Worldwide Exchange 3/2/26

Markets slide as oil spikes and volatility jumps, with strategists urging patience rather than rushing to buy the dip. Plus, shipping rates hit historic highs as supply tightens in key energy corridors, boosting tanker profits even as global risk rises. And later, Credo CEO Bill ...  Show more

Markets navigate a broad shift away from megacap tech as energy, utilities, and transports surge while volatility persists beneath the surface. Plus, consumers remain resilient despite affordability pressures, private credit concerns linger, and AI driven productivity gains raise ...  Show more

What do the latest import tariff announcements from the Trump administration mean for emerging economies and companies around the world? Here, with a first assessment, Zhikai Chen, Head of Global Emerging Markets, shares his views on the impact for Asian and emerging market (EM) ...  Show more

The Global South isn’t standing still as tariffs and uncertainty roil financial markets and business plans. Aparna Bharadwaj, leader of BCG’s Global Advantage practice, explains how these nations are forming smart partnerships and moving from low-cost production to innovation-pow ...  Show more

In 1992, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. signed NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the global business landscape began transforming. Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, studies how companies have adjusted their strategies to that disrupti ...  Show more

Global markets, including the US, have been quietly calm, although there have been warning signs of looming risks and uncertainty after Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs announcement. What’s behind such market “silence”? Roger Hearing hears from Gillian Tett, the chair of t ...  Show more