It's Eerily Calm Out There Before Nvidia Earnings

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"It seems no one wants to be short in this market."


Target Shares Tumble After Retailer Reports 'Caution' About Weak Consumer

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"We remain cautious in our near-term growth outlook." 


Futures Drop, Yields Jump On Red-Hot UK Inflation, Nvidia Earnings On Deck

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“Nvidia remains the focal point, It’s the guidance on the earnings landscape and product roll-out from CEO Jensen Huang that could dictate if the market really wants to push this one along for a more sustained period.”


China Slaps Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon With Sanctions Over Arms Sales To Taiwan

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"This measure extends to four executives from General Dynamics, highlighting the depth of Beijing's retaliatory steps."


Tech Poised To Be Commodity's Friend And Disinflation's Nemesis

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Increasing power and raw-material demand from new tech... is likely to be a secular tailwind for commodities and thus an impediment to a return to a low-and-stable inflation regime.


Pandemic Winners Struggle In The Post-Pandemic World

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DocuSign, Zoom, Peloton, Etsy, ...Moderna


Vitalik Buterin Stresses AI Risks Amid OpenAI Leadership Upheaval

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...Buterin calls superintelligent AI “risky” amid leadership changes at OpenAI, stressing the need for caution and decentralization in AI development.


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  • European bourses are entirely in the red, whilst US futures trade tentatively ahead of FOMC Minutes and Nvidia earnings
  • Dollar is incrementally firmer, Kiwi outperforms post-RBNZ & GBP bid on UK inflation metrics
  • Bonds are lower after hotter-than-expected UK CPI metrics, with Gilts the clear underperformer
  • Crude is subdued, XAU is softer alongside a broader pullback in base metals
  • Looking ahead, Fed Minutes, Speak from Fed's Goolsbee, BoE’s Breeden, Supply from the US

Visualizing European Nation's Top Exports

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The European Union (EU) exports over $6 trillion in products annually...


Biden Drains Entire Northeast Gasoline Reserve In Bid To Lower Gas Prices As He Trails Trump By Double Digits

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Biden just drained the Northeast strategic gasoline reserve to push gas lower by a few cents on July 4...


Another Sanction Failure: The US Blacklisted Xiaomi Three Years Ago Now it Makes EVs

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Just three years ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi decided to build cars. It succeeded where Apple failed...


Trump Defense Rests Without Former President Taking The Stand

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Trump's decision not to testify may have been a smart move...


Yellen Threatens German Banks With Sanctions; EU Approves Using Russian Asset Profits For Ukraine's Defense

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"increase your focus on Russian evasion attempts."


Taxpayer Costs Skyrocket As Two-Thirds Of Jobless Benefit Recipients In Germany Are Migrants

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In several German states, around three-quarters of benefit claimants are either first- or second-generation migrants, suggesting that mass immigration of low-skilled workers is not a net benefit to Europe's largest economy...


EU Members Will Have To Arrest Netanyahu After ICC Warrant: Borrell

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Will Israel come up with its own Hague Invasion Act?


Blowback In The African Coup Belt

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Starting in 2020, things started to get strange in Africa for those who knew what to look for...


APAC stocks were mostly rangebound as global markets brace for the FOMC Minutes and Nvidia earnings – Newsquawk Europe Market Open

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European equity futures indicate a slightly positive open with Euro Stoxx 50 futures up 0.1% after the cash market closed lower by 0.5% on Tuesday.

Election 2024: A Political Renaissance For America Or The Path To Totalitarianism

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To ensure the continuation of the American Republic will require not only support for President Trump but also extraordinary vigilance by the American people through the election and its aftermath...


Where It's Most & Least Common To Be LGBT+

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Around 7% of adults identify as LGBT+... but there’s notable variation between countries...


The Audacity Of Merrick Garland: Julie Kelly

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Imagine if reporters actually did their jobs...