Fortune (January 4)
“As the artificial intelligence trade continues to push the stock market to new highs, investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst. The answer isn’t so simple” and the increased scrutiny AI is coming under may actually help prevent a crash.
Tags: Artificial intelligence, Crash, Financial bubble, Highs, Investors, Scrutiny, Stock market, Trade
South China Morning Post (November 14)
“China’s trade with Russia is set to hit new highs this year as payment barriers have been partly addressed in recent months, but analysts warned that US president-elect Donald Trump’s return could be accompanied with more hits to bilateral trade.” Continuing financial sanctions are another potential complication to “Russia’s efforts to sell products to China.”
Tags: Analysts, Bilateral trade, China, Financial sanctions, Highs, Payment barriers, Russia, Trade, Trump, U.S.
Business Insider (March 31)
Japan’s “stock market is ripping; the Nikkei recently exceeded the all-time highs it set 34 years ago. Analysts at Goldman Sachs are telling clients there’s still more upside to be had as corporate-governance reforms and a new era of sustainable inflation take hold. The Bank of Japan this month hiked interest rates above zero for the first time since 2007, a sign of confidence in the country’s recovery.”
Tags: Analysts, BOJ, Clients, Confidence, Corporate governance, Goldman Sachs, Highs, Inflation, Interest rates, Japan, Nikkei, Reforms, Ripping, Stock market, Upside
Financial Times (March 12)
As “crude oil hit 14-year highs,” the mood at Houston’s CERAWeek conference was decidedly upbeat. “Industry executives who have felt maligned during the onset of a global energy transition” were “again feeling at the centre of epochal events.” Supply security clearly topped climate.
Tags: CERAWeek, Climate, Crude oil, Energy transition, Epochal, Executives, Highs, Houston, Industry, Maligned, Supply security
Wall Street Journal (October 3)
“Investors propelled bond yields to multiyear highs Wednesday as robust economic data and an easing of trade tensions across North America sparked fresh optimism about the global growth outlook. Wednesday’s bond rout sent the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, a closely watched barometer of investors’ sentiment toward growth and inflation, to its highest level since July 2011.”
Tags: Bonds, Economic data, Growth, Highs, Inflation, Investors, Optimism, Sentiment, Trade tensions, Treasuries, U.S., Yields
