Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Reuters, Federal Reserve officials lean toward holding interest rates steady in October as weak employment data released Friday supports the policy direction. U.S. labor data showed September job creation of only 29,000, below economists' expectations of 90,000, with the August figure a

According to LPL Financial Chief Economist Jeffrey Roach, on October 3, the possibility of the Federal Reserve raising rates twice has declined amid weak overall labor market performance. The economist pointed to divergent trends: commodity production sectors supporting the artificial intelligence b

According to data released by South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, the country's 10 largest securities companies experienced 113 system failures between 2024 and August 2026, affecting 19,055 customers with combined losses of 7.33 billion won. Compensation paid reached 6.99 billion won.

According to Kobeissi Letter, as of Monday, only 25% of S&P 500 components were trading above their 50-day moving average, marking the lowest level since April and a sharp decline from 70% in mid-August. Additionally, 47% of S&P components maintained positions above their 200-day moving average, the

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will complete their large-scale share buyback programs by mid-October. Samsung Electronics fulfilled its buyback plan of 53.8 million shares by the previous day, with approximately 840 billion KRW remaining of its 15 trillion KRW allocation, while SK Hynix has

Individual investors in Korean stocks net sold over 18 trillion won of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares in September, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 3rd. The combined net selling of the two semiconductor giants totaled 18.31 trillion won, with SK Hynix accounting for 9.688 t

Eighteen Korean asset management companies held a press conference on the 30th of last month opposing a capital markets law amendment led by the National Assembly's Financial Services Commission. The amendment allows acquirers to purchase controlling shareholder stakes off-market first, then

According to Financial News citing Korea Exchange data, individual investors net-sold 18.31 trillion won of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix combined in September, with SK Hynix accounting for 9.688 trillion won and Samsung Electronics for 8.622 won. Despite the heavy selling, both stocks gained

According to Financial News, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix's massive share buyback programs, which have supported the KOSPI index since late August, are set to conclude by mid-October. Samsung Electronics has less than 8.4 billion Korean won remaining, equivalent to 2–3 trading days at its

According to a joint statement by 18 South Korean asset management companies on September 30, the firms oppose a proposed amendment to the Capital Markets Act led by the National Assembly's Committee on Political Affairs. The proposed legislation would allow controlling shareholders to sell their

Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced Friday it will introduce additional safeguards around its Full Disk Access feature on Mac computers, requiring more explicit user action before an app can obtain broad access to files, messages, mail and other data. The company tied the changes to increasingly capable

According to Foresight News, Base has added 26 tokenized stocks today. The new listings include NFLXc, AVGOc, LLYc, GMEc, DJTc, RDDTc, HTZc, QUBTc, HIMSc, TTWOc, MRNAc, RBLXc, BEc, MRVLc, ORCLc, ASTSc, AMDc, PYPLc, WENc, DUOLc, SOUNc, CAKEc, PTONc, PMc, NVAXc, and PFEc. Base noted that tokenized sto

According to Daily Economy on Friday, October 2, Samsung quoted its 2027 HBM4 delivery at $4 per Gb, exceeding current HBM3E pricing of around $1.50 by over 3x. The South Korean chipmaker aims to leverage superior performance and

According to F&Guide, North American bond funds saw net inflows of 288.4 billion won (approximately $210 million USD) in September, as U.S. 10-year Treasury yields broke above 5.3% on September 30—the highest level since May 2002. As of October 1, the combined net asset value of 68 North American bo

According to Yijin Monitoring, a large whale that opened a short position on Longxin Technology (CXMT) one day before its IPO fully closed its position 10 hours ago, realizing a total loss of $10.98 million. The loss comprised $5.18 million in funding fees and $5.8 million in price losses. The whale

According to ETF Store President Nate Geraci, the U.S. SEC has approved the first 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs for trading. The products seek to deliver three times the daily investment performance of Bitcoin or Ethereum.

According to Foresight News, Canary submitted S-1 amendments for a spot PEPE ETF on October 2, seeking approval for listing on Cboe BZX. The ETF aims to provide price exposure to PEPE held in trust, referenced against CoinDesk PEPE benchmark rates. Net asset value will be calculated at 60-minute New

According to SemiAnalysis on September 30, Cerebras shares fell nearly 20% this week after research firm announced that OpenAI will use Nvidia GPUs for the "Ultrafast" mode of GPT-6.1 Sol instead of Cerebras hardware. The drop adds to losses since Cerebras' May IPO, leaving the stock down more

Nvidia, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms signed the White House's voluntary AI safety accord this week, while Microsoft and Amazon attended the White House lunch but did not sign, and Apple was not among the attendees. The one-page agreement calls for AI companies to establish internal controls, work