The Korean stock market is a meme stock
I can’t remember a time when the national stock market of a large, developed country traded like this. The Kospi rose 12% at the open today and is still up 11.4%. That’s…
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A federal trade-court judge ordered a swift repayment of tariffs. Why it matters
Well, this is moving faster than anyone expected. A federal trade court judge just told the Trump administration to start cutting checks — ordering refunds on the massive pile of tariffs the…
China five-year plan calls for more proactive fiscal policy
The China National People’s Congress kicks off today and the five-year growth targets and plan are out, with Reuters obtaining a copy. 2026 GDP target set at 4.5% to 5% CPI target…
Nikkei futures are up 3.8%
We are going to get a bounce in Asian stock markets today but the question is: How high. Nikkei futures are trading at 56,310 versus the close yesterday of 54,245 in the…
Australian trade balance highlights a light Asia-Pacific calendar. Eyes on Korea
The Asia-Pacific economic calendar has only one highlight today and that’s the Australian January trade balance in goods report. The consensus is a surplus of A$3.9 billion, in a solid improvement from…
Crude oil catching a bid. Price moves back toward $76
The price of crude oil has moved higher and moves back above $76. Iran’s strikes will intensify and expand in coming days Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in…
investingLive Americas FX news wrap 4 Mar: Markets ignoring geopolitical risks. Data beat.
Major US stock indices close higher as the market discounts the geopolitical risks Bitcoin blasts through Key resistance. 38.2% retracement at $74,400 in sight Fed Beige Book: Overall economic activity increased at…
European indices rebound after two days of sharp declines
After most of the major European indices stretch to new cycle Heisler record highs at the end of last week, the today selloff on the back of the Iranian war was harsh.…
White House submits nomination of Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair to Senate
The White House has submitted the nomination of Kevin Warsh for the Fed chair to the Senate Recall, it was announced on January 30, 2026 that Kevin Warsh would be nominated as…
EIA Crude oil inventories 3.475M vs 2.305M estimate
Crude oil 3.475M vs 2.305M estimate. Last 15.989M Distillates 0.429M vs -2.596M estimate. Last 0.252M Gasoline -1.704M vs 0.784M last week. Cushing 1.564M vs 0.881M last week. The private data released late…
ISM non-manufacturing PMI for February 56.1 versus 53.5 estimate
Prior month 53.8 ISM non- manufacturing PMI for February 56.1 versus 53.5 estimate. Nonmanufacturing business activity 59.9 vs 57.4 last month employment index 51.8 vs 50.3 last month. New orders 58.6 vs…
S&P Global composite PMI final 51.9 versus 52.3 preliminary
Prior estimate 52.3. Prior month 53.0 S&P global composite index 51.9 S&P Global services PMI final 51.7 versus 52.3 preliminary and 52.7 last This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.