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World

December 29, 2025

Global Markets Steady as Central Banks and Geopolitics Compete for Attention

Investors weighed easing inflation signals against persistent geopolitical risks, keeping global equities range-bound. Global financial markets traded cautiously on Thursday as investors balanced signs of cooling inflation in advanced economies with renewed

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Opinion

January 1, 2026

Markets Are Adjusting to a World of Fewer Rate Cuts

Investors are recalibrating expectations as resilient growth and sticky inflation push monetary easing further into the future. For much of the past year, global markets have traded on the assumption that interest

Markets

January 21, 2026

Global Markets Steady as Investors Weigh Rate Outlook and Slowing Growth

A cautious tone spread across global markets as investors balanced easing inflation pressures against signs of cooling economic momentum in major economies. Equity markets in the U.S. and Europe traded narrowly mixed,

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Tariff Shock Forces U.S. Companies to Reprice, Reroute, and Rethink 2026 Plans

A new round of U.S. global tariffs is rippling through corporate supply chains, raising near-term costs and injecting fresh uncertainty into investment decisions. For many large U.S. companies, the most immediate effect

February 24, 2026

Business

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Markets Are Learning That “Higher for Longer” Means “Pickier for Longer”

Although inflation appears to have eased somewhat, Central Bankers’ “patience” is changing the price the investor will pay for growth and the price he will not pay for growth. In a year

February 19, 2026

Opinion

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Walmart Lifts Forecast as Consumer Spending Defies Inflation Pressures

Stronger-than-anticipated quarterly results from Walmart (WMT) demonstrate that U.S. consumers remain steadfast in their consumption habits, alleviating concerns about a rapid contraction in the retail industry. In addition to positive results, Walmart

February 17, 2026

Business

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Policy Divergence Is Back—and Markets Are Underpricing the Currency Shock

Europe’s inflation is easing faster than America’s, but investors still seem reluctant to price what a renewed rate-and-growth split could do to stocks, bonds, and the dollar. The global “soft landing” narrative

February 5, 2026

Opinion

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Higher Oil And A Patient Fed Are Testing The Market’s “Soft Landing” Faith

With policymakers signaling fewer near-term cuts and crude jumping on geopolitics, investors are being forced to price both inflation risk and growth risk at once. The market’s biggest comfort trade for 2026

January 29, 2026

Opinion

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