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After thirteen consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran, operations moved onto what officials describe as a hold this weekend, with talks between American and Iranian negotiators resuming at multiple levels and Iran holding direct discussions with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. We cover why that fragile calm sits alongside genuinely hard-line rhetoric from Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's pivotal visit to Washington this week, and Thursday's split votes in Congress over two competing war powers resolutions, including a sober look at the conflict's mounting toll on US service members. We also cover oil's pullback from a two-month...

Markets close out a genuinely volatile week with a hopeful, if fragile, diplomatic thread developing over the weekend: Pakistan, backed by China, is exploring a path back toward stalled US-Iran talks, following renewed visits from Iran's interior minister to Islamabad. We recap a week that saw Brent crude spike above $102 a barrel, the "Magnificent Seven" shed close to $800 billion in a single session, Tesla fall nearly 19% for the week, and Intel post a blowout earnings beat that the market barely rewarded. We also cover the Trump administration's rebuilt global tariff regime under Section 301 of the Trade Act, now covering...

Brent crude broke above $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since the US-Iran conflict began, before easing back this morning as markets caught their breath — alongside a new, smaller flashpoint as China conducted live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait. We cover Intel's after-hours earnings, where a 25% revenue jump and a huge EPS beat were met with a surprisingly muted stock reaction after an already-massive year-to-date run, plus what's behind the improving yields on its 18A manufacturing process. We also look back at Thursday's ECB decision, where Christine Lagarde held rates steady but left the door open to a...

Alphabet and Tesla both beat revenue expectations in their second-quarter reports last night, yet both stocks fell in after-hours trading — Alphabet on a sharply higher capital spending forecast and negative free cash flow, Tesla on margin pressure despite record deliveries. We look at what that reaction says heading into tonight's Intel earnings, and at Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's pointed warning that persistent inflation is harder to tame than an energy shock alone, with hundreds of billions in AI-related corporate debt now riding on where rates go next. Oil is the other major thread today, with Brent crude pushing toward $98 a...

Oil surges past $95 a barrel for the first time in six weeks as the US-Iran conflict enters an eleventh night with diplomacy stalling, Trump floating strikes on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain facility, and fresh threats to Red Sea shipping. We cover how markets are digesting that alongside the biggest earnings day of the summer, with Alphabet and Tesla reporting after the close and Intel following Thursday, plus AMD's "Advancing AI" event and a chip sector still deciding whether its recent bear market is over. We also look at President Trump's new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods under a Depression-era trade provision...

Markets head into the biggest earnings week of the summer against a genuinely tense backdrop. US strikes on Iran continue into a tenth night, even as reports of a proposed ten-day ceasefire ease oil prices and lift US futures. We cover why Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel's earnings this week are being read as a referendum on the entire AI infrastructure spending cycle, the semiconductor sector's slide into a bear market despite strong underlying results from names like Samsung, and the Federal Reserve's marked shift toward a more hawkish stance as inflation runs persistently above target ahead of the July 29...

Brent crude crosses ninety dollars a barrel for the first time in over a month as the U.S. military enters a ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, reviving inflation fears at the exact moment the Federal Reserve is signaling a more hawkish stance than markets expected. We break down Kevin Warsh's June policy pivot, why thirty-year Treasury yields have climbed back above five percent, and what it means heading into this week's pivotal earnings reports from Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel — three companies with a combined market value north of six trillion dollars, reporting just as the Philadelphia Se...

This week's briefing covers the reinstated U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and the 20% transit fee that sent oil surging, plus how the Fed under Chair Kevin Warsh is weighing that shock against softening inflation data. We break down Friday's broad equity selloff — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow all lower on the week — and trace its roots to a new Chinese AI model from Moonshot and a TSMC earnings report that raised more capex questions than it answered. From there we follow the selloff across the Pacific, where Japan's Nikkei had its worst session in months and...

Tonight's episode covers three conflicts being managed rather than resolved. In Iran, a seventh consecutive night of US strikes targets infrastructure around the Strait of Hormuz as Washington and Tehran both declare their ceasefire dead while leaving the door open to talks — and the fighting has now spread to strikes on Jordanian and Kuwaiti territory, with oil prices climbing in response. In Ukraine, we look at a genuine shift in the Trump administration's posture, reportedly driven by classified intelligence on the effectiveness of Kyiv's long-range drone campaign inside Russia, alongside a sudden government reshuffle in Kyiv and the EU's la...

This weekend edition of Slotly News unpacks a Friday session that hit global markets from two directions at once. Chinese startup Moonshot's release of its Kimi K3 model — the largest open-weight AI system yet, benchmarking close to leading US models — triggered a fresh semiconductor selloff that left the sector's key ETF down more than 17% for the month and briefly flipped the world's most valuable company crown from Nvidia to Apple. We trace how that pressure moved from Wall Street through Tokyo, Shanghai, and into Frankfurt and Paris.Separately, escalating US-Iran conflict pushed Brent crude up more than 10% on t...

