HSBC Profit Slides 26 % on China Impairments
HSBC, Europe’s largest lender by assets, has long pinned its strategic future on Asia. Yet its latest earnings report illustrates the high-stakes gamble of that bet. In the first half…
Dollar Eyes First Monthly Gain Amid Fed Caution
Dollar Strength and Central Bank Signals: Why July 2025 Marked a Turning Point As July 2025 came to a close, the U.S. dollar surged to its highest levels in two…
US‑EU Trade Deal Avoids Tariff War
Averting a trade conflict Facing the threat of a transatlantic tariff war, the United States and European Union signed a trade agreement at the end of July 2025 that imposed…
Tariff Turbulence: Trump’s Bold Moves Shaking Up the US Economy
Whoa, folks—tariffs are back in the spotlight, and they’re hitting harder than a summer thunderstorm! As President Trump ramps up his trade agenda in July 2025, the US economy is…
Skyrocketing Stocks: How Tech Giants Are Propelling the US Market to Dizzying Heights
Hey there, market watchers! Imagine waking up to your portfolio glowing greener than a fresh dollar bill, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq shattering records like they’re going out of…
MiCA Month One: Stablecoin Caps, Licensing Rush & What’s Next for Euro-Backed Tokens
Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) finally flipped from rulebook-in-waiting to hard law this year. With the stablecoin provisions live since 30 June 2024 and the full Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) regime…
The 13 % Club: How Two Aussie Retail Super Funds Outran Industry Giants—And What U.S./EU Pension Managers Can Learn
Data flash — FY 2024-25 league table Fund/Benchmark 12-month return* Equity weight (listed) Unlisted assets Fee (bps) AMP MySuper 1980s 12.9 %amp.com.au 73 % 8 % 62 CFS FirstChoice 1975-79…
Canada’s May Trade Gap Shrinks to C$5.9 Billion as Gold Exports Glitter
Canada’s goods-trade deficit narrowed to C$5.9 billion in May, the sharpest monthly improvement in over a year, thanks almost entirely to a 30 % surge in unwrought-gold exports destined for…
What to Watch in Today’s Fed Minutes: Inflation Chatter, Tariff Risk and the September-Cut Debate
(The minutes from the 17-18 June FOMC meeting post on Fed.gov at 2 p.m. ET. Traders treat the 12-page PDF as a “live” data drop because it often reveals nuance…
“RBA Countdown: Futures Put 97 % Odds on July Rate Cut as Inflation Cools”
Scene-setter—futures screaming “cut” Traders are treating next Monday’s Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting as little more than a formality. 30-Day Interbank Cash-Rate Futures for the July contract were…