Analysis: Must Read

The Great Illusion of Oil Prices

A barrel of oil is back above the $100 mark. Strains on supply routes have reached an unprecedented level, sharpened by the Houthis' announcement that they will close the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. This is...

Will France's debt cost triple between 2021 and 2030?

4.01%. The yield France pays to borrow for 10 years briefly pushed past 4% this morning, a level not seen since October 2008. The rebound in energy prices and expectations of tighter monetary policy...

While Tech Burns, Grandpa Holds the Line (and Makes Money)

The capital flight from AI into more defensive stocks gives Grandpa a good chance to explain how to manage a portfolio, even if he did not cash in on the sector's triple-digit gains.

This Week's Best Reads: Japan's Prime Minister Could Work at MarketScreener

Sanae Takaichi says she sleeps up to 3 hours a night at most. That means she could write our market column. While politicians like to stage their total devotion, that messaging has backfired for Sanae...

The project already rattling the stablecoin giants' chains

Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, Google… The biggest names in finance have just united around a stablecoin.

Behind the meter: AI late cycle names to own

A gas turbine ordered from Siemens or GE Vernova today arrives in 2029, and if you want it connected to the regional electricity grid, you'll have to wait even longer. But AI buildout can't wait 3-4...

Three times more billions, 39 fewer IPOs: has the stock market become too demanding?

The IPO market has clearly reopened, but it no longer looks like it was in 2021. There are fewer candidates, while the deals are much larger. In six months, $193.6bn was raised, triple the amount a...

MarketScreener's Odds and Ends: South Korea is more volatile than bitcoin

We start in South Korea, where the stock market has turned into a financial roller coaster. Next stop is Wall Street, where analysts see S&P 500 profits surging. To wrap up, we head to Europe, where...

Tariffs Are Back

We missed them....

What if China's new AI miracle costs too much?

Rolled out on July 16 by the Beijing based start-up Moonshot AI, Kimi K3 is nipping at the heels of the best American models on benchmark leaderboards and even edges ahead on website creation, with...

The Microsecond War: How Physics Took Control of Wall Street

There is actually a way to win in the markets almost every time, although it's nearly out of reach for individual investors. Some firms have made it their calling card, sparking a race for speed...

What It Costs to Lend to America: 5.14% for 20 Years

The 20-year Treasury yield ended Tuesday at 5.14%. Today and tomorrow, the government will sell $34 billion of long-duration debt, a live test of the price investors now demand to finance the United...

Iran and the United States play for time as the conflict drags on

The two belligerents both appear to believe time is on their side.

Hyperscalers: everyone's eyes on capex, but this chart is ignored

Markets are heavily focused on the surge in capex by hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Oracle and Meta. This acceleration is weighing sharply on their free cash flow, to the point that...

BlackRock Sees Far Beyond Bitcoin ETFs

BlackRock now oversees more than $15,000bn, but crypto is still a drop in the ocean in this financial empire.

The Week's Best Reads: soccer, the Middle East, AI and an escape of sorts

This week, AI is everywhere. It writes with tics, threatens our jobs, unnerves its own bosses and stirs up chaos with Elon Musk. What about the rest? Well, Wall Street is learning to read Washington,...

MarketScreener's Odds and Ends: Adidas Will Certainly Lift the World Cup

Ukrainians want the war to end, but not at any price; China is taking advantage of gold's pullback to top up its reserves; and Adidas is already guaranteed to lift the trophy with a 100% three-stripes...

The great nonsense of South Korean stocks

The KOSPI is the year's best-performing index. But it's far from smooth sailing.

The Big Race for Capital

The hyperscalers have made a bet: spending colossal sums to boost their AI infrastructure. While nobody is certain whether these investments will pay off or not, one thing is clear: they will need to...