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Defense Stocks Sink After Democratic Sweep As TD Cowen Warns Trump's "Branded" Programs Are Dead Democrats have won majorities in the House and Senate. It's not just data centers and reindustrialization that will be under threat, but also the rearmament cycle, as defense stocks sink in US premarket trading and tumbl…
US stocks jumped Wednesday after Democrats clinched a historic sweep of Congress on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 1,200 points, the S&P 500 rising 1.7% and the Nasdaq Composite up 2.1%.
President Veto By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at RabobankAssociated Press is calling the Congressional race in favour of the Democrats. The party wins both the House of Republicans and control of the Senate, changing the balance of power when the new Congress convenes at the start of 2027. However, Presi…
Rate-Hike Odds Rise As US Services Surveys Disappoint: Growth Strong But Inflation Stronger Following the mixed (but strong) Manufacturing survey data for October (ISM up, S&P down), the Services sector survey data this morning more unequivocal.S&P Global US Services disappointed, falling from 58.8 to 56.1 (and wors…
The next debt-ceiling confrontation could reverse Washington's traditional political roles, raising the possibility of spending concessions, market volatility and a damaging default.
For Israel, a Democrat-controlled House and Senate may intensify congressional scrutiny of Israel's military operations in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, while threatening long-standing US support.
Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K For One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn't Flip... Authored by Ryan S. Gladwin via Decrypt,A "blue wave" swept the U.S. midterms as the Democrats took control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, in a crushing blow to President Donald Trump.Polymarket predictor 0xA2 i…
The problem with inflation driven by factors such as wars and supply side shocks is that interest rate rises don’t do muchGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastOn Tuesday this week came the biggest news regarding inflation. No, not the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates; that will…
Comparing Australia to other countries may not be much comfort but does offer some perspective on the economyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIs Australia’s inflation problem worse than the rest of the world’s?A day after the Reserve Bank delivered its fifth interest rate hike for the year,…
Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strongGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe vast majority of Australians support immigration and multiculturalism despite more feeling poorer – and increasingly pessimi…
At 27/1 to win the conference, the Giants are worth the punt in both NFC and Super Bowl markets.
ADP Employment Report Signals Strong Labor Market Across The Board, Wage Growth Accelerates ADP's Employment Report showed a better than expected rise in jobs in October, up 86k (vs +67k exp) - the 16th monthly rise in employment in a row..."Employers of all sizes were hiring last month," said Dr. Nela Richardson Ch…
Tesla, SpaceX Tumble As Blue Wave Hits Texas, Putting Musk's Empire In Democrats' Crosshairs The Democratic midterm sweep threatens to complicate President Trump's "America First" agenda. Still, the biggest risk to the nation's industrial revival is at the state and local levels, as Democrats are set to push data ce…
Futures Rip As Wall Street Buys The Blue Tsunami; Dollar Slides, Gold Tops $4,000 US futures are higher as dip buyers turned an overnight "blue tsunami" puke into a broad rally: Democrats swept both chambers of Congress, initially sending Nasdaq 100 futures down as much as 2.4% on fears of tighter AI regulation and …
Texas Turns Blue, Futures Turn Green: Why Wall Street Bought The Biggest Democrat Wave Since 1993 Last night, America's voters handed Trump the biggest midterm rebuke in a generation.Then, a few hours later, Wall Street shrugged it off. Nasdaq futures, which had crashed as much as 2.4% as the blue wave turned into a…
The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) intervention to raise the foreign exchange reserve requirement ratio amid the yuan’s sustained rally has delivered a reprieve for China’s broader export sector, as the measure is expected to partly ease appreciation momentum driven by the country’s enormous trade surplus, analysts…
The decision by a global law institute to open its first overseas office in Hong Kong reflects the city’s importance as a forum for legal international exchange, bolstered by its common law system and close ties to mainland China, a former justice minister has said. Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, secretary general of the In…
But some see business opportunity in the country even under divided government
Hong Kong’s first luxury expo is more than a showcase, offering international brands opportunities to find partners and develop business, the city’s finance chief has said, while exhibitors noted that bringing different sectors under one roof could help them reach new customers. The inaugural Festival of Connoisseur…
TOKYO – The dollar’s latest surge says as much about the rest of the world as it does about the US economy. At a 17-month high, the US currency is drawing global money chasing higher yields and the AI-driven growth story. That may give it the momentum to power through the uncertainty around the midterm elections, [……
Carlos Cuerpo will run the Transport Ministry following Óscar Puente's resignation
Activity in Dubai's non-oil private sector hit eight-month high last month
Asia’s markets reacted to the Democrats’ sweep of Congress as if the region had lost. Over the next year, it’s likely to come out ahead. The early selling was loud and narrow. South Korea’s benchmark plunged as much as 4% before finishing the day 0.6% higher. Japan’s Nikkei fell around 3%, yet roughly 95 of […] The …
Guangdong, China’s most populous province, has unveiled a wide-ranging plan to revive consumer spending – one of the country’s biggest economic challenges – with schemes to encourage household purchases, attract overseas visitors and roll out AI-powered products. The plan, issued by the provincial development and re…
Japanese tech stocks tumble, South Korea reverses course
European firms are heading to this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China’s biggest annual import fair, in search of new trade opportunities, with many treating the event as a test of Beijing’s promise to open up its market as frictions persist between Beijing and Brussels and the EU’s defi…
The Reserve Bank has plenty of concerns about the Australian economy. The fallout from the US midterms just adds to those worries.
