Last week ended badly for chip stocks. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 11% in five trading days — its worst week since March 2025 — leaving it nearly 24% below its late-June high, enough to count as a technical bear market. The trigger was a new AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI called “Kimi … Read more
Asian stock markets have had a remarkable run in 2026. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is up roughly a third for the year and keeps setting fresh records. Singapore’s benchmark index just notched its fifth all-time high in a matter of weeks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is riding its sharpest rotation into Chinese technology stocks in ten … Read more
This week is shaping up to be one of the more genuinely pivotal weeks for UK markets in 2026 — and not for the reason most people expect. The Labour Party leadership contest that dominated headlines as an open question is about to resolve. Andy Burnham, backed by more than 80% of Labour MPs, is … Read more
This is going to be a loud week for the stock market. On Tuesday alone, investors get the June inflation report, five of the biggest U.S. banks reporting earnings, and new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh giving his first testimony to Congress. By Thursday, chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor, health insurer UnitedHealth, and streaming leader Netflix … Read more
If you glanced at Asian markets on Thursday, July 2, 2026, you would have seen one of the sharpest single-day selloffs of the year: South Korea’s KOSPI fell nearly 8%, Samsung Electronics dropped 9.1%, and SK Hynix tumbled almost 15%, wiping out roughly $290 billion in combined market value in a matter of hours. Japan’s … Read more
If you check the FTSE 100 this week and see it sitting near an all-time high, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a quiet week for UK stocks. It isn’t. On Thursday, July 9, 2026, nominations formally open for a new leader of the Labour Party — and, by extension, a new Prime Minister — … Read more
The U.S. stock market just closed out its best quarter since 2020. Then, in the final two trading days before the July 4th holiday, semiconductor stocks took their sharpest tumble in over a year. Now, right in the middle of that turbulence, SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is pressing ahead with a Nasdaq … Read more
Asian Markets Are at a Turning Point — and These 10 Stocks Are Right in the Middle of It If you have been watching Asian markets lately, you already know the tension. AI chip demand is surging. Central bank decisions are shifting. China’s manufacturing data is about to land. And a handful of stocks across … Read more
The Week That Could Move UK Markets The week of June 29 to July 3, 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most catalyst-rich periods of the year for UK investors. Between China’s Manufacturing PMI on Monday, the U.S. ADP Employment Report midweek, and the U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report dropping on Thursday, … Read more
This week could be one of the most volatile trading weeks of the summer — and if you’re not watching the right stocks, you could miss some serious moves. With Nike dropping its fiscal Q4 earnings, Tesla releasing Q2 delivery numbers, and Thursday’s Nonfarm Payrolls report on deck, the market has plenty of fuel to … Read more