Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said Monday he was 'not particularly concerned' about fears of an AI slowdown weighing on markets, even as Nasdaq 100 futures fell as much as 1.5% in pre-market trading. Concerns arose after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Anthropic CEO Dario

According to Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, in a CNBC interview Monday, semiconductor stocks fell sharply in premarket trading on concerns about an AI slowdown, with the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (SOXL) declining 14%. Marvell Technology (MRVL) led declines among major c

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent on September 14, bond markets have "overturned more governments than artillery." The warning may provide Federal Reserve Chair Powell with policy flexibility ahead of this week's FOMC meeting, where rate increases are anticipated despite White House

According to a Brazilian Central Bank survey, economists have lowered their 2026 year-end inflation forecast to 4.90%, down from the previous prediction of 5.00%. The survey maintained the expectation for the SELIC interest rate at 13.75% for the same

According to Financial Times citing central bank data, Chinese financing structure continued to optimize in the first eight months of 2026. Renminbi loans increased by 10.44 trillion yuan; corporate bond net financing reached 2.79 trillion yuan, up 1.23 trillion yuan year-over-year; and

Pakistan's central bank projects inflation will remain between 5% and 7% during the fiscal year 2027, according to official statements. The forecast reflects the monetary authority's assessment of price stability expectations for the coming fiscal

Spain's IBEX 35 index declined 1.00% during intraday trading on September 14.

According to Fedwatchtool, the U.S. headline CPI rose 0.4% month-over-month and 3.4% year-over-year on Friday (September 13), in line with consensus forecasts. The print pushed September FOMC rate hike odds to 87%, up from the low 70s earlier in the week, according to market data. Brent crude oil b

According to The New York Times, on September 14, Saudi Arabia faces escalating attacks from Iran-backed forces across multiple directions, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's request for Trump's military intervention against Houthi forces was rejected. Over the past two weeks, Saudi oil tankers a

According to Bloomberg, the Texas Stock Exchange welcomed its fifth listing within one week, with Texas Capital Bancshares moving its primary listing from Nasdaq. The relocation marks continued momentum for the newly emerged exchange competing against established U.S. trading

Tag Markets appointed Craig Lund as Chief Executive Officer on September 10th. Lund will lead the company's executive team and its next phase of development, working alongside the firm's founders and existing stakeholders. The appointment brings a veteran of regulated digital-asset and brokerage

According to Citigroup, the Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points each in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the first quarter of 2027. This revised forecast differs from Citigroup's earlier prediction that rates would remain unchanged until the second quarter of 2027.

India's securities regulator SEBI and the Reserve Bank of India launched a pilot program called Demat 2.0 last week to issue and settle corporate bonds as blockchain tokens on a permissioned ledger, targeting the country's $620 billion corporate bond market. The first tokenized bond was issued on

According to Jinjia Energy Information, as of September 14, crude oil prices hit a three-month high amid escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions. Domestic gasoline and diesel prices are expected to rise by 510 yuan per ton in China's 19th fuel price adjustment cycle of 2026,

BGC Group launched Fenics AI after its subsidiary Aurel BGC completed what the company describes as its first fully AI-brokered institutional trade in listed equity derivatives on September 3. The transaction involved Eurex-listed options on the Swiss Market Index and was arranged between two instit

According to BlockBeats, on September 14, Deutsche Bank raised Robinhood's (HOOD.O) price target to $138 from $136.

BofA equity and quantitative strategist Savita Subramanian raised her year-end S&P 500 target from 7,100 to 7,400 in a note to investors cited by TheFly on Monday, while warning that stocks are "overdue for a pullback." Subramanian said stocks are entering a "seasonally weak period" and noted the S&

According to BofA, stocks are overdue for a pullback exceeding 10%, with strategist Savita Subramanian warning the market is entering a seasonally weak period ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting on

According to U.S. Energy Secretary Pete Wright, the seven-day rolling average trend for oil transport through the Strait of Hormuz is rising and will continue to increase.