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Russell 2000's 2026 lead meets a rate reality check
The Russell 2000 has outpaced every major US index except the Nasdaq in 2026, but Friday's selloff showed how quickly higher yields can hit small caps.
Wall Street presses Gulf expansion despite Iran war
Asset managers and hedge funds are still building in Abu Dhabi and Dubai despite the Iran war, signalling that Gulf capital remains too important for global firms to ignore even as deals slow and risk premiums rise.
Trump-Xi trade pledges leave markets parsing tariff relief
U.S. and Chinese readouts from the Trump-Xi summit offered different takes on soybeans, rare earths and tariff cuts, leaving markets waiting for details.
Korean volatility is becoming Asia's clearest foreign-flow warning
Foreign investors sold $13.2 billion of Korean equities in a week, pushing Kospi volatility toward crisis-era territory and turning Seoul into a live test of how quickly Asia risk appetite can crack.
Nifty 50 drops 1.3% as oil surge hits rupee, Indian shares
Nifty 50 drops 1.3% as Brent tops $111, weakening the rupee and showing how a Middle East oil shock is hitting Indian equities.
Bond traders brace for higher long yields as Fed bets shift
A burst of bearish TLT options flow suggests investors are positioning for sticky inflation, a harsher Fed path and another repricing higher in long-term Treasury yields.
Goldman doubles down on 2026 warning for US stocks
Goldman Sachs says the 2026 stock rally can keep running, but thinner breadth, richer valuations and extreme risk appetite leave less room for error.
Trump's China summit drags Taiwan chip risk into the AI trade
Trump advisers' warning on Taiwan matters for markets because TSMC still anchors the advanced-chip capacity behind the AI trade despite US reshoring.
Gulf freight rates jump as shippers reroute cargo onto trucks
Shipping disruptions are pushing Gulf cargo from ports to roads, lifting freight bills, stretching delivery times and creating a fresh supply-chain cost channel for markets.
S&P 500 keeps seven-week streak as inflation scare tests rally
The S&P 500 still posted a seventh weekly gain, but Friday's 1.24 per cent slide showed inflation, oil and Fed risk are starting to bite.
AI data-centre demand reprices power on PJM's wholesale market
PJM's first-quarter price spike suggests AI data-centre demand is moving from chip stocks into wholesale electricity, raising costs across the largest US grid.
Why stocks keep climbing through war, tariffs and inflation
US equities keep rising in 2026 because earnings growth, AI concentration and policy resilience still outweigh war, tariff and inflation shocks.
Equity fund flows show AI rally still has believers
Weekly flow data suggests investors are still committing fresh money to AI-linked equities even as inflation worries lift yields and narrow the market's leadership.
Why Wall Street sold off as yields and oil jumped
Wall Street's May 15 drop felt abrupt, but higher Treasury yields and a 3.3 per cent jump in Brent crude explain more than crash rhetoric.
US stock market closes at 4 p.m. ET: 2026 hours and holidays
NYSE and Nasdaq regular trading ends at 4:00 p.m. ET on normal business days, with premarket, after-hours and holiday exceptions set by official exchange calendars.
Bond selloff shows inflation risk is global again
Treasury, Bund and Gilt yields all climbed on Friday, a sign investors are repricing inflation risk beyond the Fed alone.
Bond markets set borrowing costs across the economy
Bond markets are where governments and companies borrow money, and their yields shape mortgage rates, stock valuations and recession bets. This explainer breaks down how bond prices work, why yields move and what to watch in 2026.
Bond market signals inflation, rates and risk appetite in 2026
A jump in Treasury yields is telling investors that inflation risks, real rates and the Fed path still matter more than hopes for quick cuts in 2026.
Dimon's bond-crisis warning sharpens focus on debt and yields
Jamie Dimon's warning about a bond crisis matters less as a forecast than as a signal that higher yields, heavy Treasury supply and rising interest costs are again shaping how investors price risk across equities and credit.
Oil and yields snap Wall Street's AI-led rally
Rising crude and a jump in Treasury yields jolted US equities on Friday, exposing how quickly inflation fears can force a repricing of richly valued growth stocks.
30-year Treasury yield tops 5.1% as inflation worries hit futures
The 30-year Treasury yield rose to just under 5.1 per cent on Friday, its highest in almost a year, sending Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures down more than 1 per cent as hot inflation data squeezed the Federal Reserve's room to ease.
Dollar Rises for Fourth Day as Inflation Data Lifts December Rate-Hike Odds to 35%
The dollar rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, pushing the DXY index to 98.57, as back-to-back US inflation prints drove a sharp repricing of Federal Reserve rate expectations — lifting the odds of a December increase to 35 per cent.
Schiff flags regime shift as oil, yields and gold climb
Oil, Treasury yields and gold are rising in tandem for the first time since 2022 — a correlation breakdown that Peter Schiff says signals a market regime change driven by persistent inflation. Traditional economists see cost-push pressure arriving faster than Schiff's model predicts.
Morgan Stanley MSBT draws $194m in debut month with zero outflow days
Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF completed its first trading month with roughly $194 million in net inflows and not a single day of net redemptions, setting a benchmark for Wall Street crypto products backed by a brand name rather than an advisor sales force.
Oil surges 8% to $109 after Trump rejects Iran peace offer
Brent crude surged 8 per cent to $109.74 a barrel after President Trump rejected Iran's peace proposal as unacceptable, extinguishing weeks of cautious optimism that diplomacy could reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
