Gold Outlook: Price Clears $4,600 — Geopolitics, PCE, and Warsh's Speech in Focus
Gold surged 5.2% last week, clearing $4,600 and hitting a three-month high. The U.S. Treasury's expansion of medium- and long-term bond buybacks, combined with a weaker dollar and growing concerns about U.S. fiscal discipline, drove gold through resistance that had held for several months. This week, geopolitical developments, July PCE, and Warsh's address at Jackson Hole are the three key variables that will determine whether the rally can hold.
Anthropic's IPO Looms: Can a $2 Trillion Valuation Survive the Profitability Test?
Anthropic's IPO is entering its countdown phase and could become a key litmus test for AI sector valuations. Can rapid growth and a single quarter of profitability offset sky-high compute costs? Q3 and Q4 earnings performance will be the key to validating the $2 trillion price tag.
Oil Price Outlook: Brent Eyes $100 as Iran Sanctions Put Weekend Gap Risk in Focus
Brent crude has pushed firmly above $94 as momentum builds and traders turn their attention to weekend gap risk. With Scott Bessent set to detail what he has called the “toughest sanctions in history” against Iran on Monday, the key question is whether targeting Iran's economy and its crude buyers ultimately removes supply and pushes Brent towards $100.
Gold Outlook: Bulls Target $4,400 Again — Jackson Hole Is the Real Test
Gold rose for a second consecutive week, with cooling inflation and central bank buying continuing to provide support — but geopolitical turbulence kept $4,400–$4,450 firmly in play as a key resistance zone. As September rate-hike expectations ease, market attention is shifting to the FOMC minutes and the Jackson Hole symposium, where Warsh's policy remarks could prove pivotal for gold's next move.
Alibaba Q1 FY27 Earnings Preview: Wall Street Is Overwhelmingly Bullish — Now AI and Cloud Have to Prove It
The market expects Alibaba's profitability to come under clear pressure this quarter, even as analyst ratings lean almost unanimously bullish. With the stock having rallied sharply in recent months, the real focus for traders isn't this quarter's numbers — it's whether AI and cloud can start turning heavy capex into growth the market can actually verify.
Unitree IPO: Perpetual CFD Market Points to a 292% Gain
Unitree’s IPO was more than 8,000x subscribed online, attracting CNY8.1tn of retail bids. Pre-IPO Perpetual CFD pricing now implies a 292% gain from the IPO price.
Gold Price Outlook: The Breakout Above US$4,400 Is Being Driven by Powerful Market Flows
Gold has broken above key resistance as ETF inflows, options positioning, falling real yields and central bank buying combine to support the bullish outlook. Is US$4,500 next?
Gold Outlook: Bulls Break the Stalemate — CPI To Decide Whether the Rally Has Legs
Gold has broken out of a six-week range and cleared $4,300. Easing geopolitical tensions have taken some of the heat out of inflation fears, while a weak jobs report has further dented September rate-hike expectations — leaving gold's bullish momentum noticeably stronger. This week's July CPI will be the key test, and could determine whether the rally has room to run.
AMD 2Q26 Earnings Preview: EPYC Drives Growth, But Instinct and Helios Will Define the Bias
AMD's 2Q26 earnings preview arrives with elevated expectations after a strong run for the stock, so the market will focus less on the quarterly beat itself and more on the guidance for data center acceleration in the second half of the year. The key will be whether the recovery in Instinct accelerators keeps pace with EPYC, whether gross margin holds near 56%, and whether the company confirms first Helios shipments toward the end of the third quarter.
Unitree IPO: Valuation, Timeline and Pepperstone's Pre-IPO Perp CFD
Explore the Unitree IPO, including its valuation, business model, listing timeline and how Pepperstone's pre-IPO market allows traders to speculate before listing.
USDJPY Slides to 155: FX Intervention Lifts the Yen, but Rate Differentials Remain the Key Headwind
The yen has staged a strong rebound, with USDJPY falling from around 164 to the 155 region as markets reassess the impact of FX intervention. Still, tension remains between short-term policy action and longer-term fundamentals, and USDJPY's future direction will hinge largely on shifts in the US-Japan rate differential and signals from the two central banks.
AMZN Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: AI Capex in Focus
The AMZN Q2 2026 earnings preview arrives under pressure: the company reports this Thursday, July 30, after market close, with the stock down 17% from its high and investors watching whether it holds its $200 billion capex plan following the scare Alphabet triggered last week. Consensus expects revenue near $197 billion, amid a cautious mood toward the AI infrastructure sector.
Gold Outlook: Fed Holds, Hawks Speak Up — All Eyes on Payrolls
The Fed's biggest internal split since 2016 still left the rate path frustratingly unclear. Gold has been grinding between $4,000 and $4,200 for weeks, caught between rate expectations, dollar moves, and geopolitical headlines. This week, U.S.-Iran talks and Friday's nonfarm payrolls report could finally give the market something to trade.
Palantir Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: Commercial Sales Hold the Key to the Stock’s Next Move
Palantir Technologies PLTR is set to report its second-quarter 2026 financial results Monday after the close of the US trading session, in what is shaping up to be one of the most watched events of this earnings season.
SpaceX Q2 Earnings Preview: Can Elon Musk Reignite the Rally?
SpaceX reports Q2 earnings with investors focused on Starlink, AI growth, Starship progress and guidance. Here's what could drive the next major move in the stock.
HSI Leads the Global Pack: Chinese AI Repricing Drives the Rally, Earnings and Policy Hold the Key
The Hang Seng Index (HSI) has led major global benchmarks since late June, with the repricing of Chinese AI assets serving as a key driver. With earnings season approaching, whether AI profitability materializes and how the policy backdrop evolves may prove decisive for whether this rally can be sustained.
Apple Q3 2026 Earnings Preview: Memory Costs Test Profitability as Options Bet on Bigger Swings
The market broadly expects Apple to deliver another solid quarter, but options are now pricing implied earnings-day volatility at nearly double the historical average, showing traders are paying up for potential uncertainty. What really drives the stock may not be whether earnings beat expectations, but whether gross margin can hold up against memory cost pressure — and how management lays out the final AI roadmap of the Cook era.
