NVDIA earnings to update the trajectory of AI frenzy
Even though, detached-from-reality valuations and worries for a pop-up of the so-called AI bubble continue to permeate across equity markets, the AI powered rally is considered to be, amidst a mild, self-corrective cool-down phase by many investors currently. The bombastic AI innovation project is, and is expected to be, cap-ex intensive for the frontrunners in […]
Gold’s shine dampens after rate cut odds dwindle
Gold futures are currently experiencing four consecutive days of declines, as prospects for rate cuts from the world’s largest economy continue to face a watershed moment. Conviction for additional policy easing has drastically dwindled since the last Fed meeting, with half of polled economists altering their views and sidelining with a cautious, “wait and see” […]
US government shutdown no more
With the signature of President Trump, the longstanding US government shutdown that began in early October 2025 has officially came to an end. The government funding bill was signed into law on November 11 of 2025, and set an end to the historic 43-day shutdown fiasco, after the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed funding […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Hawkish pivot from Fed officials spurs selling spree across riskier assets
A month ago, odds for a December rate cut from the Fed seemed inevitable. Market forecasters apprehended week after week, data that confirmed their biases, pushing them to overtly rely on the scenario for further easing. Equity indices were marching higher and higher, striking fresh record high after fresh record high as investors’ exuberance for […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A heads-up on this week’s releases
Given the absence of critical economic news releases today, we turn our attention towards the horizon and update our calendars with events that run the possibility of moving the markets this week: Tuesday: We kickstart the week with the UK’s employment update for the month of October, President Lagarde’s speech alongside Q3 earnings data from […]
Overstretched tech valuations spark bubble-burst fears
All three major US equity indices sank yesterday from renewed fears that valuations of mega cap tech stocks have detached from reality and fundamentals. The sharp selloff on Wall Street was more prominent in Nasdaq Composite which tumbled 1.9% at the close, the S&P dripped 1.12% and Dow Jones by 0.84%. AI hyped plays such […]
Bank of England seen keeping rates steady at 4%
Anaemic economic growth and stagnant inflationary pressures in the UK will most likely incentivize BoE policy makers to keep policy rates intact for another meeting according to the majority of pollsters, projecting that the bank will await for additional data before unloading more easing measures. Softer data on inflation, growth and employment compared to August […]
Canary chirps in the coal mine? Fed quietly injects liquidity in banking sector
As investors get bombarded with earnings story after earnings story from top tech companies racing to get ahead in the AI race, behind the scenes and away from the spotlight, attracting virtually zero attention, the Federal Reserve quietly injected almost $30bn into the banking system, conducting its largest operation since 2020. The central bank quietly […]