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Panama Canal Authority administrator Ilia Espino stated on September 7 that if rainfall in the canal basin remains below expected levels in coming months, daily transit capacity could be further reduced from 32 vessels to approximately 29 vessels starting early next

As of Sept 7, the world's largest gold ETF SPDR Gold Trust maintained its holdings at 1,052.056 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day.

On September 7, Panama Canal Authority administrator Illia Espino warned that if rainfall in the canal watershed remains below expectations in the coming months, daily transit volume could be further reduced from the current 32 vessels to approximately 29 vessels starting in early 2027. Espino, the

Foreign investment banks maintain KOSPI 10,000 targets while foreign investors sold over 164 trillion won in Korean stocks this year. JP Morgan kept its 12-month KOSPI target at 12,500 in August after setting it in June, and Goldman Sachs maintains its 12,000 target raised in June from 9,000. The

According to The Motley Fool, Nvidia announced a 70% revenue growth forecast for its 2028 fiscal year, supported by the company's extensive participation in AI infrastructure development across chips, memory, land, and power supply. During its second-quarter earnings call, CEO Jensen Huang

MoneyToday analyzed disclosure practices of South Korea's top 30 KOSPI-listed companies and found that critical financial information is fragmented across multiple documents, making it difficult for investors to assess corporate value. The analysis revealed that 9 out of 30 companies disclosed

According to the Korea Financial Investment Association, foreign investors have sold a net 164 trillion won ($123 billion) in South Korean stocks year-to-date, with KOSPI falling below 7000 after hitting a record high of 9000 in June. Global investment banks including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs,

Securities firms issued divergent target price forecasts for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks, with ranges spanning 350,000-600,000 won for Samsung and 2.1-4 million won for SK Hynix. Mirae Asset Securities on September 7 raised Samsung's target to 400,000 won and SK Hynix to 3.1 million won,

According to Newsis today (Sept 7), multiple South Korean securities firms upgraded stock price targets for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, citing strong demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips driven by AI infrastructure expansion. Mirae Asset Securities raised Samsung Electronics' target to

South Korean retail investors purchased $1.82 billion in US Treasury bonds in August, the largest monthly amount since records began in 2011, according to Korea Securities Depository data released on September 7. The buying spree was driven by won appreciation from 1550 per dollar in early July to 1

According to Jin10, citing CME Fed Watch data on September 8, the Federal Reserve has a 39.6% probability of holding rates steady in September and a 60.4% probability of raising rates by 25 basis points. For October, the probability of no rate change stands at 29.1%, with a 54.9% chance of a 25 bas

According to TheStreet, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticized the Netherlands' central bank on September 4 for taking six months to transfer approximately 86 metric tons of gold worth $11 billion from the U.S. and Canada to the U.K. between March and August. Garlinghouse highlighted how the slow m

According to Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, U.S. long-term Treasury yields are signaling deeper market stress than headlines suggest. Writing this week on Substack, Brooks noted that yields have continued rising despite recent weak economic data, which traditionally

According to Korean Economic Daily, South Korea's KRX Insurance Index surged 13% over the past month, with Hanwha General Insurance jumping 39.46%, Hyundai Marine & Fire gaining 31.95%, and DB Insurance rising 20.40%. The rally is driven by two factors: the Bank of Korea's consecutive interest

On Monday, EverBank Financial Corp. and WaFd Inc. announced a $3.9 billion merger agreement, according to official statements. Under the deal, EverBank will be absorbed into WaFd, which will remain publicly listed but rebrand to EverBank following completion. The merger combines EverBank's

In August 2026, two of Andreessen Horowitz's AI infrastructure portfolio companies were acquired in major deals, generating combined stakes worth over $8 billion for the firm. SpaceX acquired Cursor, the AI-powered code editor built by Anysphere, for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction. As the

Japan's 10-year government bond yield climbed to 3% on September 1, marking the first time the country has reached this threshold since 1996. The milestone caps a dramatic repricing that has added more than 1.4 percentage points to the benchmark yield since August 2025. Three forces are converging s

Japan's 10-year government bond yield reached 3% on September 1, marking the first time the country has touched this level since 1996. The benchmark yield has climbed more than 1.4 percentage points since August 2025, a significant repricing in a country where negative interest rates were the norm

Foreign investors net purchased approximately 4.7 trillion won in KOSPI stocks over the recent 3 trading days, according to Korea Exchange data. The buying trend emerged as the won-dollar exchange rate declined from over 1500 won in early July to the 1300 won range, with the previous trading day's c

According to NEWSIS, foreign investors purchased approximately 4.7 trillion Korean won worth of KOSPI stocks over the past three trading days as of September 7, marking a significant reversal from their massive sell-offs in July and August. The Korean won strengthened to 1,340.5 per U.S. dollar, the