Trump is now meeting with Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong
- "We've got a very interesting meeting"
- "In particular tomorrow's one"
- "I just think it's going to work out very nicely"
Considering his optimism ahead of the meeting with Kim, I believe he would want to portray a tone in which he made a remarkable breakthrough in talks between the two nations. That will be a good story for headlines, but it's not going to do anything for markets.
Until there is actual and solid commitments for North Korea to denuclearise - and that those plans are communicated to markets, then lift in risk sentiment here will be short-lived.