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Oil is sliding just as gold breaks new records. The paradox captures the tone of global markets this autumn: investors no longer fear inflation as much as they fear a slowdown. Crude is trading like a barometer for growth, while…
Are AI stocks in a bubble — or finally entering their real cash-flow era? If the late 1990s taught investors how euphoria ends, 2009–2013 showed how genuine technology cycles compound. Today’s AI boom sits somewhere between those bookends — and…
The story starts with a bureaucratic phrase that doesn’t sound like it should move markets: “announcement number 61.” In Beijing, that’s the label attached to China’s latest tightening of export controls on rare earths—those obscure elements that quietly animate modern…
As global interest rates stabilize and traditional financing channels tighten, private credit—once a niche segment catering to mid-sized Western borrowers—is increasingly flowing into emerging markets (EMs). This shift represents both an opportunity and a potential fault line in the evolving…
Gold price record 2025 has become the headline macro story of the year. With bullion pushing through fresh highs, investors are asking the same questions: what’s driving the move, how durable is it, and how should a diversified portfolio respond?…
