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Japan's markets breaking free from policy surprises

Jun 29, 2015 12:15 pm UTC| Commentary

The JGB market has been relatively calm compared with the volatility in overseas rates markets, as well as the big advances in the Nikkei (to a 15y high) and USDJPY (to a 13y high) - the so-called Japan macro trades. This...

Sell-off in euro bund is unlikely

Jun 29, 2015 12:03 pm UTC| Commentary

Since the beginning of 2015 the economic outlook in the euro area has been improving gradually. According to Barclays, there has not been a significant sustainable shift to qualify the recent sell-off as...

Sweden financial stability concerns likely keeping policy stable

Jun 29, 2015 11:10 am UTC| Commentary

Finally, further easing is unlikely on rising financial stability concerns related to a prolonged period of low (or even negative) interest rates. Swedish household debt exceeds 85% of GDP and equates to more than 160% of...

Further yen depreciation unlikely

Jun 29, 2015 10:56 am UTC| Commentary

The JPY appears to be caught between two powerful and opposing forces. On one side, the BoJs QQE program and portfolio outflows by Japanese investors; on the other, JPYsextraordinary cheapness, which is attracting...

Q3 to be the weakest quarter for gold

Jun 29, 2015 10:42 am UTC| Commentary

Activity in the gold market has continued to ebb and prices have become becalmed in an increasingly stagnant market.The $50 trading range of $1170-1220 in which gold has been stuck for the whole of Q2 is the least volatile...

Greece capital controls now seem likely

Jun 29, 2015 09:59 am UTC| Commentary

It seems unlikely that Greece can escape capital controls. Once in place, these will take time to lift; in the case of Cyprus, it took two years.Even under what currently seems the more likely outcome of a vote to "accept"...

Financial investors could sell off their oil investments due to higher risk aversion

Jun 29, 2015 09:51 am UTC| Commentary

Oil prices are down as the new week of trading begins. Brent has fallen below $62 per barrel, while WTI is priced at less than $58.5 per barrel.The escalation of the debt crisis in Greece (see Precious metals below) has...

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Economy

European Stocks Rise as Oil Prices Fall Ahead of US CPI

European stock markets edged higher on Monday as falling oil prices supported investor sentiment, while uncertainty surrounding geopolitical developments and upcoming corporate earnings kept gains modest. The pan-European...

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Ceasefire Claim Shifts Market Focus to U.S. CPI

Oil prices declined on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, while investors awaited key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings amid ongoing Middle...

European Auto Stocks Rise as EU-China Trade Deal Targets Hybrid Imports

European automaker stocks climbed on Monday after the European Union and China reached a preliminary trade agreement aimed at significantly reducing Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe over the next four years....

S&P 500 Rally Masks Losses for Over 40% of Stocks in 2026

The SP 500 rally in 2026 has pushed the benchmark index up 14% to record highs, but gains remain heavily concentrated among artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor stocks, leaving more than 40% of its constituents...

Global Stocks Mixed as Oil Falls Ahead of US Earnings

Global stock markets traded unevenly on Monday as investors prepared for major corporate earnings and key US inflation data, while oil prices declined amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed Russia-Ukraine energy...

Politics

Mahmoud Abbas Postpones Palestinian Elections to September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections scheduled for November 2026 to September 11, 2027, citing Israeli restrictions and deteriorating security conditions in the Palestinian territories. A...

Panama Declares Emergency After 7.7 Earthquake Triggers 200 Aftershocks

Panama has declared a national state of emergency after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, causing widespread damage to homes, roads, and bridges across the countrys central provinces. Authorities have...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles as Tensions With South Korea Escalate

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its eastern coast on Monday, October 12, as military tensions with South Korea continued to intensify following a series of weapons tests and border...

Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Suspends Imran Khan’s PTI Government

Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the provincial government controlled by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party amid escalating political...

Djibouti Migrant Boat Capsizes, Killing 139 and Leaving 84 Missing

At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying 305 people capsized off Djibouti while traveling to Yemen, according to the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM)....

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Arthur Hayes Announces FLOP Testnet Launch Within Weeks

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has announced that Flop Labs plans to launch its FLOP testnet within weeks, introducing a blockchain network designed to support artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The upcoming 90-day...

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Fall as China's CXMT Advances DRAM Technology

Shares of South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropped more than 3% on Monday after Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) announced progress in advanced DRAM technology,...

Apple Supplier Luxshare Faces US Patent Probe, Sees Limited Impact

Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry, a major supplier to Apple, expects minimal disruption to its business from a US patent infringement investigation involving data centre power supply technology....

TSMC Profit Set to Surge 65% as AI Chip Demand Drives Record Earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading advanced chipmaker, is expected to report another record quarterly profit as surging artificial intelligence (AI) investments fuel demand for...

Moonshot AI Executives Seek Settlement Ahead of Hong Kong IPO

Executives at Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI are reportedly negotiating a settlement with Recurrent.ai over allegations of misconduct, as the company prepares for its planned Hong Kong initial public...