Fahad Hassan: Progress on many fronts

If the headlines were your only guide, you would be forgiven for expecting financial markets to be in retreat. Political uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, stubborn inflation and ongoing debates over interest rates would, on the face of it, seem like a recipe for investor caution. Yet equity markets continue to push higher, credit markets remain resilient, and investors appear remarkably willing to look beyond today's noise. The disconnect isn't as surprising as it first appears. Markets have always been forward-looking, and increasingly they are focusing on what the world might look...