Highlights: Both the US and China are optimistic that a ‘phase one’ trade deal will be reached, but subsequent negotiations will likely prove more difficult. Tension between the US and Iran following the US assassination of Iranian general Soleimani has left markets on edge. The devastation from the Australian bushfires will have a significant…

  MLC Australia Senior Economist Bob Cunneen speaks to MLC Portfolio Specialist Sinead Rafferty, CFA about the end-of-2019 market rally and rise in the Aussie dollar, and global uncertainty for 2020.