In today's briefing, we examine a market caught between competing forces—cooling US inflation data on one side and a rapidly escalating US-Iran conflict on the other. Wall Street closed lower on Thursday, led by a sharp decline in semiconductor and AI-related stocks, with the Nasdaq falling 1.5% and Netflix tumbling more than 8% on a weak Q3 forecast. We break down the hawkish messaging from Federal Reserve officials, including Vice Chair Philip Jefferson and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, who have opened the door to further rate hikes if inflation does not cool soon. We also cover the European Central Ba...

In today's briefing: US stocks close higher on cooler inflation data, but Fed Chair Kevin Warsh pushes back hard against rate-cut optimism in his first congressional testimony. The semiconductor sector diverges sharply as TSMC reports record earnings — then gets sold on capex concerns. Asian markets show stark regional divergence: Korea and Japan tumble on chip weakness and rate hikes, while Hong Kong rallies on Chinese AI regulatory approvals. The UK prepares for a change of government as Andy Burnham is set to succeed Keir Starmer, inheriting a fragile recovery. Middle East tensions escalate with US strikes on Iran and Ir...

In this episode, we break down a day of competing signals in global markets. June CPI came in cooler than expected — the first monthly decline in six years — shifting rate expectations and giving equities a boost. But geopolitical tensions in the Middle East remain elevated, with the US resuming its naval blockade of Iran and oil prices rallying for a third day.We cover Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's first congressional testimony, including his announcement of a sweeping policy review and his remarks on AI investment. We analyse the earnings picture — from IBM's 25% plunge, its worst day on rec...

U.S. inflation cooled more than expected in June, with the Consumer Price Index falling to 3.5 percent annually and dropping 0.4 percent month-over-month. The data slashed Fed rate-hike odds to just 10 percent and sent bond yields and the dollar lower. But the relief was short-lived for some. Oil surged for a second day as the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade of Iran and attacks in the Strait of Hormuz intensified, pushing Brent above $85 a barrel and reigniting global inflation fears. Meanwhile, the AI hardware trade continued to unravel, with SK Hynix plunging more than 20 percent over two days as...

Markets opened the week with a jolt as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices surging and global equities tumbling. South Korea's KOSPI plunged nearly 9 percent, triggering a circuit breaker, while European and U.S. futures pointed to further weakness ahead. This episode covers the day's market action across Asia, Europe, and the U.S., the implications of rising geopolitical risk for energy markets and inflation, and the growing reassessment of AI-related stocks after months of relentless gains. We also preview a pivotal week for central banks: Federal Reserve Chair...

A Sunday briefing covering a weekend of significant developments. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has closed the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a U.S. military response and raising fresh questions about oil supply and inflation. We break down the market implications and what traders will be watching when oil futures open.The Federal Reserve released its semiannual Monetary Policy Report, with Chair Kevin Warsh set to testify before Congress this week against a backdrop of rising inflation expectations and a market pricing in a potential rate hike. The European Central Bank held steady for the fifth consecutive...

The US-Iran ceasefire has unravelled, with fresh missile and drone strikes exchanged as Iran buries its Supreme Leader. Yet oil prices fell yesterday and Wall Street rallied—a market contradiction that reveals how investors are pricing in containment rather than escalation. This episode covers the S&P 500's narrow tech-driven gain, Micron's $250 billion investment plan, and Meta's push into proprietary AI chips. We also break down the Fed's divided rate outlook, the ECB's "back to square one" inflation fight, the Bank of England's hawkish pivot, and Japan's surprising bond and yen rally on pension reform hopes. Plus: Apollo's £5.7 billion bid...

Global markets are grappling with the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire, as fresh military strikes send oil prices surging and force central banks to rethink their inflation outlooks. This episode covers the Fed's June meeting minutes, which reveal a sharp divide among officials on whether rates need to rise again—and the surprising role that AI infrastructure investment is now playing in inflation forecasts. We also break down the ECB's accounts, the Bank of England's rate hike bets, and the remarkable bond market moves in Japan, where ten-year yields have hit thirty-year highs. On the corporate side, OpenAI launches GP...

Today’s Slotly News briefing examines how global markets are absorbing a renewed flare‑up in the US–Iran conflict, a sharp move in oil prices, and a sudden loss of momentum in semiconductor stocks. We walk through the latest on President Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire with Iran is “over,” fresh US strikes and efforts to curb Iranian oil exports, and what those developments mean for Brent, WTI, energy equities, and inflation expectations.The episode also covers the Federal Reserve’s latest policy stance, with rates still on hold despite headline US inflation running above 4 percent, suppo...

Today’s Slotly News daily briefing walks through a complex market session shaped by strong semiconductor earnings, cautious central banks, and shifting currency dynamics. We start in the United States, where the Dow has pushed through another record on the back of chip strength, even as the Nasdaq and broader tech sector trade lower today amid concerns about valuation and concentration. The discussion then connects recent US inflation data and the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting to moves along the Treasury yield curve and sector rotation within equities.From there we examine the European picture, including the ECB’s la...