Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Salesforce shares surged approximately 23% on Thursday, marking the company's best trading day since 2020, following a quarterly earnings report that exceeded analyst expectations and the announcement of a strategic partnership with Anthropic dubbed 'Claudeforce.' The rally came after Salesforce rep

Morgan Stanley analysts recommended shifting investment focus from Hong Kong stocks to A-shares in a report released August 28. Strategists Laura Wang, Chloe Liu, and Vicky Wu stated the firm took profits on Hong Kong stock positions while identifying continued upside potential in China's A-share

USA Rare Earth, MP Materials, Energy Fuels, and Critical Metals Corp announced developments in rare earth production and financing during late August. On 8月24日, USA Rare Earth disclosed completion of a $1.55 billion capitalization for a special purpose vehicle tied to Serra Verde Phase 1 output,

According to CNBC, on Thursday (August 28), streaming platforms Netflix and Twitch experienced service disruptions as they premiered the first official gameplay preview of Grand Theft Auto 6. Netflix users reported error messages due to high demand, while Twitch faced bandwidth issues as viewers

The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) gained 0.50% during intraday trading on August 28, reaching 99.62.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh reaffirmed the Fed's 2% inflation target and pushed back on the idea that inflation is beaten in his first Jackson Hole keynote on Friday. Speaking on his 100th day in the job, Warsh said the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the PCE index, is running at 3.7%

According to StockTwits, Affirm Holdings (AFRM) reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $1.16 billion, up 33% year over year and ahead of the $1.11 billion consensus estimate, on Friday, August 28. The company also posted its most profitable quarter to date. AFRM stock climbed

BioNTech's American Depositary Receipts fell 11% during intraday trading today, the largest single-session decline since March 10, after the German biotech company terminated a Phase II clinical trial of its experimental personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapy for colorectal cancer

Spot gold declined 2% intraday on August 28, trading at $4,509.55 per ounce.

French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B raised €21.0 million ($24.5 million) through private share placement, according to an Aug. 28 announcement. The fundraise was conducted at €0.58 per ABSA — one share bundled with four share-subscription warrants — without pre-emptive subscription rights.

IREN shares fell 8.2% to $37.19 in after-hours trading Thursday following the release of its fiscal 2026 results, which reported a $684 million quarterly loss including $450.4 million in asset impairments from retired mining hardware. AI cloud revenue reached $70.5 million in the quarter ended

Meta Platforms, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft are experiencing financial strain from accelerating artificial intelligence infrastructure spending during the second quarter. The companies' capital expenditures have climbed above 100% of operating cash flow, pushing them to seek outside financing

Take-Two shares rose 2.5% in premarket trading Friday after streaming platforms struggled to handle huge demand for the first official preview of Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday. Netflix was first to show an extended look at the game, with some viewers receiving error messages indicating high usage l

Larry Lepard, Managing Partner at Equity Management Associates, said gold is ready to resume its long-term uptrend after a recent correction, arguing that governments have accumulated too much debt to fight inflation through traditional monetary tightening. In an interview with Kitco News, Lepard

Affirm Holdings stock jumped 7% on Friday after the buy now, pay later company reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $1.17 billion, beating the $1.11 billion analyst estimate. The company issued first-quarter revenue guidance of $1.19 billion to $1.22 billion, ahead of the Street expectation of

Bitcoin gained $14,264, or 22.7%, in one week ending Aug. 23, closing at $77,387 — the largest weekly dollar gain since the asset began trading, according to Galaxy Research. The rally was driven by the U.S. Treasury's announcement to at least double its long-end liquidity-support buybacks from $2 b

Gold prices continue to hold above critical support levels near $4,600 an ounce despite warnings from analysts that the market appears overbought following a 15% rally through August. Fawad Razaqzada, Market Analyst at FOREX.com, noted in a recent analysis that growing fears over U.S. government

According to CNBC reporting and S&P Global analysis, Big Tech's massive artificial intelligence investments are putting pressure on the once-pristine balance sheets of Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft. During Q2, Meta's free cash flow plunged 91% year over year as capital expenditure jumped to $

Arthur Hayes stated that Strategy Inc.'s (Nasdaq: MSTR) diluted market value to net asset value premium sat near 0.74x on August 27, erasing the gap that previously funded the company's bitcoin acquisition cycle. Strategy holds 840,447 BTC but owes approximately $1.5 billion annually in STRK and STR

Copper Giant Resources Corp. reported Thursday that directional drill hole MD-070 returned 771 meters grading 0.54% copper equivalent at its Mocoa project in southern Colombia. The interval began 211 meters downhole and contained 0.33% copper and 0.039% molybdenum, with higher-grade cores