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US Market Wrap 27 August: Technology Stands Alone as Nvidia and Earnings Beats Lift the Nasdaq
Technology was the only one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors to close higher on Thursday, rising 3.40 percent while the other…
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Europe Market Wrap 27 August: Nvidia Lifts Technology as French Budget Concerns Hit Banks and the CAC 40
Twelve of the fourteen European benchmarks The Edge tracks finished lower on Thursday. Germany's DAX and Finland's OMX Helsinki were the only…
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Report: The $40 Trillion Era: How America’s Rising Interest Bill Is Reshaping Growth, Markets and the Global Economy
The United States crossed $40 trillion in total public debt outstanding on 18 August 2026, with the Treasury recording $40.047 trillion —…
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Asia Market Wrap 27 August: Korea Leads as Nvidia Lifts Chips and Bank of Korea Hikes Again
South Korea led Asian equities higher on Thursday as Nvidia's stronger than expected results lifted chip stocks across the region at the…
Read more →US Market Wrap 26 August: Industrials Lead and Health Care Falls as Nvidia Beats After the Close
The S&P 500 closed Wednesday at 7,675.70, down 0.02 percent, effectively flat on a session that priced a sticky inflation reading against…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 26 August: Stoxx 600 Flat as Banks Lead and Technology Falls
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed on Wednesday at 656.64, up 0.02 percent, a move of 0.16 of a point from Tuesday's 656.48.…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 26 August: Chipmakers Lead as Oil Falls a Third Day on Hormuz Talks
Two of Asia's most semiconductor-heavy markets led the region higher on Wednesday, hours before Nvidia reports second-quarter results. Taiwan's Taiex rose 1.47…
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Shein Targets a Valuation of Up to About 27 Billion Dollars in Its Hong Kong IPO as the Order Book Is Covered
Shein has launched its Hong Kong initial public offering at a valuation of up to about 27 billion dollars, roughly 72.5 percent…
Read more →US Market Wrap 25 August: Technology Decides the Index for a Second Day, This Time Upward
One sector has now determined the direction of the S&P 500 on two consecutive sessions, in opposite directions. On Monday eight of…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 25 August: German Data Beat Lifts the DAX as Sector Leadership Turns Over
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.35 percent to 656.48 on Tuesday, but the benchmark's modest gain is the least interesting number of…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 25 August: Nine of 11 Benchmarks Rise Before Nvidia Earnings
Asian equities were broadly higher on Tuesday, with nine of the 11 benchmarks we track advancing as investors positioned ahead of Nvidia's…
Read more →US Market Wrap 24 August: Eight of Eleven Sectors Rise Yet the S&P 500 Falls 0.3 Percent
The S&P 500 fell 0.28 percent to 7,652.86 on Monday even though eight of its eleven sectors finished higher, an outcome that…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 24 August: A Flat Stoxx 600 Hides a Three-Point Sector Split
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed unchanged at 654.21 on Monday, up 0.03 of a point from Friday's 654.18, a headline that conceals…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 24 August: Kospi Falls 3.1 Percent as Samsung Return Terms and Alibaba Placement Hit Tech
Asian equities closed mostly lower on Monday, and the regional headline hid a wide spread beneath it. South Korea's Kospi fell 3.12…
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The Week Ahead: US GDP and PCE, China Profits, Saudi Data and Egypt After the Rate Hold
The coming week builds toward a crowded second half, with the United States delivering growth and inflation data on the same day,…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 21 August: Dow Climbs 518 Points but the Week Still Ends Lower
American stocks rebounded on Friday and took back most of Thursday's slide, but the bond market did not co-operate and the week…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 21 August: Hang Seng Tops 26,000 While Dubai Rises and Abu Dhabi Slips
Asia extended Thursday's rebound into the weekly close on Friday, with Hong Kong leading the region above a round-number mark, while the…
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Treasury Doubled Its Long-End Buyback Capacity. The Thirty-Year Fell Nine Basis Points, Then Gave Some Back.
The United States Treasury announced on 19 August that it is at least doubling the size of its liquidity support buyback operations…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 20 August: Dow Sheds 700 Points as Treasury Buyback Relief Fades
Wall Street gave back Wednesday's bounce on Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded and the relief from the Treasury's buyback expansion faded, with…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 20 August: Kospi Rebounds 5.9 Percent as Brent Tops 94 Dollars
Asia rebounded on Thursday almost as hard as it had fallen a day earlier, while most Gulf markets absorbed a sharp escalation…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 19 August: Treasury Buybacks Push 30 Year Yield Down 9 Basis Points
Wall Street snapped its three-session slide on Wednesday after the US Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of…
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US Debt Passed 40 Trillion Dollars, and the Latest Five Trillion Took 25 Months
Total United States public debt outstanding closed at 40.047 trillion dollars on 18 August, the first reading above 40 trillion in the…
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The SEC Has Proposed Crypto Fundraising Exemptions at 5, 20 and 75 Million Dollars, but Neither the Rule Nor the Senate Bill Is Final
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a framework titled Regulation Crypto Assets on 18 August, creating exemptions from securities registration…
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Markets Fully Price a September Fed Rise. The Fed’s Own Survey Sees No Move Until 2028.
The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's 28 and 29 July meeting, released on 19 August, record a gap between what…
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