The US dollar, a cornerstone of global finance, has been a subject of intense scrutiny in recent months. Will the dollar continue its downward slide, or is a meaningful rebound
There’s an unmistakable air of confidence sweeping through the markets these days, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the behaviour of the VIX—the so-called “Fear Index
We are now slightly more than halfway through 2025, and investors around the world are navigating a marketplace defined by transition, resilience, and a fair share of surprises
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The latest round of China–USA trade talks in London has taken centre stage for global investors, who are keenly attuned to any developments that might signal either progress or renewed tension between the world’s two largest economies.
When Moody’s, one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, downgraded the United States’ sovereign credit rating, it sent shockwaves through global financial markets
Gold prices surged to an all-time high of approximately $3,500 per ounce in April 2025, fuelled by escalating US-China trade tensions, a weakening US dollar, and heightened geopolitical uncertainty.
Quantum computing is attracting capital at a pace that would have seemed improbable only a few years ago. The appeal
Oil, AI and interest rates all look positively frightening this October. The data underneath is more reassuring than the mask
There is a rhythm to markets that has little to do with fundamentals and everything to do with habit. September
Washington has just announced a deal that gives the US effective majority control of a joint venture developing seventeen Venezuelan oil fields sitting on more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves.
In early August 2026, the United States did something it almost never does. It joined Japan in buying yen to stop the currency from sliding further.
With South Korea’s grand strategy of introducing the K-Wave internationally, it should come to no surprise that this extends to the semi conductor industry too. What has happened in