Financial Updates – Page 8 – Financial Updates

Uncovering FX Markups: How Hidden Currency Conversion Costs Hurt Your Wallet

Forbes Advisor UK offers a spreadsheet-style ...

UK high street banks frequently embed opaque ...

Lloyds Bank publishes a sliding FX margin sca...

Rising FX volatility and hedging costs are pu...

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

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

Americas Markets Investment Banking

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

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, ...

Global Equities, AI & Policy Risk: What’s Fueling Markets As We Enter 2026

Global Markets Financial Services

Global equities logged a rare third straight ...

The rally is heavily concentrated in the “Mag...

U.S. valuations are historically stretched, w...

Cheaper and faster-growing international mark...

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

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...

U.S. Markets Close 2025 with Double-Digit Gains but Mega-Caps Lose Luster

Global Markets Financial Services

U.S. stocks ended 2025 with a fourth straight...

Despite the year-end pullback, the Nasdaq, S&...

Tech and AI leaders such as Nvidia and Alphab...

The failure of a Santa Claus rally and uncert...

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

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

Americas Markets Financial Services

AIIB approved a US$160 million, seven-year on...

Funds will target water, sanitation and renew...

The deal supports AIIB’s goal of having over ...

Success hinges on rigorous eligibility and mo...