Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Donald Trump's Truth Social post on Thursday (August 28), the U.S. President congratulated Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang on the chipmaker's strong second-quarter performance. "Nvidia just announced Record Sales of 96.2 Billion Dollars, forecasting a 70% rise in Revenue in 2028.

According to Hankyung, on August 19, Bae Ho-jin, a 38-year-old fund manager at KB Asset Management's ETF division, warned investors against emotional attachment to stocks and overconfidence bias. Speaking to the media, Bae emphasized the importance of maintaining emotional distance from individual h

WTI crude oil declined 1.00% intraday on August 28, trading at $82.11 per barrel.

According to People's Bank of China data on August 28, the Chinese yuan cross-border payment system now covers 192 countries and regions. As of June 2026, the system has 210 direct participants and 1,619 indirect participants, reaching 192 countries through over 5,200 banking institutions. PBOC

France's August CPI year-over-year initial reading came in at 2.4% in August, matching market expectations and rising from 2.1% in the previous month.

France's August consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.7% month-over-month in its initial reading, matching the expected figure and up from 0.6% in the prior month.

France's second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate came in at 0% (seasonally adjusted), falling short of the 0.20% forecast. Additionally, the first quarter figure was revised downward to -0.2% from an initially

France's second-quarter GDP declined 0.73% year-over-year, according to the latest data, missing economist forecasts of 0.70% growth and marking a reversal from the prior quarter's 0.70% expansion.

Morgan Stanley downgraded the European paper and packaging sector to Underweight from Hold on August 28, signaling reduced confidence in the industry outlook.

Strive Inc. (ASST) shares gained more than 7.5% at close on Thursday and the stock is on track to post its best monthly gains since May 2025, following a strong quarterly print earlier this month and continued

According to Bank of America's August survey of global fund managers and Morgan Stanley reports, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has assumed increased control over interest-rate markets as Fed Chair Jerome Powell prepares for tonight's Jackson Hole speech. The BofA survey found 53% of

Salesforce and Anthropic announced an expanded ClaudeForce partnership on Wednesday, integrating Claude AI models into Salesforce's customer data, workflows, and enterprise governance infrastructure. CRM stock gained 22.6% on Thursday, marking its best single-day move in six years, before pulling

According to Morgan Stanley, the European telecommunications industry rating was downgraded from overweight to neutral on August 28.

Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating on the European discretionary retail sector from Underweight to Equal-weight today, according to the firm's recent research note.

Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating on the European aerospace sector from Neutral to Overweight on August 28.

According to Jin10 Data, on August 28, European stocks entering a seasonally challenging period after five consecutive months of gains. September historically marks the weakest month for the STOXX 600 index annually, with an average decline of 2.1% over the past five years. The seasonal weakness co

German 10-year government bond yields rose to 3.276% today, marking the highest level in 15 years.

According to Jin10, the CFETS-NEX renminbi funding sentiment index reported 45 as of 14:30 on Aug 28, down 1 point from earlier. Among sector participants, large banks reported a sentiment index of 44, mid-sized and small banks 46, and non-bank institutions 44, each down 1 point. The index ranges fr