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United Kingdom inflation remained unchanged ahead of the country's central bank interest-rate decision and after the economy contracted following nearly four months of global energy supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East. Inflation remained at 2.8% in May, unchanged from April, the...

Positioning Please click here for an enlarged chart of Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (NYSE:SOXL). Note the following: Semiconductors are the most important sector in this market.  Leveraged semiconductor ETF SOXL is the momo crowd's favorite semiconductor ETF.  For this...

Cryptocurrency is having a moment and it's not a good one. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is underperforming the Dow and Nasdaq. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) blockchains have been duds for investors all year and are underperforming Bitcoin. Investors' dwindling crypto holdings are being...

Investors spent much of the past month watching developments in the Middle East while attempting to gauge the direction of inflation and interest rates around the world. Economic growth has moderated in most major economies, but there is little evidence of a broad global recession. Instead, the...

The income markets are in one of those strange moods where the headlines sound worse than the actual credit data. That does not mean we ignore the headlines. Private credit redemption requests are rising. BDC dividend coverage is getting thinner. CMBS delinquencies remain elevated, especially in...

The computing power provider has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, hoping to attract investors with its surging AI cloud business image credit: Bamboo Works Key Takeaways: PPLabs has filed to list in Hong Kong, reporting revenue from its AI cloud business surged by more than 10 times last year to 119...

The behind-the-scenes provider of supply chain logistics services for manufacturers has an impressive revenue base, but it operates on paper-thin profit margins image credit: Bamboo Works Key Takeaways: Annto has filed for a Hong Kong IPO as parent Midea seeks to let its former logistics unit...

A lot of investors spend their careers trying to predict the future. One trader just spent nearly $58 million demonstrating why that entire exercise might be a category error. Deep in the options tape: 7,641 September 2026 $220 calls, matched against 7,641 September 2026 $200 puts. Combined premium...

Two weeks ago, traders on X and on Reddit were posting “even Saylor is selling now.” Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) had broken below $60,000 for the first time since the 2024 election, wiping $160 billion in crypto market value in a few days. The Fear and Greed Index hit single digits. The kind...

Source: TradePulse | June 16, 2026 Market Overview Recent aggregate flow data reflects continued institutional participation across several key market segments, with AI infrastructure, internet platforms, financials, industrials, energy technology, and broad market ETFs prominently...

One of the great ironies of investing is that Wall Street can spend enormous amounts of time trying to discover hidden value while simultaneously ignoring value sitting right in front of everyone. Nowhere is this more evident than in the closed-end fund market. Unlike traditional mutual funds or...

Bonds Not Euphoric Like Stock Market Please click here for an enlarged chart of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT). Note the following: The chart shows that yesterday, bonds did not share the stock market's euphoria on the Iran deal.  Expectations were that bonds would rally on...

Economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose for the first time in four months as concerns about the war in the Middle East and higher energy prices eased. The ZEW Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator climbed to 9.5 points in June, an increase of 18.6 points from the previous month. Germany's ZEW...

The company is part of a second generation of unmanned retailers, as its Hong Kong IPO tests investor appetite for a cabinet network offering help-yourself snacks and drinks image credit: Bamboo Works Key Takeaways Fengyi Technology has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, after building China's largest...

Nvidia's Debt Deal Is a Financing Story, Not Just a Funding Story One thing to notice, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) does not need the money. That is what makes its $25 billion bond sale so interesting. The real story is not that the company borrowed, but that it is becoming one of the names holding up the...