Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Oracle's official statement, CEO Larry Ellison canceled a planned stock sale of up to $7.5 billion on Saturday, offsetting pressure from overnight trading on late Sunday when ORCL shares dropped 2% following calls from Anthropic and OpenAI for the AI industry to slow frontier-model

According to Gassco on Sept 14, Norway's state-owned gas company has raised the estimated daily impact of Ormen Lange field's unplanned outage to 14.9 million cubic meters, up from the previously estimated 12.9 million cubic meters.

According to Barclays, the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision at this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is in focus amid policy uncertainty. Last week's U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is widely interpreted as locking in a 25-basis-point rate hike. Barclays economists

According to Jin10 Data on September 14, Baker Hughes (BKR.O) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Simonelli stated that rising borrowing costs have not yet slowed investment in major energy projects. Simonelli noted that artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout is driving strong

Copper prices retreated from record highs following the release of US inflation data on September 11 that exceeded market expectations. The London Metal Exchange copper price, which had surged past $14,500 per metric ton earlier this month, declined as headline inflation rose 0.4% month-over-month a

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix rejected a 25 trillion won ($17-18.4 billion) prepayment proposal from Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) to fund power grid infrastructure for new semiconductor fabrication clusters. Samsung's proposed share was 20 trillion won, with SK hynix allocated 5 trillion wo

The Australian dollar fell 0.28% against the U.S. dollar, reaching 0.7148, marking its lowest level since September 2.

On September 14, 2026, SoftBank Group's stock fell 13%, marking its steepest single-day decline since late June, after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for deliberate deceleration in developing the most powerful AI models, citing safety concerns. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Goldman Sachs expects the Federal Reserve to implement a 25 basis point rate hike at its upcoming meeting next week. According to the firm's analysis, this move is largely a response to market dynamics rather than any substantial shift in the underlying

MaiCoin Group’s parent company, Modern Wealth Holdings (stock code 7903), applied to the Taiwan Stock Exchange on September 9 for a primary listing on the Innovation Board. The prospectus disclosed that the Pre-IPO shares were subscribed at NT$172 per share, with a planned capital increase of approximately NT$1.38425 billion. Fee Income is the group’s core revenue source, accounting for 90.24% of total revenue in 2025 and rising to 93.21% in the first half of 2026. MaiCoin Fee Income Structure A

U.S. stock index futures declined late Sunday ahead of the Federal Reserve's September rate decision scheduled for Sept. 15-16. Dow futures fell 0.04%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures dropped 0.42% and 1.11% respectively at 11:07 PM EDT, pressured by concerns over AI development pace and

Goldman Sachs issued an analysis on local time September 11 identifying global fiscal deficits and expanding artificial intelligence investment as key factors exerting upward pressure on long-term interest rates. Jonathan Shuger, Head of FICC and Equities Cross-Asset Sales at Goldman Sachs, stated t

The UK’s Financial Times reported that Anthropic has selected Nasdaq as the exchange for its initial public offering (IPO), targeting a stock market listing in October at a valuation of up to $2 trillion. Anthropic declined to comment. The Financial Times also reported that Anthropic disclosed to a small group of shareholders that its adjusted operating profit would turn positive for the second consecutive quarter this quarter. Anthropic Selects Nasdaq, Targets October Listing Business Insider,

According to Jin10 on September 14, UBS precious metals strategist Joni Teves said gold investors are likely turning attention to developments beyond the Federal Reserve's next decision. The strategist noted that markets have largely digested rate hike expectations and are shifting focus to other

Saudi Arabia faces limited options in responding to attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, with experts pointing to retaliation as the most likely course, according to analysis from CNN Business. Mohamed al-Basha, a Yemen expert and Washington DC-based risk consultant, stated that all current

According to Goldman Sachs research published on September 11, the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 5.3%, reaching its highest level in 20 years, while the 10-year yield climbed to near 5%, marking a new high since October 2023. The S&P 500 forward price-to-earnings

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic has selected Nasdaq as the planned listing venue for its initial public offering (IPO), with the company aiming to raise over $86.3 billion, potentially exceeding SpaceX's record $86.3 billion IPO completed in June. The IPO could happen as early as October. This

ING revised its Federal Reserve monetary policy forecast to expect a 25 basis point rate hike at the September meeting, following the Jackson Hole meeting where Fed Chair Kevin Warsh emphasized that inflation has remained above target for the past five and a half years and that financial

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, warned that the Federal Reserve faces increased risk of committing a serious policy error by raising interest rates prematurely. On the 13th (local time), Zandi stated via X that markets are pricing in a 0.25 percentage point rate hike at the Fed's