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This will be a key spot to watch in the day ahead, as it will tie together the broader market mood. S&P 500 futures are now nudging a little higher to be up 0.3% with Nasdaq futures up 0.6%. It’s not much and it is still early in…

Fundamental Overview The USD got boosted once again by negative tariffs news overnight as Bessent talked about universal tariffs starting at 2.5% and gradually increasing by the same amount every month, which eventually could reach 20%. Trump later doubled down on that saying that he wants tariffs much…

Metaplanet (3350), the Japanese hotel investor, has announced the largest capital raise in Asian equity market history to buy bitcoin (BTC). Metaplanet has issued 21 million shares through 0% discount moving strike warrants, raising approximately 116 billion yen ($745 million). This allows holders to buy shares at an…

Fundamental Overview Gold continues to pull back from the all-time highs although it’s not clear what has been driving it in the past few days. Despite lower real yields and a weaker US Dollar, gold couldn’t catch a strong bid to make a new all-time high. The market…

Eurostoxx -0.1% Germany DAX +0.2% France CAC 40 -0.3% UK FTSE +0.2% Spain IBEX -0.1% Italy FTSE MIB +0.1% US futures are also reflecting a mixed picture but perhaps more importantly, tech shares are keeping much steadier. Nasdaq futures are up 0.2% while Dow futures are down 0.2%.…

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider Tuttle Capital Management is “testing the waters” of the crypto-friendly Trump administration with ten 2x leveraged ETF proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, including those tracking Donald and Melania Trump’s official memecoins. Tuttle proposed the first-ever ETFs tracking 200%…

German DAX futures -0.1% UK FTSE futures -0.2% This comes with S&P 500 futures seen down by just 0.1% on the day as well. After the heavy selling yesterday, there is still some slight pessimism in broader markets. Nasdaq futures are seen up 0.2% though, so are tech…

The European session today is pretty empty on the data front with no market moving releases on the agenda. The main highlight is the US Consumer Confidence report in the American session. We will also get the US Durable Goods Orders but it’s not a market moving release…

Prior 89 French household confidence rebounded to start the year, helped by easing of fears on unemployment. It is still keeping well below the long-term average of 100 though, so that continues to reflect softer sentiment as a whole for now. This article was written by Justin Low…

Crypto market maker Wintermute’s Singaporean derivatives trading entity Wintermute Asia has introduced a contract for difference (CFD) linked to the GMCI USA Select Index, enabling traders to swiftly adapt to evolving market narratives, especially concerning the potential establishment of a strategic digital asset reserve. The index tracks the…