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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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Markets

January 14, 2026

Global Stocks Diverge as Europe Hits Record and Fed-Cut Bets Swirl

Utilities and healthcare lifted European equities to new highs, while U.S. markets digested mixed bank earnings and a CPI report that kept the rate-path debate alive. Global markets split on Wednesday as

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Opinion

February 5, 2026

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

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Markets Weigh Oil Relief Against Expensive Stocks

Global equities edged through a cautious session as investors balanced easing Middle East risk, firm technology demand and persistent concern that bond yields leave little margin for error in stock valuations. Global

June 22, 2026

Markets

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Markets Need More Than Cheaper Oil

A geopolitical relief rally can buy investors time, but it cannot replace earnings discipline, valuation restraint, or a credible inflation path. The sudden improvement in global risk appetite has given investors the

June 15, 2026

Opinion

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Relief Rally Tests Markets’ Geopolitical Nerves

Stocks advanced and oil retreated as investors weighed signs of progress in U.S.-Iran talks against still-elevated energy prices and a cautious global rate outlook. Global markets moved higher Friday as investors embraced

June 12, 2026

Markets

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Oil Relief Rally Tests Fragile Global Confidence

A pullback in crude prices offered investors a pause from Middle East-driven inflation fears, but global markets remain exposed to energy shocks, policy uncertainty, and uneven growth. Global markets found temporary relief

June 9, 2026

World

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Markets Waver as Yields and Chip Stocks Test Rally

A powerful run in global equities paused as investors weighed higher bond yields, stretched technology valuations and fresh signals from energy and currency markets. The rally that carried major U.S. equity benchmarks

June 4, 2026

Markets

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Oil Shock Tests Global Rally as Asia’s Chip Boom Defies Geopolitical Risk

A fresh rise in crude prices and renewed Middle East tensions are forcing investors to weigh inflation risk against a still-powerful global technology rally. Global markets entered June with an uneasy split

June 1, 2026

World

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The AI Rally Needs More Than Easy Money

Investors are right to admire the durability of the technology-led bull market, but wrong to assume it can remain immune to inflation, oil shocks and higher-for-longer interest rates. The central question for

May 28, 2026

Opinion

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Stocks Edge Higher as AI Optimism Offsets Rate Anxiety

A resilient earnings backdrop and easing bond yields kept equities supported, even as investors weighed energy risks, inflation data and the narrow leadership of the rally. Global equity markets entered the midweek

May 27, 2026

Markets

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AI Can Still Lift Markets, But It Cannot Carry Them Alone

Investors should treat the artificial-intelligence boom as a durable capital cycle, not a permanent exemption from valuation discipline. The stock market’s most important debate is no longer whether artificial intelligence will reshape

May 20, 2026

Opinion

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Higher Yields Keep Stocks on Defensive

Rising Treasury yields and renewed inflation concerns are forcing investors to reassess equity valuations, with technology shares bearing the brunt of the pressure. Global markets entered Tuesday with a familiar but sharper

May 19, 2026

Markets

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Global Markets Steady as Central Banks and Geopolitics Compete for Attention

Global Stocks Diverge as Europe Hits Record and Fed-Cut Bets Swirl

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

Markets Weigh Oil Relief Against Expensive Stocks

Markets Need More Than Cheaper Oil

Relief Rally Tests Markets’ Geopolitical Nerves

Oil Relief Rally Tests Fragile Global Confidence

Markets Waver as Yields and Chip Stocks Test Rally

Oil Shock Tests Global Rally as Asia’s Chip Boom Defies Geopolitical Risk

The AI Rally Needs More Than Easy Money

Stocks Edge Higher as AI Optimism Offsets Rate Anxiety

AI Can Still Lift Markets, But It Cannot Carry Them Alone

Higher Yields Keep Stocks on Defensive

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