US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Philippines this month gives President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a good occasion to explain what we’re negotiating for on Pax Silica
Blockade, gas shortages and stranded cargo deepen Tehran's crisis while Trump mulls renewed strikes
Shares of DIP Holding expected to list on the Dubai bourse on November 11
Reports of party's performance weigh on tech investment outlook
Chinese listed firms’ third-quarter dividend payments lag behind the global average, according to a report by Capital Group, throwing doubt over the effectiveness of Beijing’s ongoing stock market stabilisation plans. In China, dividends only rose 5.3 per cent on a core basis in the third-quarter, compared with glob…
Chinese brands gain in Indonesia and Thailand; regional sales top 800,000 vehicles
Reports of party's performance weigh on tech investment outlook
Asian equities gave up early gains after early results showed Democrats are set to retake control of House
Big Tech results mixed and dollar falls as traders expect new Congressional leadership to rein in government spending
Reports of party's performance weigh on tech investment outlook
Overseas expansion will remain 'disciplined' to align with long-term value strategy, senior executive says
Adam Carolla: It Took 10 Days To Hear About The Armed Dad Who Stopped The Oregon School Shooter Adam Carolla says he went 10 days before he heard about the concealed carry father who ran into his daughters' elementary school and took down the shooter, and that he knows exactly why the story didn't get more airtime, …
The agreement marks another step toward strengthening economic relations between Israel and Kazakhstan, Central Asia's largest economy, as both countries seek to expand cooperation.
The SPLC Questions Its Former Informant, But What Did It Believe When It Paid Him? Authored by David Manney via PJ Media,The Southern Poverty Law Center has discovered a problem with paid informants. It has financial motives, personal grudges, and reasons to tell their handlers what they want to hear. An organizatio…
Political Betting Slumps On Prediction Markets As Crypto And Sports Boom Americans head to the voting booths today with Democrats favored to take control of both the House and Senate according to mainstream polls and prediction markets. Attention has shifted to prediction markets, where the implied probability of a …
If a “blue wave” were to materialise in the elections, Trump would lose control of much of his domestic agenda. Expect him to double down.
US philanthropic foundation calls for better financing coordination with creditors
As concerns over the financial health of a state-owned conglomerate rattled China’s bond market over the past week, analysts said its challenges reflected the lasting toll of the country’s prolonged property crisis, with local governments struggling to find sustainable alternatives beyond real estate to support thei…
The rideshare giant lost its appeal in a landmark legal case - a blow likely to have a broader impact on the gig economy.
A major election day survey suggests voters are the most unhappy with the economy.
The High Court of Australia has determined rideshare company Uber owes payroll tax in NSW, in a decision likely to spark reaction from the broader gig economy.
Shanghai scrap collector Li Jie has a problem, one which would appear unusual to most: trash is getting too valuable. “Ordinary recyclables like cardboard and plastic are now hard to come by,” he said. “Their prices have risen so much that there are so many collectors, including many companies.” The wave of new play…
AMD Soars After Blowout $17 Billion Guide... As Free Cash Flow Quietly Shrinks To 4% Of Revenue Three months ago, AMD beat on every line and the stock crashed anyway. Tonight, the market got the number it wanted.After a brutal month in which AMD shares lost more than a quarter of their value, pummeled first by Intel…
