Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

JPMorgan Chase strategist Kriti Gupta predicts the S&P 500 will rise approximately 10% over the next 12 months, reaching around 8,200 by mid-2027, despite ongoing inflation concerns. According to Gupta, inflation alone is insufficient to halt the market's long-term uptrend. She cited robust

According to PPP prediction market tool on Polymarket, the probability of WTI crude oil falling to $75 per barrel in August has risen to 77%, up 11% in the past 24 hours. The probability of a decline to $70 per barrel increased to 45%, up 12% over the same period. WTI crude is currently trading

According to MSX.COM data, the South Double Long Hanmi Semiconductor fund dropped over 16% at one point on August 3.

According to BlockBeats, UBS lowered its price target for SK Hynix to 3 million won from 3.2 million won on August 3, while maintaining a buy rating. The valuation is based on a price-to-book ratio of 3.65x and a long-term ROE forecast of 40.2%, with a cost of equity of 11.5%.

According to ChainCatcher citing Gate market data, the Hang Seng Index turned negative in afternoon trading on Aug 3, with the Hang Seng Tech Index narrowing gains to 0.44%. Zhipu (02513.HK) fell 8%, while SMIC (00981.HK) and Li Auto (02015.HK) both declined

According to Guru Club, Singapore's benchmark stock index fell 1.2% to 5,076.81 points on June 4.

According to Foresight News, decentralized trading platform Paragon won the UNITREE (Unitree Robotics) and RDDT (Reddit) stock code auctions in the latest HIP-3 trading platform auction, bidding 577.66 HYPE for each. Paragon now holds 12 stock contract trading pairs in

Lee & Man Chemical Holdings (00746) announced interim profit of 3.49 billion yuan for the six months ended June 30, up 7% year-on-year, driven by higher sales volumes and prices of advanced material chemicals. The company declared an interim dividend of 21 cents per share with earnings per share of

On August 3, 2026, the global energy market saw a sharp reversal. Over the previous few weeks, the situation in the Middle East continued to escalate. Since February 28, when the United States launched a military action against Iran together with Israel, the conflict has lasted for more than five months. The Strait of Hormuz—an essential chokepoint that typically carries about one-fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas shipments—saw shipping disruptions multiple times. In July,

According to Roundhill DRAM ETF's latest portfolio adjustment in late July, Chinese memory chipmaker Longfor Semiconductor (688825-CN) was added to the fund with a 2.52% weighting, becoming the eighth-largest holding. Meanwhile, fellow Chinese company GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986-CN) saw its wei

According to Bitget market data on August 3, the Southern double-leveraged SK Hynix tracker declined 15.1%, while the Southern double-leveraged Samsung Electronics tracker fell 12.55%.

Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) has requested long-term buyers to place orders for Basra crude oil scheduled for August shipments.

According to TheStreet, as of July 31, ARK Innovation ETF's (ARKK) top three holdings were Tesla at 9.42%, SpaceX at 4.92%, and Tempus AI at 4.81%. ARK Invest's full ten holdings for the period also included CRISPR Therapeutics (4.66%), Coinbase (4.54%), Shopify (4.54%), AMD (3.96%),

Hyundai Steel disclosed on August 3 that its Q2 operating profit plunged 43.3% year-over-year to 57.7 billion won, significantly missing analyst expectations and marking an earnings shock. The sharp profit decline occurred despite a 2.7% year-over-year revenue increase to 6.1073 trillion won,

LX International reported Q2 operating profit of 117.8 billion won, a 114.2% increase from the same period last year, and revenue of 4.7763 trillion won, up 24.7% year-over-year, both surpassing analyst expectations. The earnings growth was driven by rising maritime freight rates, increased cargo

Bitcoin traders face the July nonfarm payrolls report on Friday, August 7, with economists forecasting 85,000 to 88,000 new jobs according to a Bloomberg survey. The report carries heightened significance for Federal Reserve rate policy after June's jobs data missed badly, adding just 57,000 payroll

According to Yonhapinfomax, Hyundai Steel reported operating profit of 57.7 billion won for Q2 2026, down 43.3% year-over-year. Net profit fell 67.6% to 12.1 billion won compared to the same period last year. The results fell short of market consensus, which had projected 77.4 billion won in operati

According to BeInCrypto, Bitcoin surged 4% to near $62,000 on July 2 after the US economy added just 57,000 nonfarm payrolls in June, well below the roughly 115,000 economists had forecasted. The weaker-than-expected jobs data triggered rate-cut bets, lifting BTC toward $64,000 over the following we

Act, a minority shareholder platform, launched an electronic signature campaign on the 3rd demanding Samsung Electronics' board buy back and cancel at least ₩45.5 trillion worth of shares. The campaign stems from Act's calculation that Samsung's 2Q free cash flow reached approximately ₩91 trillion,

According to Financial News, on August 3, activist shareholder platform ACT began e-signature collection from Samsung Electronics shareholders to deliver a shareholder letter to the company's board, calling for 45.5 trillion won in share buybacks and cancellations. The platform's internal vote