The Artemis era well and truly began Friday evening when a shiny spacecraft that had traveled 700,000 miles around the Moon, carrying four astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. For NASA, for its international partners, and for all of humanity the successful conclusion of the Artemis II mission marked a return to deep space by our species after more than half a...
The Artemis era well and truly began Friday evening when a shiny spacecraft that had traveled 700,000 miles around the Moon, carrying four astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. For NASA, for its international partners, and for all of humanity the successful conclusion of the Artemis II mission marked a return to deep space by our species after more than half a century. It was a spectacular achievement, and NASA deserves credit for making something what is very difficult look relatively easy. But it also raises an important question: What comes next? Read full article Comments
akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images By Elior Manier Metals have been an essential store of value and currency since the dawn of humanity. Traditionally seen as safe havens, however, their price action has been nothing but confusing, even before the onset of the conflict. Following the appointment of Kevin Warsh as head of the Federal Reserve, a massive wave of profit-taking triggered an unavoidab...
akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images By Elior Manier Metals have been an essential store of value and currency since the dawn of humanity. Traditionally seen as safe havens, however, their price action has been nothing but confusing, even before the onset of the conflict. Following the appointment of Kevin Warsh as head of the Federal Reserve, a massive wave of profit-taking triggered an unavoidable crash. They managed to retain a large part of their 2025 appreciation but haven't found stable ground despite the evident appeal of safe havens. Having stalled their corrections as geopolitical sentiment was starting to heat up (Greenland Crisis, Iran revolts leading to the War), the precious metals still could not muster the appeal to return to their January highs. Metals performance in 2026 – Source: TradingView, April 10, 2026. As you can see on the 2026 performance chart, metals reacted almost the opposite of what most Participants would have expected, particularly at the beginning of the War. This dynamic continued with them only rebounding as rumors of a ceasefire and negotiations began, pointing to a new realization: Around current levels, Metals are now behaving like risk assets. This reminds us that all asset classes and correlations move a certain way in "normal" Markets, but such historic trends can change brutally when: Prices get extreme and/or When volatility gets extreme (and Markets break). Turning back to today, what will happen if the war actually ends? Will they continue going higher? Why look for quite expensive safe havens if there are no more fundamental reasons to do so? If they are really risk assets, they should keep bouncing, but buying discounted Stocks and Cryptos makes more sense for a risk-on trade. Once again, these are million-dollar questions. Let's dive right into a Daily timeframe analysis of Gold (XAU/USD), Silver (XAG/USD), and Copper (XCU/USD) to see if technicals can tip the scales in favor of one side of the asset equation. Gold (X...
Global funds are dumping Indian equities at a record clip as an energy shock from the US-Iran war threatens to derail the outlook of the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In just over three months, they have pulled $18.84 billion from local shares, edging past the full-year record outflow of $18.79 billion seen in 2025, according Central Depository Services India Ltd. The sustained selling ha...
Global funds are dumping Indian equities at a record clip as an energy shock from the US-Iran war threatens to derail the outlook of the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In just over three months, they have pulled $18.84 billion from local shares, edging past the full-year record outflow of $18.79 billion seen in 2025, according Central Depository Services India Ltd. The sustained selling has kept markets under pressure, and even a modest rebound following a temporary ceasefire earlier this week has done little to lift the mood. Local shares remain bruised, with over $600 billion wiped off their value from last year’s peak. India’s $4.8 trillion equity market is losing some of its relative appeal, as global capital rotates toward artificial intelligence-linked economies where semiconductor demand is the bigger driver. The oil crisis has magnified existing concerns for the country — from recent rupee volatility to a still-fragile earnings recovery — while also underlining another problem: a lack of a clear catalyst to bring foreign money back. “Indian stocks are missing a narrative,” said Abhishek Thepade , an Oslo-based portfolio manager with DNB Asset Management AS. “Earnings are undergoing a cyclical slowdown while weakening currency and impact of artificial intelligence on local software companies also impacts the outlook.” Although tech-heavy South Korea and Taiwan saw larger headline outflows in March — totaling $24 billion and $29 billion respectively — the peace deal may given them a stronger boost by refocusing investor attention on AI-driven chip demand, a factor largely absent in India. That gap is already showing up in flows. South Korean and Taiwanese equities have seen inflows of $3.6 billion and $5.6 billion, respectively, so far this month. In contrast, global funds have pulled $3 billion from Indian equities, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Read More: AI Stocks in Asia Lure Back Global Funds as War Tensions Ease To be sure, domestic money cont...
Harvest-ready rice fields are lying idle and farmers are deciding whether to skip planting for the coming season, as spiking fuel and fertiliser costs from the war in the Middle East hit one of the world’s biggest rice-growing regions. Across Southeast Asia, tens of millions of smallholders are struggling to find affordable crop nutrients as well as the diesel needed to run tractors, irrigation pu...
Harvest-ready rice fields are lying idle and farmers are deciding whether to skip planting for the coming season, as spiking fuel and fertiliser costs from the war in the Middle East hit one of the world’s biggest rice-growing regions. Across Southeast Asia, tens of millions of smallholders are struggling to find affordable crop nutrients as well as the diesel needed to run tractors, irrigation pumps and rice planters. In Thailand, some farmers are leaving the crop in the ground as it is too...
Fang Liu, a partner at global law firm Clifford Chance, counts among his clients many technology companies that are keen to list in Hong Kong, but find the current requirements cumbersome. Clifford Chance has helped more than a dozen innovative companies raise funds under the new listing regime since 2018, when Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) introduced reforms for pre-revenue biotech firm...
