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Escalating Middle East conflict and disrupted shipping routes pushed Brent crude past $106, reigniting inflation fears. Global bond yields surged to multi-decade highs amid ECB rate hikes and rising …
Global stocks tumbled to multi-week lows as surging crude oil and hot PPI data propelled bond yields to multi-year highs, fueling interest rate fears. Tech and chipmakers slumped under valuation pres…
US Treasury yields surged after a $6 billion bond buyback fell short of market expectations. The resulting spike in yields put downward pressure on risk and hard assets, causing Bitcoin to slide towa…
Escalating Middle East tensions and threats to Gulf shipping pushed Brent crude to $91 per barrel, reigniting inflation fears. Concurrently, long-dated sovereign bond yields spiked to multi-year high…
Global equities decline as rising government bond yields, renewed inflation concerns, and escalated U.S.-Iran tensions dampen market sentiment. Wall Street futures and European benchmarks trade mostl…
US equity indexes fell as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East spiked, boosting crude oil and bond yields while weighing on tech stocks. Alphabet (GOOGL) was fined by the EU, and Tesla (TSLA) mis…
May's non-farm payrolls surged by 172K, doubling expectations. While robust, the data pushes bond yields higher and diminishes hopes for near-term Fed rate cuts. Markets are reacting with caution, pa…
US markets fell on Tuesday amid elevated bond yields, with the 30-year treasury surging to 5.19%. NVDA stock declined 0.77% as investors await earnings results and guidance amid geopolitical tensions…
Bank of America reports record equity allocations among fund managers amid all-time stock highs, but warns of overcrowded semiconductor trades and elevated credit risks tied to AI hyperscalers.
Dollar strengthens amid Middle East tensions, rising oil prices, and elevated bond yields. Risk-sensitive currencies weaken as global risk appetite deteriorates. Yen faces intervention risks while ma…
Canadian dollar weakened to one-month lows as U.S. dollar surged on inflation concerns and Fed rate hike expectations. Oil prices rose 3.9%, while Canadian bond yields climbed to two-year highs ahead…
Sterling fell to five-week lows as UK political uncertainty over PM Starmer's leadership combined with rising energy prices and Iran war concerns. FTSE indices declined amid higher bond yields and ba…
Markets fell as Trump’s delay on Iran sanctions failed to calm tensions; oil prices surged, bond yields hit highs since mid-2023, and the dollar gained amidst inflation concerns and rising Fed rate h…
UK government abandons planned income tax rises, causing bond yields to spike and sterling to weaken sharply versus the dollar and euro amid fiscal concerns.
Sterling faces pressure after a global bond rout pushed UK 30-year yields to multiyear highs, highlighting fiscal strains ahead of the Nov. 26 budget; a small bounce occurred but risks from higher bo…