wednesday”. The Nasdaq was up 3%, following earnings reports from the likes of Microsoft, Twitter and Alphabet. Vasu Menon, Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist with OCBC Bank Singapore shares his insights into the reasons behind the volatility and the selloff in Asian equities.

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Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, Mizuho Bank, Singapore, discusses whether the Jamal Khashoggi incident has become a determining factor in a turbulent oil market as well.

He then comments on yesterday's market rout in the NASDAQ, S&P and Dow in the context of fund flows to safer assets like US T-Bills and the Japanese Yen.

He also discussed interventionist measures by China's PBOC to help stopper the bleeding and whether this would continue going forward.

He ends with a view on Malaysia's Ringgit as the country goes into a period where the new govt announces its maiden budget and it re-evaluates its development plans, having just completed a mid-term review for its 11th Malaysia Plan.

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Overnight, the European Union rejected Italy’s 2019 draft budget and Italy has three weeks to submit a revised budget.

We speak to Dodge on the recent developments in the EU and how he expects it to impact markets - have investors priced in this geopolitical risk?

Given the continued uncertainty clouding markets with what's happening in the EU and the ongoing US-China trade war, should investors take a cautious stance or does he see opportunities in the midst of the volatility?

We ask Dodge this.

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Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist with the US Trust-Bank of America Private Wealth Management out of New York, shares his thoughts on the base case for markets as to who will take control of Congress, ahead of the November mid-term elections.

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Kingsley Jones, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global discusses the possibility of markets recovering in the immediate term, after having suffered through a sustained bout of selling in the last few weeks.

He also talks about the upcoming US corporate earnings season and Q3 GDP, the latter of which consensus estimates of 3.3% suggests will be considerably weaker than the Q2 print of 4.2%.

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Geoff Howie, Market Strategist at the Singapore Exchange, discussed the recent volatility in Asian shares while also deep-diving Singapore's market performance and in particular its Shariah index stocks.

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A couple of US earnings overnight revealed a number of corporations beating estimates and these include big names such as Netflix, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

We discuss this latest earnings report with Dodge.

He says that so far, 80% of companies have beaten estimates and shares the reasons fuelling the positive momentum.

We also discuss the ongoing volatility in the tech sector.

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US markets added to losses overnight, as Chinese stocks hit their lowest point in 4 years. Will there be a sustained convergence, or will divergence remain the theme for global stocks?

Joe also comments on the impact of US-Saudi tensions on oil markets, and whether global investors should price in political risk for the US and Europe.

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Stephen Innes, Head of Trading in Asia Pacific for OANDA, Singapore, analyses a US-China trade dispute that has sent global markets tumbling. He also discusses how investors are positioning themselves in a market rout that has gained momentum in October, which has historically been the month of several crashes in decades past.

Specifically, he discusses market outlooks for the US dollar and Chinese yuan while adding a perspective on oil prices.

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