December 2025 is shaping up to be a true battleground month for the markets. With the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year, major data releases and powerful seasonal flows all converging, this month could determine how stocks,…
In a holiday-thinned tape like this, price action behaves a bit like a sailboat on a glassy lake — the slightest breeze from the Fed reprice is enough to push the entire global equity complex forward. And that’s precisely what we’ve…
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President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, saying Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow.Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of…
Stocks rallied again on Wednesday with the S&P 500 rising about 70 basis points. The index fell sharply in the final 20 minutes of trading, giving back nearly a third of its gains. More importantly, most of the activity in the market…
November always brings that strange northern-hemisphere twilight where the sun clocks out early, and the central bank economic forecast chills begin to creep under the market’s door. Yes, it’s the season when the world’s central banks…
Peers have been given an extra 10 days to scrutinise the assisted dying bill, after a record number of amendments prompted concerns it would run out of time to be passed into law.The bill was backed by MPs in a historic vote in June and…
Global supply chain problems and geopolitical concerns may have triggered debate among businesses about reshoring production closer to home, but the numbers tell us a different story. Reported euro area reshorings have steadily declined…
US stocks didn’t simply rise on Tuesday — they traded as if someone quietly reached under the market’s chassis and flipped every switch that matters: the Fed chair succession, a fresh volley of AI-supply-chain tremors, and a data deluge…
Today, the Department of State announced an agreement to provide up to $150 million to Zipline International Inc. to expand access to life-saving medical supplies, including blood and medicines, reaching as many as 15,000 health…