Fang Liu, a partner at global law firm Clifford Chance, counts among his clients many technology companies that are keen to list in Hong Kong, but find the current requirements cumbersome. Clifford Chance has helped more than a dozen innovative companies raise funds under the new listing regime since 2018, when Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) introduced reforms for pre-revenue biotech firms and companies with weighted voting rights (WVR), where one class of shareholders carries more...
Court Documents Reveal Confession Note Hand Written By Alleged Kirk Assassin In September of 2025, prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk murder case alleged that they had access to a hand-written note left by prime suspect Tyler Robinson for his trans boyfriend which contained a confession to the crime. Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard for his roommate/romantic partner to discover, said ...
Court Documents Reveal Confession Note Hand Written By Alleged Kirk Assassin In September of 2025, prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk murder case alleged that they had access to a hand-written note left by prime suspect Tyler Robinson for his trans boyfriend which contained a confession to the crime. Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard for his roommate/romantic partner to discover, said Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray. According to Mr Gray, the note said: "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I'm going to take it." Newly unsealed court documents now reveal that this letter does indeed exist. An affidavit for a search warrant outlined a letter that Tyler Robinson allegedly wrote before Charlie Kirk's assassination. Robinson is accused of shooting and killing the conservative political activist on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University. Detectives seized ammunition, computers, a DNA sample, and a copy of a note that Robinson allegedly left for his roommate, with whom he had a romantic relationship. The affidavit states that an FBI agent met with Robinson's partner, Lance Twiggs, whom Robinson sometimes referred to as "Luna." Twiggs showed the agent text messages between the two, which investigators photographed. In one of the messages, Robinson instructed Twiggs to "drop what you are doing" and "look under my keyboard." Twiggs told investigators he found the following handwritten letter : "Luna, If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text. I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. I don’t know if I will/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you. I wish we could have lived in a world where this did not feel necessary. I wish I could have stayed for you and lived our lives together. I lack the words to express how much I love you, and how very much you mean to me. Please t...
IOI Properties Group Bhd. plans to establish a real estate investment trust holding its retail, hotel, and office assets, followed by a listing that could raise about 1.98 billion ringgit ($500 million) for the Malaysian developer. The assets, worth a total 7.58 billion ringgit and includes properties such as IOI City Mall and W Kuala Lumpur, will be injected into the REIT, according to a stock ex...
IOI Properties Group Bhd. plans to establish a real estate investment trust holding its retail, hotel, and office assets, followed by a listing that could raise about 1.98 billion ringgit ($500 million) for the Malaysian developer. The assets, worth a total 7.58 billion ringgit and includes properties such as IOI City Mall and W Kuala Lumpur, will be injected into the REIT, according to a stock exchange filing late Friday. The consideration will comprise 5.5 billion units issued at an indicative price of 90 sen each, along with 2.65 billion ringgit in cash. Founded by late tycoon Lee Shin Cheng , IOI Properties was listed in 2014 and its operations span Singapore and China . The group intends to sell 2.2 billion units to investors through a mix of retail and institutional placements. At the indicative price, the offering could raise as much as 1.98 billion ringgit, making it Malaysia’s second-largest listing this year after Sunway Healthcare Bhd.’s $731 million share sale. The company said the listing will enhance asset liquidity by giving the REIT direct access to capital markets for future acquisitions. Proceeds will help IOI Properties repay borrowings, fund development and investment, and increase its debt headroom, it said. Post-listing, IOI Properties will retain a 60% stake in the REIT. The proposals are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter, subject to shareholder, regulatory and government approvals. Maybank Investment Bank Bhd. and AmInvestment Bank Bhd. have been appointed as joint principal advisors, global coordinators, bookrunners and underwriters for the planned REIT, while DBS Bank Ltd will be the joint global coordinator and bookrunner for the listing. KnightFrank is the independent property valuer.
Jinda Noipho/iStock via Getty Images The Federal Reserve moved away from its extended round of quantitative tightening around December 1, 2025. Quantitative easing, therefore, began in the month of December. On February 28, President Trump began the "war" with Iran. Quantitative easing has been the Federal Reserve's monetary stance since then. Here is a chart showing how the Fed has increased its ...
Jinda Noipho/iStock via Getty Images The Federal Reserve moved away from its extended round of quantitative tightening around December 1, 2025. Quantitative easing, therefore, began in the month of December. On February 28, President Trump began the "war" with Iran. Quantitative easing has been the Federal Reserve's monetary stance since then. Here is a chart showing how the Fed has increased its portfolio ever since the week ending Wednesday, November 26. (All of the three charts below begin with the data for the week ending Wednesday, November 26, 2025. The Federal Reserve banking week for statistics ends on Wednesdays. This was the only way to include data that included the day December 1.) Securities Held Outright (Federal Reserve) One can say that the securities portfolio has been increasing at a pretty good pace. This policy stance is the primary focus of the Federal Reserve. The second policy focus is on the Fed's policy rate of interest...the Federal Funds rate. Federal Funds Effective Rate (Federal Reserve) Since the return to quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has reduced its policy rate of interest just once. Money market conditions have just not been right for a further reduction in the Fed's policy rate of interest. Although there has been a lot of pressure on the Federal Reserve to reduce its policy rate of interest further, the Federal Open Market Committee has just not accumulated enough evidence to justify a further rate cut. One variable that is very important in determining the Fed's stance on interest rate movements is the amount of reserve balances held with the Federal Reserve. This variable is a measure of the "excess reserves" in the commercial banking system. Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks (Federal Reserve) Notice that these "excess reserves" have been going up in recent weeks. The reason? Things have tightened up in the money system in the past few weeks, and the Federal Reserve has responded to this pressure by allowing ...