Global Indices & Fear & Greed Index

According to Jin10, on August 26, multiple China-focused ETFs experienced significant premium expansion, prompting trading halts and risk warnings from fund managers. Eight funds saw premiums ranging from 8% to 26%, including Nikkei 200 ETF with 26% premium and China-Korea Semiconductor ETF paused a

Financial institutions surveyed by Yonhap Infomax forecast South Korea's August consumer price index to rise 3.27% year-over-year, marking a return to the 3% range after July's 2.8% increase. The projected uptick stems from three factors: agricultural price increases driven by extreme heat, a base e

According to Foresight News citing Alternative.me, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 65 today from 74 yesterday, though the market remains in a greed state.

According to Korea Exchange, KOSPI opened 0.23% lower at 6,727.25 on August 26 before rallying to 6,779. Semiconductor stocks including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix gained over 1%, supported by declining U.S. Treasury yields and retail buying

According to Yonhap Infomax, other corporations on South Korea's KOSPI index have recorded net purchases exceeding 1 trillion won for four consecutive trading days through August 26. The buying volume is largely driven by share buybacks from large-cap semiconductor stocks, particularly Samsung

The Nikkei 225 index opened down 342.29 points, or 0.52%, at 65,514.14 points on August 26.

Japan's corporate services price index rose 0.4% month-on-month in July, reversing the previous month's decline of 0.4%.

On Aug 25, U.S. stock indices rebounded across the board. The S&P 500 rose 0.32% to 7677.28, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.66% to 26151.30. The rebound was supported by a recovery in semiconductor stocks and a decline in U.S. Treasury

According to JPMorgan strategist Jason Hunter, reported by Business Insider, the investment bank warned on August 25 that U.S. equities face heightened seasonal risks entering September, with particular concerns for AI hardware, semiconductors, and technology stocks. Despite the S&P 500 remaining ne

Bank of America warned on the 25th (US local time) that the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX), representing the global semiconductor sector, could decline up to 10% in the short term. According to CNBC, BofA analyst Vivek Arya stated in a client memo that downward pressure on the semiconductor

According to Business Insider, economist Jeremy Siegel expects Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday (Aug 28) could catalyze significant stock gains if he clarifies which economic indicators guide monetary policy decisions. Siegel believes market clarity on policy metrics—such

KOSPI is expected to be influenced by the US stock market's technology stock rebound and Treasury bond yield decline on the 26th. The previous day, New York stock market's three major indices rose simultaneously, with semiconductor stocks including NVIDIA rebounding, increasing the likelihood of

According to Korea Exchange, the KOSPI dropped 20.45% in the second half of 2026 as of August 24, sliding from 8,476.48 to 6,742.74, reversing gains from a 101.14% surge in H1. Investor deposits held at securities firms fell 15.31% to 103.01 trillion Korean won from 121.63 trillion won at

According to CME's Fed Watch tool, on August 26, the probability of the Federal Reserve holding rates steady in September stood at 60.4%, with a 25 basis point increase priced at 39.6%. For October, markets assigned a 45.7% probability to unchanged rates, 44.7% to a 25 basis point hike, and 9.7% to

According to Wall Street Journal on August 24, South Korea's KOSPI index fell approximately 40% in six weeks after surging nearly three times from the previous year, erasing roughly $2.5 trillion in market capitalization. Retail investors, who account for 60-70% of daily trading volume and heavily c

According to Bloomberg data, Brazil's Ibovespa index rallied 1.55% this week as demand for call options surged following recent election polls showing narrowing leads between presidential candidates. The most actively traded contract—November Ibovespa calls struck at 200,000—saw open interest jump t

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's decision to expand government bond buybacks in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published on Aug. 24. The Treasury announced on Aug. 19 that it would at least double its long-dated bond buybacks from $2

According to Maeil Economic Daily, South Korea's KOSPI index rose 0.68% to close at 6,742.74 on August 25, recovering fully from a morning plunge of 4.3% to around 6,400. The benchmark remained in a sideways range amid macro uncertainty. Foreign investors sold 3.82 trillion won worth of shares, mark

According to The Conference Board, the U.S. Consumer Confidence Index fell to 89.4 in August, down 1.4 points from July's 90.8 and below the consensus forecast of 90.3. The decline was driven by a sharp drop in the Expectations Index to 68.2, reflecting increased consumer pessimism about future