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CME’s Retail Futures Surge: Micro-Contracts & Broker Deals Power Q2 2025 Gains

CME is rapidly democratizing futures trading ...

Q2 2025 results show strong fundamentals with...

Retail futures participation is surging, with...

CME stock offers an income-and-growth profile...

CME Derivatives Halted by Aurora Data Center Failure: Market Infrastructure Risk Exposed

Global Markets Cloud & Infrastructure

A CyrusOne data center in Aurora, Illinois su...

The outage halted CME futures and options tra...

CME did not fail over to its New York backup ...

The event exposed concentration and operation...

Crypto Derivatives in 2025: Perpetual Futures, Institutional Surge & U.S. Regulation

Global Markets Fintech

Crypto derivatives like futures, perpetuals, ...

In 2025, crypto derivatives dominated trading...

Perpetual futures are the core product in thi...

U.S. regulators, led by the CFTC, are integra...

Commodity Markets Outlook 2026: Oil, Agri & Metals Trends You Can’t Ignore

Americas Markets Energy

Global commodity prices are slumping together...

Oil is leading the crash as OPEC+ output incr...

Gold and silver had surged on safe-haven and ...

The synchronized commodity downturn hurts exp...

Global Shifts in Oil, Trade & Monetary Policy: What India-US & OPEC+ Moves Mean

Global Markets Oil & Gas

Oil prices have rebounded to the mid-$60s as ...

Trump’s executive order slaps 50% tariffs on ...

OPEC+ is accelerating the unwinding of prior ...

Amid geopolitical and trade tensions, markets...

Gold & Copper Rally Amid Fed Rate Cut Hopes; Oil, Coffee, Ukraine Wheat Face Tight Supply

Global Markets Metals & Mining

Expectations of Fed rate cuts, a weaker dolla...

Oil prices are range-bound as markets weigh R...

Brazil’s downgraded Arabica crop forecasts an...

Ukraine’s wheat yields are set to decline in ...

Foreign Transaction Fees Explained: How to Avoid Them & Maximize Travel Rewards

Global FYI Financial Services

Foreign transaction fees are issuer charges, ...

About half of U.S. credit cards still charge ...

Many no-FTF cards (such as those from Capital...

Travelers can reduce costs by choosing cards ...

USD/CAD & INR Outlook 2026: Rate Cuts, Oil, Capital Flows Drive Currency Shifts

Global Markets Financial Services

USD/CAD trades near 1.37 with short- and medi...

The Indian rupee logged a 4.72% loss in 2025 ...

Analysts see broader USD weakness in 2026 as ...

Key uncertainties include India’s capital flo...

What Treasury Yields, Inflation & Fed Policy Mean for Bond Returns in 2026

Americas Markets Financial Services

The 10-year Treasury yield ended 2025 around ...

Jobless claims fell to 199,000 and continuing...

The Fed delivered a contentious 25 bps rate c...

Bonds posted strong 2025 returns, but elevate...

2025 Market Outcomes & Strategy: Equities, Metals, Macro Drivers, Risk, Allocation

Americas Markets Financial Services

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

Silver and gold had their best year since 197...

Performance was driven by AI-led tech earning...

Looking to 2026, investors must balance momen...