Analysis

TradingKey – With the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passing the budget resolution for President Donald Trump's second administration (Trump 2.0), his fiscal blueprint—centered on tax cuts, slashing government spending, and debt reduction—is moving forward. However, with federal debt at...

May 9 - The first 100 days of Trump 2.0 are in the history books, and the U.S. has gone from leader to laggard in record time, with U.S. equities now significantly underperforming their global peers after a volatile month.

SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Solar panel makers in Laos and Indonesia, mostly owned by Chinese firms, boosted their share in the U.S. market after steep tariffs hit exports from other Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia and Thailand, trade data showed.

In a conversation on The Scoop, David Bailey, chief executive of Bitcoin Inc. and confidant of US President Trump, mapped out a trajectory that he believes will carry the world’s first cryptocurrency from insurgent technology to primary reserve asset “much sooner than people think.” Speaking with ho

TradingKey - Since April, the Nikkei 225 has surged from 32,000 to nearly 38,000 points—a 15% gain that sharply outpaces the S&P 500’s performance over the same period. Beyond the uptick in local investor engagement, global funds have also renewed their interest in Japan’s markets.

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Investors are betting on long-depressed UK markets as a U.S. trade deal, rate cuts and hopes for renewed links with Europe spur optimism for a revival as they search for alternatives to a volatile Wall Street and flailing dollar.

LONDON/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain announced a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, with U.S. levies on cars and steel being cut and both sides gaining better access to agriculture markets. Below are some of the main points from the agreement:BASIC 10% TAR

Turbulence has returned to the oil market this year. Oil prices have tumbled more than 15%, weighed down by the uncertain impact of tariffs and other factors. As a result, the price of the global oil benchmark Brent, which spent much of the past couple of years bouncing around in the range of $75...

HONG KONG, May 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sometimes a U-turn is necessary. China's Geely Auto 0175.HK is offering to take electric-vehicle unit Zeekr ZK.N private less than a year after the company's debut in New York. Absorbing the $6.4 billion entity will help Geely group founder Li Shufu...

May 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but said the risks of both higher inflation and unemployment had risen, further clouding the economic outlook as the U.S. central bank grapples with the impact of Trump administration tariff policies.The economy overall ha

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) rose 1.8% in Tuesday's after-hours trading, following the chipmaker's release of its first-quarter 2025 report.The stock's gain is attributable to the first quarter's revenue and earnings, along with the second-quarter revenue guidance, all coming...

TradingKey - Visa's (V) Q2 FY2025 results reinforce its position not only as a payments processor, but also as the embedded trust layer of global commerce. While the market views Visa as a mature, low-growth financial stock, its fundamentals highlight a platform increasingly integral...

TradingKey - As Intel (INTC) undertakes one of the most pivotal turnaround plans in semiconductor history, the company sits at a precarious but promising inflection point. Intel reported $12.7 billion in Q1 revenue, with CCG down 8% and DCAI up 8% year over year.

TradingKey - ServiceNow's (NOW) rise from a niche provider of IT service management software to the "AI Platform for Business Transformation," by its own admission, is more than just a branding evolution. It represents a profound re-architecture of the company on a deep level. 

The accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) was largely credited with sparking the current bull market that has been running riot for more than two years. Over the past few months, however, investors have become increasingly concerned that the impact of tariffs and the potential for...

TradingKey - The Federal Reserve is set to announce its latest interest rate decision this Thursday (ET). According to the CME FedWatch Tool, markets now assign a 97% probability that the Fed will hold rates steady this month.

Even if its P/E makes Buffett frown, for those willing to accept a premium, this pizza is worth a bite, to slowly savor its future.