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Fitch Ratings published its Q3 Global Risk Outlook on the 29th, warning that AI market corrections pose serious credit risk as the AI industry drives economic growth and stock markets in major countries. The agency cited rapid valuation increases, massive AI investment scale, and

Samsung SDI will begin mass production of prismatic lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) at its US facility in October. The company announced during its second-quarter earnings conference call on July 30 that orders secured to date will fill a significant portion o

Ahn Cheol-soo, a lawmaker from the People Power Party, posted on Facebook on May 30 calling three financial officials the 'No-Answer Trio' and urging President Lee Jae-myung to dismiss them immediately. Ahn criticized Kim Yong-beom (Presidential Policy Office Director), Lee Eok-won (Financial

South Korea's National Pension Service disclosed that its fund assets reached 1,849 trillion won as of the end of May, according to an announcement on the 30th. The fund's asset allocation consisted of 29.4% in domestic stocks, 35.2% in foreign stocks, 15.7% in domestic

Google and Anthropic hired economists specializing in AI labor market research on the 28th (local time), the Washington Post reported. The companies recruited Chad Jones from the University of Chicago, Anton Korinek from the University of Maryland, and Alexander Imas from Stanford University.

As of July 30, 2026, according to Gate market data, Brent crude oil is at $88.69 per barrel, up 4.95% over the past 24 hours; WTI crude oil is at $85.09 per barrel, up 3.88%. Just one trading day earlier (July 29), Brent crude surged 7.91% at the close, finishing at $90.74 per barrel—one of the most aggressive single-day gains since the latest escalation of the Iran–U.S. conflict. On the same day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by 1,153.18 points, down 2.19%, marking the largest sing

SK Hynix faces sharply divergent analyst target prices following its Q2 earnings announcement on the 29th, with projections ranging from 2.2 million won to 4.7 million won—a gap exceeding double. Korea Investment &

Bae Jae-kyu, CEO of Korea Investment Trust Management, posted on Facebook on the 30th that single-stock leveraged products should achieve 'natural death' rather than delisting, reiterating his warning that 'not investing is the best option.' This followed his deletion of a similar post from the 20th

South Korean financial authorities announced a 20% investment limit on single-stock leveraged ETFs relative to individuals' total financial investment assets, effective from the 31st. The measure aims to reduce excessive leverage concentration and stabilize market volatility. This regulation

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and Tether signed a memorandum of understanding to explore asset tokenization and blockchain-based settlement across Kenya's $26.4 billion capital market. The partnership aims to test instant settlement mechanisms using Tether's Hadron platform and assess USDT a

Samsung SDI reported Q2 operating profit of 203.8 billion won, marking its first quarterly profit in seven quarters after posting an operating loss of 397.8 billion won in the same period last year. Revenue reached 3.7688 trillion won, up 18.5% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for

Kiwoom Securities reported Q2 2026 operating profit of 788.9 billion KRW on July 30, exceeding market expectations by 20.2% as domestic stock trading volume surged. The brokerage's net profit reached 680.6 billion KRW, up 119.4% year-over-year, driven by a 178.3% increase in stock commission

Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced Q2 operating profit of 4,404 billion won, a 106.7% year-over-year increase, and forecast record-breaking performance in Q3 driven by strong AI-related component demand and rising component prices. The company reported Q2 revenue of 3.4572 trillion won, up 24.2% ye

Barclays cut its target price for SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts to $300 from $330 on 29일(현지시간), citing downward revisions to memory average selling price forecasts centered on commodity DRAM. The global investment bank maintained its 'overweight' investment rating based on the company's

Asian stocks traded without clear direction on Thursday as investors assessed a divided Federal Reserve rate decision and ongoing volatility in South Korean equities. The Fed voted 9 to 3 on Wednesday to hold its benchmark rate at 3.5% to 3.75%, with three regional presidents dissenting in favor

The Ethereum Foundation appointed Pascal Caversaccio, known as pc, to its board, making him the fourth member alongside founder Vitalik Buterin, president Aya Miyaguchi, and Swiss counsel Patrick Storchenegger. pc co-founded SEAL 911 and previously served on the Foundation's Silviculture Society

MIT economics professors Daron Acemoglu and David Autor published research through the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) showing that countries with lower birth rates exhibit higher GDP growth per working-age adult, analyzing data from 1950 to 2020. The study found that a 1 percentage

POSCO International announced Q2 2025 operating profit of 429 billion won, up 26.9% year-over-year, and revenue of 9.6232 trillion won, up 18.4%, on July 30. The results exceeded market expectations, with operating profit surpassing the consensus forecast of 351.6 billion won from 13 securities

SK Hynix inverse exchange-traded fund trading volume surpassed leveraged ETF volume for the first time on May 29, according to Korea Exchange data. The 'SOL SK Hynix Futures Single-Stock Inverse 2X' recorded 5.898 trillion won in daily trading volume, exceeding the 'KODEX SK Hynix Single-Stock

The NASD OTC Securities Exchange launched the NASD Digital Securities Platform, establishing Nigeria's first regulated exchange market for the issuance and trading of tokenized securities. The platform is now operational, with NASD announcing that its first public digital securities offering is