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Analysis

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 forces a rethink on AI valuations

Moonshot AI Kimi K3 jolted AI-linked shares by challenging the idea that only U.S. labs can command frontier-model pricing.

By Sloane Carrington
Banking

Bank of America names new crypto and AI leaders

Bank of America named Sonali Theisen and Kevin Milsom to run digital-assets and AI work in markets, formalizing both as bank infrastructure.

By Naomi Voss
Earnings

Bank of America Q2 earnings beat, but stock slips 1%

Bank of America Q2 earnings topped expectations with EPS of $1.21 and revenue of $31.6 billion, but shares slipped 1% before the open.

By Naomi Voss
Earnings

JPMorgan (JPM) Q2 earnings beat as trading revenue surges

JPMorgan Q2 earnings showed EPS of $7.70 on $57.35 billion of revenue, a higher NII outlook and a 1.9 per cent premarket share drop.

By Naomi Voss
Deals

BofA extends first $520 million loan to OpenAI ahead of IPO, source says

Bank of America’s $520 million credit line to OpenAI shows banks already jockeying for AI IPO roles ahead of a potential listing.

By Naomi Voss
Earnings

SpaceX's IPO gives Wall Street banks an earnings tailwind

Bank earnings on July 14 may get a lift from 15 per cent market-revenue growth, stronger trading and fees tied to SpaceX's IPO.

By Naomi Voss
Banking

Mubadala opens $25bn credit arm to outside investors

Mubadala opens a $25 billion credit arm to outside investors, adding $4.65 billion to a push into private lending as demand holds.

By Naomi Voss
Deals

SK Hynix weighs 0.5% fee payout in planned US ADR sale

SK Hynix is considering paying banks about 0.5 per cent of proceeds in a planned US ADR sale, underscoring robust investor appetite for AI-memory exposure, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.

By Naomi Voss
Economy

China factory PMI rises to 50.3 as export demand leads

China factory PMI rose to 50.3 in June as AI-linked export demand kept manufacturing expanding, while domestic demand stayed soft.

By Helena Brandt
Regulation

Merrill Lynch SEC fine: BofA (BAC) unit fined $7.5M

Merrill Lynch SEC fine totals $7.5 million after the regulator said the Bank of America unit failed to file required suspicious-activity reports.

By Tomás Iglesias
Markets

Wall Street cuts euro rally bets as the Fed trade returns

Euro forecast 2026 turns less bullish as Fed hike bets outlast the ECB, pulling Wall Street toward a $1.10 target and back into the dollar trade.

By Sloane Carrington
Markets

Hong Kong dollar hits 10-month low as Fed bets buoy greenback

Hong Kong dollar hit HK$7.8417, its weakest in 10 months, as Fed hike bets widened the rate gap and pushed the peg toward its weak-side limit.

By Helena Brandt
Deals

SpaceX bond sale 2026: $25bn deal draws $89bn orders

SpaceX drew about $89 billion of orders for a $25 billion post-IPO bond sale, offering a first hard read on how credit investors price its AI-and-space buildout.

By Naomi Voss
Regulation

Fed quiet-period scrutiny grows after Bowman's BofA dinner

Fed quiet period scrutiny intensified after Michelle Bowman spoke at a Bank of America client dinner, raising fresh private-access questions.

By Tomás Iglesias
Banking

Tokenized deposits: big banks race stablecoins in 2026

Tokenized deposits are becoming Wall Street's stablecoin defense as JPMorgan, Citi and Bank of America build shared rails for 2027.

By Naomi Voss
Banking

US regulators clear large-bank living wills after 2024 flaws

The Federal Reserve and FDIC found no shortcomings in 64 living-will plans, saying the biggest banks had fixed previously flagged resolution weaknesses.

By Tomás Iglesias
Earnings

India earnings rebound becomes a commodity-cost stress test

India earnings outlook is darkening as oil, steel and food costs rise, threatening margins, valuations and foreign investor confidence.

By Sloane Carrington
Economy

Consumer inflation expectations complicate Warsh's Fed

Consumer inflation expectations are rising just as Kevin Warsh takes over, making Fed rate cuts harder even if the oil shock fades.

By Helena Brandt
Banking

AI capex is spilling into Wall Street's credit plumbing

Hyperscaler debt is forcing banks to buy more CDS protection as AI borrowing stretches credit limits and redraws Wall Street's risk plumbing.

By Sloane Carrington
Earnings

Target (TGT) earnings: 4% sales outlook tests rebound

Target earnings showed 5.6 per cent comparable-sales growth and a 4 per cent sales outlook, sharpening the market's read on shoppers and the turnaround.

By Sloane Carrington
Economy

Perli says Fed rate control can absorb lower reserves

Fed reserve demand is back in focus after Roberto Perli said the New York Fed can keep rates on target even as reserves drift lower and cuts recede.

By Helena Brandt
Economy

US debt milestone matters more as higher yields lift financing costs

Crossing 100 per cent of GDP is a useful hook, but the sharper macro question is how higher yields, stickier inflation and slower growth are lifting Washington's financing bill.

By Helena Brandt
Economy

Markets price Fed hike by January after hot inflation

Traders shifted from betting on Fed cuts to pricing a 60 per cent chance of a 25-basis-point hike by January after hotter inflation forecasts and rising Treasury yields.

By Helena Brandt
Economy

Fed transition uncertainty deepens as Trump nominees resist Powell stopgap role

Resistance to Jerome Powell serving briefly as chair pro tempore leaves investors weighing a messy handoff to Kevin Warsh just as futures markets start to price a fresh Fed hike.

By Helena Brandt
Economy

U.S. inflation forecast jumps to 6% as traders harden Fed bets

Economists now see U.S. inflation near 6 per cent in the second quarter, pushing Treasury yields higher and lifting bets on a tougher Fed path.

By Helena Brandt