Category: Markets and Macro

Tesla’s long grip on China’s premium electric sedan market has finally slipped, and it took a $33,000 newcomer from a smartphone brand to do it. Xiaomi’s SU7 has surged past the Tesla Model 3, turning a years‑long rivalry into a stark reminder that the center of gravity in electric vehicles is shifting toward Chinese tech‑driven…

In a single trading session, a violent repricing in gold, silver and equities vaporised roughly $15 trillion in paper wealth, a figure that commentators quickly likened to “half the US economy.” The shock move exposed how tightly linked supposedly safe havens, speculative trades and central bank politics have become, and how quickly those links can…

President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his hard line on Havana, declaring a national emergency over Cuba and threatening tariffs on any country that keeps the island’s oil flowing. The move targets the fuel lifelines that keep Cuba’s lights on and its economy barely functioning, while pulling regional partners into a high‑stakes…

Wholesale inflation is back in the spotlight after the biggest monthly jump in producer prices in five months, a move that signals companies are no longer quietly absorbing higher costs. Instead, firms are increasingly passing tariffs and other input pressures along the supply chain, where they ultimately land in consumer prices. The shift raises the…

Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison has halted the sale of a massive Virginia warehouse that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intended to convert into a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The reversal, coming after local political pushback and public scrutiny, turns a routine real estate deal into a high-profile test of how far communities…

Bitcoin’s latest selloff has ripped through the crypto market just as gold and silver, the classic safe havens, are suffering their own historic collapse. The result is a rare moment when the assets investors usually treat as hedges against one another are all tumbling together, with Bitcoin sliding toward $80,000 while silver records its worst…

Wall Street just delivered a split verdict on Big Tech’s artificial intelligence ambitions, hammering Microsoft while rewarding Meta for a spending plan that is, on paper, even more aggressive. The market reaction is not about who believes in AI more, but about who is convincing investors that the money going out the door today will…

The economic story of early 2026 is being written as much on social media and campaign stages as in bond markets and grocery aisles. President Donald Trump is promising $2,000 “tariff dividend” checks even as his trade policy raises prices, while Ron DeSantis is warning that a weakening dollar and record silver prices signal deeper…

Wall Street’s flagship benchmark has finally done it. The S&P 500 has tagged the 7,000 level for the first time, a psychological line that once looked distant even to seasoned investors. The index’s climb has been powered not just by the usual mega‑cap suspects but by a surprisingly eclectic cast of winners that is reshaping…

Microsoft has just delivered the kind of quarter most tech giants would envy, yet the stock has been punished as if the story has stalled. After a sharp sell-off that wiped out tens of billions in market value, the debate is no longer about whether the company can grow, but whether investors understand what they…