We are coming off of holiday-curtailed conditions and already there is market turbulence showing up in the opening days of 2020. Ahead, the first full week of the year, we will... moreWe are coming off of holiday-curtailed conditions and already there is market turbulence showing up in the opening days of 2020. Ahead, the first full week of the year, we will face a new systemic risk that will complicate the familiar themes. Geopolitical tensions are not exactly new for global financial markets, but we have not had to deal with many such threats recently – or at least the market has not paid what has been unfolding any serious mind. That is until now. The news late this past week that the US had struck a base in Iraq that killed one of Irans top generals sent risk-leaning assets like US indices and Yen-based carry trades tumbling while safe havens such as gold have surged. Is this a theme that will usher in a permanent volatility for the new year or will the market retreat back into obliviousness as it did with the last US-Iran flare up?To get more news about WikiFX, you can visit wikifx news official website. Geopolitical risks aren‘t the only open-ended theme on tap... less