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Hong Kong’s Crypto Pivot and the U.S. ETF Delay: A Global Race for Digital Finance Something important is happening in global finance. For sure it’s not about price charts or daily market noise. It’s about who writes the rules for…
Why Markets Stay Calm as Trump’s New Tariff Plans Loom Over Global Trade It sounded like the return of an old playbook: a former U.S. president pledging to raise tariffs, allies reacting cautiously, and traders bracing for another round of…
The Attention Economy Comes for ETFs: How “Active” Funds Became Marketing Machines Active ETFs were once the poster child of modern investing — transparent, flexible, and cheaper than mutual funds but more dynamic than plain index trackers. They promised “alpha…
The Dollar’s Evolution: Why “De-Dollarization” Is More Adaptation Than Collapse As 2025 winds down, talk of “de-dollarization” has only grown louder. Record U.S. debt, the rise of digital money, and geopolitical fatigue have all fueled speculation that the world may…
The Return of Tariff Politics: How Trump’s Trade Rhetoric Is Rewriting Market Psychology Donald Trump’s renewed tariff talk has once again sent tremors through global markets. From promises of a 10% blanket import duty to hints of new levies on…
Oil Slides as Gold Hits Record Highs: What This Major Market Divergence Signals for 2025 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…
AI Stocks: Bubble Warning or the Start of a Real Profit Cycle? 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…
China’s Rare Earth Controls Just Shifted the Global Supply Chain — Here’s What Really Changed 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…
The New Frontier of Private Credit: Why Capital Is Flooding Into Emerging Markets 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…
Gold Hits New Highs in 2025: The Real Forces Behind the Rally 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…
