Financial Updates – Page 4 – Financial Updates

Mastering Tax Rules for Section 1256, Futures & Options: Wash-Sale, Straddle, Loss Carrybacks

U.S. taxation of futures and options hinges o...

Section 1256 net losses can be carried back u...

Options and other derivatives outside Section...

Core Section 1256 rules remain unchanged, but...

5-Year T-Note Futures at 3.70–3.75% Yield: CME Specs, Inflation & Treasury Risks

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The 5-Year U.S. Treasury yield ended December...

CME 5-Year T-Note futures have a $100,000 fac...

Open interest of about 6.6–7 million contract...

Key risks for pricing and hedging include the...

How the Fed’s December Rate Cut & Yield Curve Reversal Shifted the U.S. Bond Market

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U.S. bond markets closed early on December 31...

The Fed delivered a third 2025 rate cut to 3....

The 2s/10s Treasury curve turned positive and...

Electronic trading platforms and fixed-income...

U.S. Bonds Hold Steady Amid Fiscal Risks: What Investors Need to Watch

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The $30 trillion U.S. Treasury market is in a...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to...

Rising term premiums, ambitious tax cuts like...

Any shift toward heavier long-term issuance, ...

Stocks Surge, Gold & Silver Soar: Key Market Takeaways From U.S. 2025 Performance

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U.S. stocks logged a third straight year of g...

Gold and silver massively outperformed equiti...

Major indexes slipped around 0.6–0.8% on the ...

The year underscored the value of diversifica...

When Publishers Shield Content: How Blocking Bots Sparks Bias & Hurts Traffic

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Major publishers are increasingly blocking AI...

Blocking AI bots protects intellectual proper...

Credible, fact-based outlets are far more lik...

This shift raises unresolved legal, economic,...

US Markets in 2025: Tech’s Rise, AI Drivers & Why Diversification Matters

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U.S. stocks posted strong double-digit gains ...

The rally was overwhelmingly driven by AI and...

AI infrastructure and chipmakers such as West...

Rising concentration, rich valuations, regula...

AIIB & BTG Pactual Commit US$160M to Climate Infrastructure in Brazil

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<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> AIIB approved a US$160 million, seven-year on-lending facility with BTG Pactual to finance climate-aligned infrastructure in Brazil. Funds will target water, sanitation and renewable energy projects under a financial-institution structure that excludes high environmental and social risk subprojects. The deal supports AIIB’s goal of having over 50% of its financing be climate-related …

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J.P. Morgan Leads Latin America in Debt Deals, Revenue Soars 69% in 2024

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LatinFinance named J.P. Morgan Investment Ban...

Despite one of the weakest regional fee pools...

Performance was driven by large, complex debt...

Looking ahead, J.P. Morgan expects debt to re...

Latin America’s Economic Outlook 2025-26: Slowing Growth, Inflation Risks & Emerging Sectors

Americas Forecast Infrastructure

Latin America enters mid-2025 at a turning po...

Inflation is broadly easing toward targets bu...

High fiscal deficits and rising public debt a...

Despite risks from trade disputes, political ...