Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to CNBC, Paramount Skydance agreed on Friday to delay its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition to as late as June 2027 amid an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys general. Under the agreement, Paramount will pay a "ticking fee" of 25 cents per share per quarter starting

According to S&P Global's flash Purchasing Managers Index data released Friday, the U.S. Composite PMI rose to 53.6 in July from 51.9 in June, reaching an eight-month high. The Services PMI climbed to 53.6 from 51.2, while the Manufacturing PMI slipped to 53.8 from 53.9, though business confidence r

The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell 0.66% this week to close at 6,104.64 points, extending losses with a cumulative weekly decline of 2.80%. Among top Chinese-listed stocks, Lite-On Semiconductor dropped 6.8%, while NIO and XPeng fell over 3%. Tencent gained 0.4% and Meituan rose

Elon Musk's companies Tesla and SpaceX both experienced significant stock declines during the week ending Friday. Tesla shares plunged 18% to close at $313.03 on Friday, marking their worst weekly slump since 2022, while SpaceX dropped 7.2% over five days to $115.07 Friday, its lowest since the comp

US stocks closed mixed on July 24 (local time) as falling oil prices eased inflation concerns and strong corporate earnings offset a sharp decline in semiconductor stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.05% to 7411.98, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.64% to 24975.83 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Tesla stock tumbled 18% this week, marking its worst single-week decline since 2022, while SpaceX shares fell approximately 7% to $115.07, the lowest closing price since its U.S. IPO last month. The combined sell-off wiped roughly $130 billion from Elon Musk's personal wealth. Musk posted on X

According to CNBC, credit spreads on Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta widened this week as fixed-income investors demanded higher compensation to lend to companies with heavy AI capital spending plans. The move came after Alphabet raised its capex forecast, raising concerns that other hyperscalers could f

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.