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South Korea came into 2026 carrying the weight of a sluggish 2025, when the economy grew just 1%, its weakest performance since the pandemic year of 2020. Then the first quarter of 2026 happened, and the mood shifted almost entirely. The economy expanded 1.7% quarter on quarter in Q1
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Japanese equity markets are having a rough week. The Nikkei 225 fell 0.97% to close at 60,816 on Monday, May 18, while the broader Topix Index shed the same to settle at 3,827, marking three straight sessions of losses for Japanese stocks. The selloff is tied directly
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India's equity market has become one of the most closely watched investment destinations in 2026. The country recently overtook Japan to become the world's fourth largest economy, and its domestic capital market is moving in lockstep with that ascent. The IPO pipeline is full, investor appetite
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When coffee prices move, Kenya's stock market listens. In 2026, coffee producer Eaagads has delivered a 58.4% year to date return on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, making it the best performing stock on the bourse through late February. Kenya Airways, which only returned to trading in 2025
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The Nigerian Exchange Group All Share Index closed at 244,670.65 points on Friday, May 8, advancing by nearly 4,936 points in a single session. That kind of movement does not happen by accident. It reflects a broad wave of positive sentiment across listed equities at a time
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Something unusual is happening in Japan's government bond market, and it matters well beyond Tokyo. The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield hit 2.496% in mid-April, the highest since 1997, with yields settling at 2.468% after the Bank of Japan's latest policy decision. For
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Indian equities kicked off May on a bullish note. The BSE Sensex climbed 997 points on Monday as Maruti Suzuki reported record total sales for April, up 33.29% year-on-year, with domestic sales hitting an all-time high of 191,122 units versus 142,053 the prior year. Auto stocks were
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In the middle of a war-driven oil shock and persistent inflation, hedge funds have been buying stocks at a pace that is hard to wrap your head around. According to Goldman Sachs data, funds purchased a record $86 billion in equities over just five trading sessions, driven mainly by systematic,
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If this week’s earnings season has a main event, it is the parade of Magnificent Seven reports due Wednesday and Thursday. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft all report after Wednesday’s close, with Apple following Thursday evening. Together they will provide the first comprehensive read on how AI
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed last week at fresh all-time highs, and nobody who has been watching equities this month should be surprised. The S&P 500 is up more than 9% month to date, while the Nasdaq has surged over 15%. The Dow
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Something unusual happened in US markets over the past few trading days. Stocks did not just recover from their war-related lows. They went past them entirely. The S&P 500 closed above 7,100 points for the first time in history on Friday April 18, capping its third straight
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March was a month when almost nowhere was safe. The S&P 500 fell 1.9% over the period, dragged down by a sharp drop in technology stocks, which lost 3.5% as a group. Communication services fared even worse, shedding 7.2%. Energy was the lone bright spot,