Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

On Friday, July 24, U.S. sector ETFs showed mixed performance. The global aviation ETF rose 2.66%, while technology sector ETFs declined sharply, with the global tech stock index ETF down 1.69% and the semiconductor ETF down 3.27%. Year-to-date, the semiconductor ETF leads with a 55.83% gain, while

According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg EV Price Return Index fell 2.46% to 3,230.43 points on Friday, July 24, with significant declines throughout Asia-Pacific early trading. The index declined 2.27% for the week, following a pullback from its weekly peak of 3,313 points reached on July 23

iShares Software ETF posted its best single day in two weeks today, gaining 1%.

According to Jin10, U.S. stock markets closed with mixed results on Friday, July 25. The Dow Jones gained 0.45%, the S&P 500 rose 0.05%, while the Nasdaq declined 0.64%. Memory and semiconductor stocks weakened significantly, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) falling 10.79%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) dropping 8.81%, an

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) surged 17% on July 24, marking its largest single-day gain since February 11, 2026.

According to Yonhap Infomax, on July 24, President Trump announced plans to impose significant tariffs on the European Union in response to penalties imposed on major U.S. technology companies. Trump stated on Truth Social that the EU had imposed $15 billion in fines on Apple, $3 billion on

This week, the S&P 500 declined approximately 0.6%, the Dow Jones fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.2%. The Magnificent Seven tech index declined 3.4%, while the semiconductor index gained 0.8%. Among Nasdaq 100 components, several semiconductor and AI-related stocks recorded notable

This week, U.S. equity markets declined across major benchmarks. The S&P 500 fell roughly 0.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.4%, and the Nasdaq 100 was down 1.2%. The Magnificent 7 index, which tracks the largest technology stocks, fell 3.4%, while the semiconductor index

This week, USD/JPY declined 0.89% to close at 163.85 yen on Friday (July 24), trading within a range of 162.22-163.99 yen. EUR/JPY gained 0.26% to 186.29 yen, while GBP/JPY fell 0.10% to 218.27 yen for the week.

According to CNBC Investing Club, Alphabet raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance by $15 billion at the midpoint to a range of $190 billion to $205 billion on Wednesday evening, signaling continued heavy investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company's second-quarter free ca

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the week ended July 21, net short positions across major currency futures were as follows: Japanese yen 152,125 contracts, British pound 55,561 contracts, euro 41,338 contracts, and Swiss franc 34,242 contracts.

According to CFTC data, in the week through July 21, speculators reduced their net short positions in CBOT 2-year Treasury futures by 2,880 contracts, bringing the total to 1,154,597 contracts. Meanwhile, speculators decreased their net short positions in 5-year Treasury futures by 20,954 contracts

According to CFTC data, speculators' net long positions in NYMEX WTI crude oil increased by 522 contracts to 86,905 contracts for the week of July 21, marking a three-week high.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speculative net long positions in COMEX gold increased by 4,439 contracts to reach 123,586 contracts during the week of July 21, marking a six-month

According to ICE data, the U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.02% to 101.466 on Friday (July 24), with weekly gains of 0.70% and a trading range of 100.650-101.544 points. The Bloomberg Dollar Index fell 0.03% to 1222.48 on the same day, posting weekly gains of 0.45% within a range of 1215.57-1223.66 points.

Bitcoin dropped below $64,000 on Friday after climbing to nearly $67,000 mid-week, triggering $87 million in bitcoin liquidations and $312 million in total crypto liquidations. The sell-off occurred after the cryptocurrency reached $65,705 by 3:15 a.m. EST Friday, then tumbled to an intraday low of

According to CBOT data, Chicago corn futures rose 4.22% for the week ending Friday (July 24), closing at $4.8725 per bushel. Soybean futures gained 4.16% to $12.5250 per bushel, while soybean meal futures climbed 5.27% during the same period, extending gains as agricultural commodities

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $225.18 million in the latest session, ending a seven-day streak of inflows, as institutional investors shifted capital towards US Treasury bonds. The 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.71%, its highest level in 18 months. BlackRock's IBIT led the outflows w

On Friday evening (July 24), Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D futures closed up 0.62% at 886.61 yuan per gram, while silver T+D futures gained 1.45% to close at 14,268.0 yuan per kilogram.

WTI September crude oil futures closed at $89.31 per barrel today (July 24), down $2.88 or 3.12%. The contract gained 9.21% over the week, marking the third consecutive weekly advance after four weeks of consecutive losses. NYMEX August natural gas futures settled at $2.8710 per million British