The mood across Asian markets brightened on Tuesday as China’s pledge to shore up its weak economy lifted sentiment and boosted Chinese shares.

Four Big Tech companies, with a combined market cap of over US$ 5 trillion (that’s $5,000,000,000,000), are set to release their respective quarterly earnings in the coming week.

This year has been fraught with market volatility, to say the least. As we bid goodbye to 2022, let’s recap 3 major themes, each beginning with the letter F, that rocked major assets over the past 12 months:

Shifting expectations for the next policy moves by major central banks remain a key theme across global financial markets, as investors and traders digest these major data releases and events in the week ahead: Monday, April 25