Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Foreign investors reduced their selling in South Korea's KOSPI market on the 10th, recording a net sale of 330.1 billion won, according to data released by the Korea Exchange on the 13th. While the selling bias persists, the magnitude was lower than the early last week session on the 6th.

According to Yonhap Infomax, hyperscale AI operators issued record bond offerings this week, with Amazon's $25 billion issuance marking the seventh instance of a $25+ billion single offering by tech firms in 2026. Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, Meta, and Oracle's combined bond issuances account for

According to Columbia Business School Professor Steen van Nieuwerburgh's report on July 13, AI hyperscalers are financing massive datacenter infrastructure through off-balance-sheet special purpose vehicles (SPVs), masking actual leverage ratios that can reach 70-80% or even 90% on individual

According to Yonhap Infomax, on July 13, Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 238.68 points or 0.35% to 68,796.41, while the Topix index gained 26.78 points or 0.66% to 4,062.86. The rally followed strength in U.S. technology and semiconductor stocks on July 10 (local time). SK Hynix's American

According to MIT professor Ricardo Caballero and multiple Wall Street analysts, AI-generated wealth concentration among capital owners could lower long-term interest rates as a secondary effect. Caballero's research suggests that as AI boosts corporate profits and capital gains, wealth flows to capi

Korean retail investors poured approximately 100 trillion won into the domestic stock market through June, with margin debt ballooning to a record 38 trillion won last month, as concentration in Samsung Electronics stocks and leverage exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached 70% of total KOSPI trading v

Standard Chartered Bank’s global head of crypto asset research, Geoff Kendrick, said in an analysis report sent to clients on July 11 that Strategy chairman Michael Saylor’s communication about its Bitcoin strategy shift was not clear enough, which may confuse the market about the BTC price in the short term. MSTR stock closed on Friday at $94.64, down more than 70% since July 2025. Strategy’s Strategy Shift: From “Never Sell” to Selling BTC to Prioritize STRC Preferred Dividend Payments Accordi

SpaceX, which listed on Nasdaq at $135 per share with a market capitalization of $1.77 trillion (approximately 2,700 trillion won), experienced a 7.2% surge on May 29 amid extreme post-IPO volatility, prompting LS Securities senior researcher Lee Jae-kwang to analyze the company's stock outlook

Kiwoom Securities analyzed hourly order patterns in the Korean stock market during June and found that 52% of retail investor participation occurs in the first hour after market opening (9–10 AM), with an additional 28% occurring pre-opening (8–9 AM). Experts attribute this concentration to

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded losses of up to 43% from their May 27 launch through July 10, according to Korea Exchange data released July 13. Individual investors poured over 13 trillion won into the 16 related products during this

Global PC shipments declined 4.9% in the second quarter, marking the first drop in two years, according to market analysis firm IDC as reported by Yahoo Finance on local time. The decline is attributed to rising memory costs driven by a global memory shortage. IDC's research director for consumer de

According to researcher Han Ji-young of Kiwoom Securities, South Korea's KOSPI has triggered circuit breakers (trading halts) 6 times in 9 trading days this month as of July 13, marking unusual market volatility. The frequency has reached roughly once every four days, driven by a combination of

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service held a meeting with CEOs from 20 asset management firms, where industry participants called for dedicated organizations, specialized personnel, and incentive systems to strengthen fiduciary responsibilities in

SK Hynix completed its Nasdaq opening bell ceremony on July 10 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square and officially began trading on Nasdaq (stock ticker: SKHY). The ADR was priced at $149 per share, raising approximately $26.5 billion (about 40 trillion won), making it the largest-ever IPO by a foreign company in the U.S. to date. SK Hynix ADR priced at $149 per share, raising about $26.5 billion According to reports, SK Hynix set the price of its U.S. American Depositary Receipt

Asian markets declined on Tuesday morning close, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dropping 1.1% and South Korea's KOSPI Index sliding 0.2%.

According to Shanghai Steel Union, MMLC battery-grade lithium carbonate spot price (midpoint) declined to 153,950 yuan/ton this morning (July 13), down 500 yuan/ton from July 12 at 16:30.

IBM released a major update to its Bob intelligent software development platform on July 9, adding the Bobalytics analytics platform, enabling organizations to gain clearer visibility into productivity, quality, efficiency, and costs. Bob also provides AI execution coordination between agents, matching the appropriate model to the task. Twenty-one analysts overall rated IBM stock a “Moderate Buy,” with an average target price of $300.71 and a highest target price of $365. Major Update to IBM Bob

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer recently warned Brazil of potential 25% retaliatory tariffs, claiming Brazil's real-time payment system Pix unfairly discriminates against US financial firms Visa and Mastercard, according to The Economist. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

According to Economic Observer, about 20 global power semiconductor companies raised prices during the first half of 2026, driven by surging demand from AI data centers and new energy vehicle 800V platforms, combined with shrinking 8-inch wafer capacity and rising raw material costs. The price

On July 10, 2026, Meta Platforms (META) shares closed at $669.21, up 5.97% on the day, with a total weekly gain of about 14.8%. This is Meta’s strongest single-week performance since February 2024. Over the past week, the company’s market capitalization has returned to above $1.7 trillion. The backdrop for this rally is quite unusual. Just a week earlier—on July 1—news that “Meta plans to sell off excess AI computing capacity” sparked widespread market concerns about “