Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Park Hee-chan, head of product support at Mirae Asset Securities, South Korea's stock market experienced significant volatility in July due to investor concerns over the sustainability of semiconductor company earnings. Park attributed the market weakness to structural factors: unlike t

Morgan Stanley launched the U.S. Innovation Infrastructure Initiative to mobilize approximately $1.5 trillion in capital, financing, advisory and related investment activities over the next decade. The plan will focus on artificial intelligence, infrastructure and defense sectors as core strategic a

On Monday, Aug. 10, U.S. equity and asset-class ETFs posted mixed results. Real estate ETF fell 1.34%, while dollar-index fund rose 0.25%, gold ETF gained 1.02%, and agricultural commodities advanced 0.72%. Brent crude oil fund led gainers with 6.78% appreciation. U.S. Treasury bonds, emerging

Foreign exchange market analysts are rapidly lowering their outlook on the won-dollar exchange rate, with year-end forecasts now reaching the 1300 won range. As of the 10th, the rate closed at 1418.4 won and touched 1408.8 won intraday - the lowest since October 2 last year. This shift follows six c

According to Seoul Foreign Exchange Brokerage, on August 10, the Korean won fell to 1,418.4 per U.S. dollar, marking its lowest level in 10 months. The currency has declined for six consecutive weeks—the longest weekly losing streak in five years—signaling a potential shift in its long-term upward t

Hims & Hers stock rose 4% after hours on August 10.

On Monday, August 10, U.S. industry ETFs closed mixed. Global Aviation ETF fell 3.38%, while Semiconductor ETF declined 2.28%. Energy sector ETF rose 4.68%, and Internet stocks ETF gained 1.29%. Among the S&P 500's 11 sectors, Energy climbed 4.63%, while Real Estate fell 1.23% and Technology decline

According to Jin10, U.S. equities closed lower on Aug. 10, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.1%, S&P 500 falling 0.06%, and Nasdaq-100 declining 0.32%. Among key stocks, SpaceX gained 4% while Intel dropped 4% and Apple fell 1.5%. The Nasdaq-100 China Golden Dragon Index rose 1.65%, with

On August 10, the S&P 500 index fell 0.1% at market close, with real estate, utilities, and technology sectors each declining at least 1%. The energy sector led gains, surging 4.4%. The Nasdaq-100 index dropped 0.4%, while the semiconductor index fell 2.9%.

Strategy sold 1,690 Bitcoin for approximately $108.6 million during the seven days ended Aug. 9, marking its second consecutive week of cryptocurrency sales. The world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin simultaneously sold approximately 6.6 million shares of its Class A common stock, raising

BlackRock's Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick said Monday there has been a perception shift around bitcoin, which has been fluctuating between roughly $60,000 and $65,000 for more than two months. Mitchnick stated sentiment has turned in a noticeable but subtle way the last month or so, with b

According to Bloomberg's EV price return index, the index rose 1.44% to 3523.01 at the close of New York trading on Monday (August 10). Asia-Pacific markets opened significantly higher earlier in the day, with the index trading in a narrow range at elevated levels from 14:00 Beijing time

According to BlackRock's Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick on Monday, Bitcoin sentiment has turned noticeably as the cryptocurrency decouples from equities. Speaking during a televised interview, Mitchnick noted that Bitcoin outperformed significantly in July when AI stocks experienced a

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) on Monday unveiled a production-ready Cybercab with factory-integrated Starlink satellite internet hardware, advancing CEO Elon Musk's vision of Starlink on all cars. The reveal came one day after Musk posted on X that all cars will have Starlink in the future, calling it the

Tesla on Monday unveiled a production-ready Cybercab with factory-integrated Starlink satellite internet hardware, according to the company's official announcement. The hardware, previously tested externally on prototype vehicles, is now seamlessly built into the Cybercab at the factory. CEO Elon

According to Bandera Research, individual investors in SpaceX shifted to net selling on August 7, offloading $4.5 million in shares. This marked the first net selling activity since the company's IPO, ending a streak of consecutive net

According to Bloomberg, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs managed by BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Morgan Stanley and others took in $850 million last week, marking their largest weekly inflow since April. The cash influx followed the discovery of a critical vulnerability in Coldcard's wallet software, which

According to CNBC, Kevin Hassett, chair of the White House National Economic Council, said today (Aug. 10) he would hold interest rates steady or cut them if he were at the Federal Reserve. Hassett cited strong supply-side momentum and recent inflation reports showing declining prices as reasons

On August 10, a trading day following the U.S. nonfarm payroll report, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 5.51 basis points, approaching the daily high of 4.7005% set earlier. The 2-year yield climbed 4.58 basis points

South Korean stocks diverged on August 10, with the KOSDAQ index surging 6.97% to close at 854.47 while the KOSPI index rose a modest 0.65% to 6299.66. The rally was driven by bio and semiconductor equipment sectors, as individual investors net bought 899.9 billion won in KOSPI and institutions purchased 567.3 billion won, while foreigners sold 1.4937 trillion won. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix traded near flat levels, reducing volatility in the main KOSPI index. The KOSDAQ index has risen in