Asia stock markets slightly higher January 11, 2021SharePrint Equity markets paint a mixed picture Asian markets had a positive start this morning, but those rallies have quickly given most of those gains back after the US said its ambassador to the UN would meet with Taiwan’s President. Another item garnering market attention was President-elect Biden signalling his intention to spend “trillions of dollars”, notably increasing direct payments to American taxpayers to USD2000.00. As I have touched on previously, the Byrd Rule will make that harder than the markets want to acknowledge unless the Democrats can muster 60 votes in the Senate. Not least because some of the Democrats Senators themselves are very much more to the centre-right of the political spectrum.