Instead of adopting the age-old “sell in May and go away” strategy, and focusing on months with traditionally stronger market growth, investors now could be more bullish about a stock rally, buoyed by optimism about a gradual reopening of businesses.

The Dow Jones and FTSE 100 have fallen more than 20% since the start of the year.

Vietnam plans to launch new rules that make it easier for foreign-invested enterprises to list on domestic stock markets, amid necessity to draw in international capital. 

 China's recent stock market turmoil has dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of its super-rich.

 Stock markets staged a miraculous comeback Wednesday following their worst-ever Christmas Eve. The Dow posted its biggest daily point gain ever.

 Federal Reserve policymakers worried last month that a global slowdown and financial market selloff could hurt the U.S. economy and considered changing the central bank's planned interest rate hike path for 2016.

 China accelerated the depreciation of the yuan on Thursday, sending regional currencies and stock markets tumbling as investors feared the Asian giant could trigger competitive currency devaluations from trading partners.

 Chinese shares have closed lower despite a fresh rate cut by the central bank.The mainland's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 1.27% to 2,927.29, after veering in and out of negative territory.

 European and Asian stock markets and the euro have all fallen after Greece voted "no" in Sunday's referendum.

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 The amount of private wealth held by households globally surged more than 14% to $152 trillion (£90tn) last year, boosted mainly by rising stock markets.

 U.S. stocks soared on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average scoring an all-time intraday high and the S&P 500 notching a record close, as investors' appetite for risk increased amid strong gains in stock markets around the world.

 The US economy and consumer confidence have taken significant hits from a two week federal government shutdown, economists say, and a major dent to already sluggish American growth is expected.

The country managing partner of Ernst & Young Vietnam Limited said a number of Vietnamese companies have prepared well for listing their shares on international stock markets and are now waiting for signals of markets around the globe.