Investor attention is shifting away from the Mideast conflict to corporate earnings and AI as a ceasefire holds and expectations build for further negotiations between the US and Iran. TSMC’s earnings added weight to the rebound in stocks to record highs, with the main chipmaker to Nvidia and Apple saying it expects revenue growth of more than 30% this year, more than its previous guidance. Taiwan...
Investor attention is shifting away from the Mideast conflict to corporate earnings and AI as a ceasefire holds and expectations build for further negotiations between the US and Iran. TSMC’s earnings added weight to the rebound in stocks to record highs, with the main chipmaker to Nvidia and Apple saying it expects revenue growth of more than 30% this year, more than its previous guidance. Taiwan’s largest company delivered its projection after reporting a 58% surge in profit in the three months through March, signaling that the war hasn’t depressed AI investment. TSMC’s boom has helped Taiwan’s stock market overtake the UK in value to become the world’s seventh largest. The benchmark Taiex has jumped 17% this month, the second best after South Korea’s Kospi — another beneficiary of demand for AI — which is up a massive 23%. That’s a sharp reversal from when the Korean gauge plunged 18% in just two days after the war started. “History shows that geopolitical crises turn out to be great buying opportunities,” Wall Street veteran Ed Yarden said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “That’s the situation we’re in right now where investors are looking past the war.” In another sign that the speculative fever that defined equities before the war is returning, Allbirds — the once-buzzy maker of wool sneakers valued at more than $4 billion in its heyday — surged 582% overnight after announcing it was pivoting to AI computing infrastructure. All this points to further possibly frothy upside, provided the ceasefire continues, despite risks to the global economy posed by the ongoing disruption to energy supplies and the unknown outcome of US-Iran talks. Keep track of the twists and turns — and the global fallout — of the war with Iran here . What You Need to Know Today China’s economic growth rebounded more than expected in the first quarter, suggesting limited spillover from the war in Iran but revealing little sign of a turnaround in consumer spending. Gross domestic product expand...
Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) that read neural signals through the skin could help patients manage symptoms for some brain conditions, according to BrainCo, a Harvard-incubated start-up. BrainCo’s BCI technology could “read brain neural signals and translate them into commands to control machines to modulate brain function and help cure some brain diseases”, said Nyx He, a partner a...
Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) that read neural signals through the skin could help patients manage symptoms for some brain conditions, according to BrainCo, a Harvard-incubated start-up. BrainCo’s BCI technology could “read brain neural signals and translate them into commands to control machines to modulate brain function and help cure some brain diseases”, said Nyx He, a partner and senior vice-president of BrainCo, at the HSBC Global Investment Summit on Thursday. The...
Schroptschop The inflation rate in the Euro Area increased to 2.60% in March from 1.9% in February, above estimates of 2.5%. The Consumer Price Index increased 1.3% in March of 2026 over the previous month, above estimates of 1.2%. In March 2026 , services, energy, food, alcohol & tobacco and non-energy industrial goods contributed positively to the annual euro area inflation rate. More on Euro Ar...
Schroptschop The inflation rate in the Euro Area increased to 2.60% in March from 1.9% in February, above estimates of 2.5%. The Consumer Price Index increased 1.3% in March of 2026 over the previous month, above estimates of 1.2%. In March 2026 , services, energy, food, alcohol & tobacco and non-energy industrial goods contributed positively to the annual euro area inflation rate. More on Euro Area EUR/USD: A Look At The 1.1800 Battle And Key Support Levels FX Levels For EUR/USD, USD/CAD And GBP/USD: USD Dumps Amid Peace Repricing The Petrodollar Trade Is Over, Dollar Tumbles - EUR/USD, AUD/USD And Dollar Index Overview European markets climb cautiously on hopes of ceasefire extensions Europe markets muted over Iran de-escalation hopes; luxury stocks slump
Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) and Meta Platforms have entered a multiyear, multigeneration partnership to expand their collaboration on custom AI chips and networking technology. The agreement is intended to support Meta's next wave of AI infrastructure and large scale compute capacity through at least 2029. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan is stepping down from Meta's board to focus on advising Meta on silicon s...
Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) and Meta Platforms have entered a multiyear, multigeneration partnership to expand their collaboration on custom AI chips and networking technology. The agreement is intended to support Meta's next wave of AI infrastructure and large scale compute capacity through at least 2029. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan is stepping down from Meta's board to focus on advising Meta on silicon strategy as part of this expanded relationship. For you as an investor, this development...