Focus returns on economic data after blackout period
Even though the US government shutdown is still underway, marking 22 consecutive days without the passage of legislative funding for financing the federal government, market participants rejoice as they will apprehend the first crucial piece of economic data and draw their best conclusions, as to how the Federal Reserve will proceed in its upcoming policy […]
The West’s united pressure-measures against Russian energy giants
Crude oil futures are on track to sustain the headway made in the prior two sessions and rebound further from 4- month lows, as the United States ramped up efforts to restrict flows of cheap Russian oil in energy markets. Washington’s renewed sanctions package now includes Lukoil and Rosneft, two of Russia’s largest energy players […]
Earnings miss drags Netflix lower
Shares of Netflix slipped by over 6% in the aftermarket hours yesterday, as the company missed Wall Street analysts’ earnings estimates by a wide margin in the third quarter of 2025, but has, broadly speaking, achieved another strong quarter of growth. More specifically the online streamer reported an adjusted EPS of $5.87, missing the $6.96 […]
Safe haven assets slide on enhanced profit-taking activity
Both gold and silver futures have experienced declines, detaching from their respective record highs as investors capitalized on the overextension by taking profits. Silver has already shed 5% of its value within the past three sessions and today is down by almost another 5%, trending near the $50 per ounce level, whereas gold managed so […]
CCP to announce its fourth plenum goals
In the Great Hall of the People, the Central Committee of the Chinese communist party has set in motion the most important, four-day, political meeting of the year, dubbed the plenum, discussing and unravelling how strategic policy decisions will steer the nation’s development in the next five years. A draft of the next five-year plan, […]
Anxiousness over credit weighs on Wall Street
All three major US stock market indices steadily shed their early premarket gains yesterday and closed the session in the reds after two US regional banks disclosed loan problems involving alleged fraud, bolstering fears of broader credit market stress. Losses continue to roll in during today’s premarket session, with market participants reacting swiftly, almost identically, […]
TSMC earnings results boost AI optimism
Tech optimism continues to outweigh trade fears and the lack of economic news releases, strengthening the bullish momentum in US equity markets, driving the indices into new highs. The AI story has been central for the Nasdaq 100 this year and the fact that companies, directly involved in development and expansion of this emergent technological […]
ASML positioned to outperform
A global rush in AI investments yielded a record net bookings for the world’s most prominent chip equipment manufacturer in the third quarter of 2025, as the sprint towards AI superiority is well underway. Albeit missing its Revenue target by €224m, the company marginally surpassed its Earnings per Share target by almost 1%. The chipmaker […]
US Banking sector kickstarts the earnings season
After three consecutive weeks of an ongoing US government shutdown and the postponement of major economic news releases, traders are now turning their attention towards the official beginning of the last earnings season of 2025. Broad-based gains in US equity markets were primarily driven by robust earnings results, which aided all three major stock market […]
China’s diversified export market
China continues to push onwards, capturing more and more export market share, expanding its wide-reaching trade influence across the globe, despite the US trade-restraint countermeasures. Chinese exports rose to their highest level in over 6 months, expanding by an impressive 8.3% pace, toppling the 6% market expectation and almost doubling the 4.4% output of August […]
Silver’s monstrous rally to the top
The bullion is not the only precious metal that continues to shatter fresh record high after fresh record high from robust inflows from weary investors that seek safety, silver is as well. The precious metal that also has industrial properties, scaled for the first time in its trading history the $50 per ounce mark yesterday, […]
FOMC meeting minutes summary
US equity futures rallied in tandem after the latest FOMC minutes of the September meeting confirmed investors biases and outlooks for more rate reductions this year. Tech heavy Nasdaq finished the session 1% higher, the S&P500 clocked in a 0.7% gain, whereas the Dow Jones rose at softer 0.3% pace. Despite the government shutdown and […]
Gold’s $4000 p/oz historic milestone
The precious metal continues to power through ceilings and climb higher and higher as investors flee enmasse towards safety amid geopolitical, economic and policy uncertainties. The bullion has surpassed the $4000 per troy ounce historic level in today’s early trading hours and its year-to-date gain exceeded 50%. Political instability in France, leadership change in Japan, […]
AMD soars after Open AI deal
Advanced Micro Devices, a prominent US chipmaker, has announced a multiyear agreement with the ChatGPT-maker and the prodigal child of the AI race, Open AI, to supply 6 gigawatts (GW) of compute power, in an infrastructure project that could generate tens of billions of dollars and benefit tremendously the entire AI ecosystem. The strategic partnership […]
Week Ahead Schedule
Since there are scarcity economic news releases during today’s session, we decided to outline the most important releases for this week: Tuesday: We kick off the week with the United States trade balance for August, EIA’s short term energy outlook report and Canada’s Ivey PMI for September. Wednesday: In the early hours of the Asian […]
Tesla deliveries beat estimates as EV tax credit expirations loom
The EV giant Tesla reported a record-breaking quarter in terms of deliveries, an event that sparked widespread optimism in the investment community, with analysts upwardly revising their targets on hopes of capacity expansion. The automaker delivered 497k vehicles in its third quarter, significantly exceeding Wall Street’s estimates of 454k units, amounting to a 7% increase […]
US plans stakes in Australian miners to counter China’s supply chains
The US administration is reportedly pondering to take equity stakes in Australia’s largest miners according to a report in efforts to minimize the influence of its most prominent rival, China, and remain competitive in the race for global superiority. Washington noted that the move aims to create alternative supply chains, after China, the top producer […]
Earnings turnaround story lifts Nike higher
The sports apparel giant, Nike, just did it with its latest earnings call and outperformed Wall Street analysts’ forecasts, possibly signalling the return of the world-renowned sports brand, back to its former glory days. Shares rose by over 4% in the aftermarket hours signalling investors’ optimisms, as Nike toppled both the EPS and Revenue targets […]
The plan to end the war in Gaza
Headlines for the 20-point peace plan for the war in Gaza flooded market feeds earlier today, after President Trump met with Binyamin Netanyahu, the PM of Israel, and discussed the future of Palestine, after almost two years of extensive bloodshed. The first stage of the plan entails, the release of all, 48, Israeli hostages that […]
Dollar returns to weakness after stagflation confirmation
After a brief period of gains, the greenback reversed course and returned to its characteristic devaluation path, as the latest Core PCE print, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, showcased no material change and hinted that the US economy is indeed experiencing a stagflationary cycle. Price pressures were unchanged in the month of August, […]