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A picture is worth a thousand words and a great chart is worth ten thousand. In our 'Chart of the Day' series we bring to you the latest charts that matter and make your analytical ideas leap frog. In this series, we share charts from best analytical minds and research power houses in the financial world to make your trading decisions easy and pleasurable. We promise to present the creme de la creme so our readers can continue to stay ahead of the crowd as always.

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Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Chart of the Day: March is live

Mar 01, 2017 15:19 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The market participants are getting it. After several prominent FOMC speakers, including well-known dove William Dudley of the New York Fed, suggested that rate hikes need to be sooner than the market expectations, the...

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Chart of the Day: lengthening commutes

Feb 27, 2017 18:18 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Lack of workable citiesoffering jobs with affordable accommodationsis forcing people to stay further away from their places of work, leading to ever-increasing commute time. While the chart only shows US data, it is a...

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Chart of the Day: Inflation March

Feb 21, 2017 12:41 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

This chart shows what exactly has been keeping central bankers on the edge; the forward March of inflation, which seems to be accelerating, and more interestingly it is a global phenomenon this time around. Blame pound...

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Chart of the Day: Need roads please

Feb 20, 2017 18:01 pm UTC| Commentary

This is another chart that says that the United States desperately in need of better infrastructures. The lack of roads is making cities struggling to cooperate with increasing number of cars. The lack is costing the...

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Chart of the Day: China sells treasuries

Feb 16, 2017 13:36 pm UTC| Commentary

For a long period of time, China has been on of the biggest accumulator of US treasuries. This was largely due to the large trade deficit the United States was running and is running with China. But in 2016, they have...

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Chart of the Day: Wage-friends

Feb 15, 2017 13:45 pm UTC| Commentary

It wont be an exaggeration to say that the UK and the US have been wage in arms for the past couple of years. Both countries show simultaneous rise and fall. Wages are in decline in both the countries but since 2015,...

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Chart of the Day: Outperforming S&P 500

Feb 14, 2017 14:07 pm UTC| Commentary

So far more than 300 companies in SP 500 have announced their fourth quarter result. So far, 67 percent of those have beaten expectations, which is quite optimistic. The best performance came from information technology...

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Economy

Liberation Day" Looms: Trump's Global Tariffs Spark Economic Fears

President Trump will impose a wide variety of tariffs on April 2, 2025, known as Liberation Day, on all countries. They consist of retaliatory tariffs, a tariff of 25% on steel and aluminum, a tariff of 12% on automobiles,...

U.S. Stock Futures Drop on Tariff Fears and Inflation Concerns

U.S. stock index futures fell Sunday evening as investor sentiment weakened ahead of President Donald Trumps April 2 tariff deadline. Risk aversion grew amid escalating trade tensions and persistent inflation concerns,...

Goldman Sachs Raises U.S. Recession Odds Amid Tariff and Inflation Concerns

Goldman Sachs has increased the likelihood of a U.S. recession over the next 12 months to 35%, up from its previous estimate of 20%. The investment bank cited growing uncertainty around trade policy, weakening consumer and...

Japan’s Factory Output Beats Forecasts Despite Global Trade Fears

Japans industrial production rebounded in February, rising 2.5% from the previous month, slightly above the forecasted 2.3%, according to data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). This follows a 1.1%...

Trump Threatens Tariffs on Russian Oil Buyers Amid Frustration with Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump warned he could impose 25% to 50% secondary tariffs on countries buying Russian oil if Russia continues to block peace efforts in Ukraine. In an interview with NBC News, Trump expressed anger at...

Politics

Finnish President Stubb’s Surprise Visit to Trump in Florida

Finnish President Alexander Stubb made an unannounced visit to U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Saturday. The informal meeting focused on strengthening U.S.-Finland relations, including the purchase of icebreakers...

Duterte’s ICC Arrest Sparks Online Attacks, Misinformation Surge

The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 11, 2025, has triggered a wave of online harassment targeting victims families and human rights advocates....

Japan's Finance Minister Emphasizes U.S. Coordination on Forex Stability

Japans Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato stressed the importance of close communication with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ensure stability in foreign exchange markets. Speaking in parliament on Monday, Kato...

Elon Musk Donates $1M to Boost Conservative Candidate in Key Wisconsin Court Race

Elon Musk, billionaire CEO of Tesla and top adviser to President Donald Trump, handed out $1 million in oversized checks to two Wisconsin voters during a rally in Green Bay on Sunday. The move aims to energize conservative...

UK and US Advance Talks on Economic Prosperity Deal Ahead of Tariff Deadline

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call Sunday evening to discuss ongoing negotiations for a UK-U.S. economic prosperity deal, according to a Downing Street spokesperson. Both...

Science

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Gets US Approval for Bladder Cancer Treatment

AstraZenecas drug Imfinzi (NASDAQ: AZN) has received U.S. approval to treat adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a significant advancement in cancer therapy. The approval allows Imfinzi to be used in...

Sanofi’s New Hemophilia Drug Qfitlia Gains FDA Approval with Breakthrough Bimonthly Dosing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qfitlia, a groundbreaking hemophilia treatment by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY). Designed for patients aged 12 and older with hemophilia A or B,...

FDA Vaccine Chief Peter Marks Resigns Amid Controversy Over Transparency

Peter Marks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) top vaccine official, has resigned after reportedly being forced out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to The Wall Street Journal....

What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2032 specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a high of 3.1 per cent on...

A new study reveals the structure of violent winds 1,300 light years away

The planet WASP-121b is extreme. Its a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star50 times closer than the Earth does around the Sun. WASP-121b is so close to its star that tidal forces...

Technology

Elon Musk Merges xAI with X in $113B Deal to Build AI-Powered Tech Giant

Elon Musks artificial intelligence company xAI has officially acquired his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a major all-stock deal, valuing the combined entity at $113 billion. The deal values X at $33...

CoreWeave Slashes IPO Size and Price Amid Investor Caution Despite Nvidia Backing

CoreWeave, a leading AI cloud infrastructure provider backed by Nvidia, has significantly downsized its U.S. IPO. The company cut its offering by 23.5%, now aiming to raise $1.5 billion by selling 37.5 million shares at...

Alibaba Stock Gets Boost as Mizuho Touts AI Potential and Hikes Price Target

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA, HK:9988) surged in investor interest after Mizuho raised its price target on the Chinese tech giants U.S.-listed shares from $140 to $170, maintaining an Outperform rating. The bullish update...

SK Hynix Sees Chip Order Surge Ahead of Possible U.S. Tariffs, Eyes AI Memory Boom

SK Hynix, the worlds second-largest memory chipmaker, revealed that customers are rushing orders in anticipation of potential U.S. semiconductor tariffs. Speaking at the companys annual shareholder meeting, Lee Sang-rak,...

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Joins Playground Global to Drive Chip Innovation

Pat Gelsinger, former Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO, has joined venture capital firm Playground Global as a general partner, marking a major move in the semiconductor and deep tech investment space. Alongside this role,...