Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Hong Kong stocks declined on August 27, with the Hang Seng Index closing at 25,565.74 points, down 87.23 points or 0.34%, and the Hang Seng Tech Index closing at 4,620.29 points, down 5.86 points or 0.13%. The market initially gained momentum from tech and AI themes in early trading but failed to

Gold held above $4,600 per ounce on Thursday, with spot prices rising 0.2% to $4,599.57 and US futures trading near $4,652.70 ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's first major Jackson Hole address on Friday, August 28. The metal has surged roughly 14% this month, supported by concerns over US

According to MoneyDJ, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.34% today (August 27), closing at 25,565.74 points, with its daily candlestick turning bearish. The Hang Seng Tech Index declined 0.13%, ending at 4,620.29 points. The market initially benefited from technology and AI-related momentum, but

According to Herald Economics, on August 27, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surged following NVIDIA's better-than-expected earnings and guidance. NVIDIA disclosed that high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply constraints are limiting AI chip production capacity, positioning domestic memory makers to

The European Securities and Markets Authority will activate its revised weekly commodity derivatives position reporting framework on 3 September 2026. The launch arrives five months after a planned 1 April rollout was halted on 27 March during final testing. Trading venues operating commodity deriva

According to ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority will activate its revised weekly commodity derivatives position reporting framework on September 3, 2026, five months after a planned April 1 launch was halted during final testing. The updated framework uses XML schema v2.0 and

According to Bloomberg, Ripple Prime launched Delta One this week, expanding its institutional brokerage services into stock trading for the first time. The new offering enables institutional clients—including hedge funds, market makers, and ETF issuers—to execute total return swaps on U.S. listed s

According to ECB meeting minutes, energy price increases may not have fully reflected in consumer fuel prices within July data, with the effects potentially becoming visible in August figures.

According to BlockBeats, on August 27, Federal Reserve Chair Schmidt stated that midterm elections will not influence the Fed's October meeting decision. Schmidt also noted that interest rates have not suppressed U.S. economic

According to Bloomberg, SHEIN has priced its Hong Kong initial public offering and is set to raise approximately $1.7 billion from the listing.

According to CME data, currency traders are increasing hedges against further dollar strength this week ahead of Fed Chair Waller's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday (August 27). The proportion of dollar options positioned to benefit from USD strength against a basket of major currencies rose to 57.2

On August 27, President Trump signed an executive order restricting the import of certain foreign-made power equipment that could threaten the U.S. national power grid. While not explicitly named, the measure effectively targets Chinese equipment. According to Korea Exchange data, South Korean power

Moderna shares dropped 8% in premarket trading on August 27 as the company announced plans to issue $2 billion of convertible senior preferred notes. The offering aims to strengthen the company's financial

Webull Securities Limited unveiled Vega AI in Hong Kong, adding conversational stock discovery, earnings analysis and personalized allocation ideas to its local brokerage app, with users able to move directly from AI-generated allocations to order entry. Webull disclosed this month that it had

Webull Securities Limited unveiled Vega AI in Hong Kong this month, according to a press release, integrating conversational stock discovery, earnings analysis and personalized allocation recommendations directly into its brokerage app's order-entry process. The platform has reached

The European Central Bank (ECB) will release its monetary policy decision minutes in approximately 10 minutes on August 27.

According to BIT data, several U.S. optical module and storage stocks surged in premarket trading on August 27. Optical module stocks led gains: Lumentum (LITE) rose 3.15% to $968.60, Coherent (COHR) climbed 4.35% to $307.18, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) jumped 5.40% to $119.90, Nokia (NOK)

According to Yonhap News, Kioxia and SanDisk announced on August 27 a combined investment of over 5 trillion yen (approximately $31 billion) through 2032 to increase production capacity for critical AI data center components. The investment will support infrastructure expansion at facilities in

Michael Burry increased his bearish exposure to Nvidia while simultaneously buying call options on the chipmaker, according to disclosures on his Substack. Burry purchased December Nvidia calls with strike prices in the mid-to-high $200 range as a hedge against a larger short position, designed to l

According to Bloomberg compiled data, Meta, Alphabet, Oracle, Microsoft, and Amazon have raised over $220 billion year-to-date across seven currencies in 2026. JPMorgan's head of European investment-grade financing, Matthias Reschke, said the key concern is not whether these AI behemoths can sell