This week, Sarodh Ramkhelawan recaps the performance of local and international stock markets for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (9M2023). T&T’s equity markets have continued to confront weaker investor sentiment, resulting in lower equity prices. On the contrary, U.S. equities have broadly advanced despite lingering inflation and the increasing prospect of ‘higher for longer’ US interest rates. Will markets maintain trend into the final quarter of 2023, or could new developments and/or changes in investor sentiment change their course?