Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Wall Street bonuses are projected to rise across investment and commercial banking based on first-half financial data from 20 asset management firms and 15 major banks. Equity sales and trading bankers are expected to see the largest increases at 20-30% or more, while advisory bankers including

Citadel posted a 5.9% return in July following the completion of its acquisition of Situational Awareness, according to fund performance data.

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, bankers working in equity sales and trading are projected to see bonuses rise between 20-30% or more in the first half of 2026, the largest increases in the finance industry. Advisory bankers, including M&A dealmakers, could see increases of 15%-20%,

Cipher Digital (CIFR) shares fell 15.7% on Tuesday after the bitcoin miner reported a net loss of $267.5 million in the second quarter, more than five times the loss registered a year ago. The wider losses came as the company posted $24.8 million in revenue for the quarter, down from $43.6 million i

According to Guru Club, the Dalian Commodity Exchange will launch coke options on September 2, 2026 (Wednesday). The contract will open with a call auction from 8:55 to 9:00 a.m., with regular trading starting at 9:00 a.m. Night trading will commence the same evening. The position limit for coke opt

According to market data, SpaceX stock initially surged 9.43% to $125.33 on August 4 following the release of its first earnings report as a public company, but tumbled 8.8% in after-hours trading as investors digested heavy AI spending plans. The company reported Q2 revenue of $7.81 billion,

According to Bernstein's latest report, despite an AI supply chain stock selloff in July, the investment firm raised its 2026-2028 shipment forecasts for AI servers and semiconductor chips, citing continued capex increases by the four major cloud providers. Bernstein projects the global server

According to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the agency simplified IPO information disclosure rules effective immediately on August 5, removing the 7-day waiting period before affiliated research publication and streamlining information-sharing requirements between issuers and related

According to ChainCatcher, BIT released a market analysis today suggesting gold may be in a consolidation phase from a technical perspective. The firm predicted no rate hikes this year, diverging from current market consensus of two increases within the year.

According to Blind (Korean online community), Hyundai Motor CEO Choi Young-il sent a letter to employees and their families on July 30, citing production losses exceeding 42,000 vehicles and warning of potential impacts on year-end bonuses and future job stability due to ongoing labor strikes. The C

According to Goldman Sachs and Apollo, the market concentration of hyperscale tech stocks shows signs of structural shift. The equal-weighted S&P 500 index outperformed its market-cap-weighted counterpart by over 7.3% for the first time since 2009, reflecting capital flows spreading beyond megacap n

According to TradingBeats data, on August 5, whale address 0xb37 cleared its entire SPCX position with a loss of approximately $708,000. The address had accumulated 229,600 SPCX tokens since early August 5 at an average price of $117.90 per share for a total outlay of $27.064 million, then exited at

On August 5, 2026, Beijing time, SanDisk（SNDK）股价 staged a remarkable “pre-earnings offensive.” Buoyed by milestone progress with SK hynix in AI memory, the stock closed 10.84% higher at $1,427.62, bringing its year-to-date gain to as much as 418.68%. While the market was still concerned during July’s correction that the NAND cycle had peaked, the HBF (High Bandwidth Flash) standard is fueling an emerging narrative about the “restructuring of the AI memory hierarchy.” However, with the earnings c

Finance Minister Park Hong-geun announced on the 5th that the Future Response Fund will invest surplus reserves in bonds, stocks, and other financial products through asset managers to generate returns exceeding interest rates, with the accumulated funds to be utilized when tax revenue shortfalls oc

Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Wednesday (5th), with the Hang Seng Index rising 0.24% to 25,915.32 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.97% and the H-shares Index advanced 0.34%. Market sentiment remained active overall, though sector performance diverged significantly, with daily

According to Budget and Planning Minister Park Hong-geun on August 5, South Korea will invest its Future Response Fund in bonds and stocks through asset managers to generate returns exceeding benchmark interest rates, using the fund as a stabilization mechanism when tax revenues decline or

According to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sare, the Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have attacked a Saudi tanker with missiles off the port of Yanbu on August 5 (local time). Yanbu is a major Saudi crude export terminal on the Red Sea coast. The Houthis did not specify when the attack

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) implements new regulations related to initial public offerings (IPOs) today, August 5, 2026.