Index-level coverage of the US, UK and European equity markets: what moved, why it moved, and whether the move is broad or the work of a handful of names. We favour composition and breadth data over daily narrative.
Oracle's Project Jupiter is testing the financing, permitting and power infrastructure behind the AI boom. GMR follows the risk from construction delays to credit markets.
Four Chinese companies are seeking as much as $1.83 billion in Hong Kong offerings as the city's IPO and secondary-listing market accelerates.
A planned benchmark covering roughly $330 billion of local-currency government debt could make frontier markets easier for global investors to compare and allocate to.
AI stocks sold off across Asia, Europe and US futures on September 14 as safety warnings hit capex expectations while oil and bond yields tightened financial conditions.
Six US banks report as September inflation arrives. The question is whether profits can outweigh tighter funding and higher discount rates.
US stocks reached records while the 10-year Treasury yield hovered above 5.3 per cent. Both markets can be right only if AI investment produces cash flows unusually quickly.
Global Markets Review's October 2026 audience research finds no consensus that AI and semiconductor stocks are in a bubble, while geopolitics and export controls rank as the largest perceived 12-month risk.
Seasonality and rapid earnings growth still favour equities, but the highest US 10-year yield in 24 years has changed the price investors must pay for optimism.
Eurozone activity is growing at its fastest pace in almost three and a half years just as energy costs push price pressures higher. That is a less comfortable combination for markets than stronger growth alone suggests.
Technology stocks have reclaimed market leadership as oil retreats, but the recovery says as much about changing risk assumptions as it does about renewed enthusiasm for AI.
The latest economic negotiations link AI models, rare-earth supply, tariffs and investment ahead of the September 24 leaders' summit.
Reported internal projections show how the race for compute could require unprecedented financing even if AI revenue grows rapidly.
The AI investment cycle is transmitting through semiconductors, data centres, electricity systems and export supply chains, creating very different opportunities and constraints across Asian economies.
Calls for a slower pace of frontier AI development have exposed how much of the equity rally now rests on an extraordinary infrastructure buildout. Investors need to watch orders, not rhetoric.
The Federal Reserve begins its September meeting with oil prices elevated and Treasury yields around levels that tighten financial conditions before policymakers make any move.
The US SPAC market has surged back in 2026, with 143 listings and about $28 billion raised. We examine why AI, robotics, space and quantum are driving the revival.
Glencore and Mercuria are reportedly pursuing separate deals involving Venezuela's Venalum aluminium smelter. Here is what the talks mean for global metals supply.
AI stocks price enormous growth in chips, data centres and cloud. We examine how tighter frontier-AI regulation could affect semiconductors, utilities, hyperscalers and AI infrastructure.
Why the global AI race is difficult to slow: the US, China, Europe and Gulf states face economic and strategic incentives to keep investing in compute and frontier capabilities.
Global bond yields are rising as Brent crude climbs above $107 and investors price renewed rate hikes. Here is what is driving the selloff and what matters next.
AI neoclouds are borrowing heavily to build GPU infrastructure. We compare CoreWeave, Nscale and peers with the telecom fibre boom of the late 1990s.
Barclays raised its 2026 S&P 500 target to 7,950 and EPS forecast to $365. We examine the earnings case, AI spending and valuation risks.
Oscar Hayatt examines the shift from GPUs to AI networking, Ultra Ethernet and optical interconnects, with a fact-based watchlist led by Arista, Coherent, Lumentum and Broadcom.
The S&P 500 rose 1.06% and Nasdaq 1.40% on 3 September 2026. Megacap technology led, but advancing stocks also outnumbered decliners.
Japan's 20 largest listed companies by market value in an August 2026 snapshot, with listing codes, sectors, methodology and links to Japan's market and index guides.
Compare TOPIX and the Nikkei 225: free-float market-cap weighting versus adjusted price weighting, constituent selection, dividends and currency exposure.
AI infrastructure spending is moving from a capex story to a depreciation, free-cash-flow and return-on-invested-capital test for Big Tech.
The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007 before Washington doubled bond buybacks. What it means for stocks and rates.
The S&P 500 is at record highs, but retail earnings, FOMC minutes and Jackson Hole this week could decide if the rally holds into September.
European stocks reached record levels in 2026. See the sectors, index concentration and market drivers behind the rally rather than only the headline index move.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are at record highs, but a handful of AI-linked megacaps drive the gains. What concentration means for US stock investors.
A practical guide to the S&P 500, including how companies enter the index, how market-cap weighting works and why mega-cap stocks matter so much.
UK and European stocks trade at a persistent discount to US equities. What index composition explains, what it doesn't, and where the value sits.
A guide to the Nasdaq-100, including its largest companies, weighting methodology, sector exposure and how it differs from the S&P 500.
A guide to the Magnificent Seven stocks: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Tesla, including earnings drivers and key risks.
A guide to the largest companies in the S&P 500 by market capitalisation, how index weighting works and why megacap stocks matter so much to index returns.
The largest Nasdaq-100 companies, how the index is weighted and why Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and other megacaps dominate its behaviour.
A guide to the world's largest stock exchanges, including NYSE, Nasdaq, Shanghai, Euronext, Japan Exchange Group, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and London Stock Exchange.
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average works, why it is price weighted, which companies it tracks and how it differs from the S&P 500.
With the S&P 500 near records, investors face a crucial week of US CPI data, big-bank earnings and renewed Middle East risk.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended Q2 2026 with their strongest quarter since 2020, leaving AI spending, earnings and Fed policy as the key H2 tests.
How S&P 500 weighting works, including float-adjusted market capitalisation, constituent weights and why mega-cap stocks have outsized influence.
A guide to the largest FTSE 100 companies, how the index is weighted and why Shell, AstraZeneca, HSBC, Unilever and other global groups dominate the benchmark.
The Nasdaq fell 4.2% as a stronger US jobs report pushed Treasury yields higher and revived fears of a Federal Reserve rate hike.
How the Nasdaq-100 works, including modified market-cap weighting, quarterly rebalancing, annual reconstitution and the exclusion of financial companies.
Women remain underrepresented in STEM and AI as investment and wages concentrate around technology. Why the AI gender gap is becoming an economic and capital-allocation issue.
The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats require at least 25 consecutive years of dividend increases and use equal weighting rather than market-cap weighting.
Why S&P 500 concentration matters, how market-cap weighting works and why the top 10 companies can dominate index returns even in a 500-company benchmark.