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Global equities advanced sharply as improving sentiment around US-China relations, encouraging US economic data, and easing inflation concerns boosted investor appetite for risk assets, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. The analysts said markets reacted positively to developments surrounding the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, while corporate earnings and growing enthusiasm around artificial intelligence further supported… Continue reading Global equities rally as Trump-Xi optimism lifts market sentiments

Alphabet has raised 576.5 billion yen ($3.6 billion) through its first-ever yen-denominated bond sale, marking the largest bond issuance in Japanese currency by a foreign company, according to a term sheet released on Friday. The transaction comes as the parent company of Google continues to expand investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure while diversifying its global… Continue reading Alphabet completes record-breaking yen bond issuance

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has rarely appeared in better financial shape, at least on the surface of its latest results. In its first quarter, the chipmaker posted revenue of $10.3 billion, up 38% from a year earlier, while data center sales surged 57% to $5.8 billion as demand for its EPYC CPUs and Instinct… Continue reading Here’s why AMD stock could struggle in the second half of 2026

European blue-chip companies are on course to deliver their strongest earnings growth since the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the latest LSEG I/B/E/S data released on Thursday. However, revenues are still expected to decline despite the strong profit performance. The data showed that earnings for European blue-chip firms are now expected to have risen… Continue reading European blue-chips set for strongest earnings growth since 2022

Honda’s latest results paint a sharply weaker picture of the company’s performance, with both operating and net income slipping into loss for the first time in decades. The company reported an operating loss of ¥414.3 billion and a net loss of ¥423.9 billion for the year ended March 2026, its first annual loss since it… Continue reading Why is Honda stock soaring despite posting first loss since 1948

Anthropic has agreed terms on a roughly $30 billion fundraising round that would value the artificial intelligence company at about $900 billion before the new money is added, according to an exclusive Financial Times report. If completed at that level, the deal would put Anthropic ahead of OpenAI, which was most recently valued at about… Continue reading Anthropic surpasses OpenAI in value as $900B round nears close

Adani Enterprises’ stock price continued its surge on Friday as investors cheered the new agreement between the company and US authorities. It jumped to INR 2,712, its highest point since November 2024, and 60% above its lowest point this year.  Other Adani stocks also surged, with the port business soaring to a record high of… Continue reading Here’s why Adani shares are going parabolic today (May 15)

The initial phase of the AI boom heavily concentrated capital within a narrow hardware monopoly, primarily rewarding Nvidia as its graphics processing units captured a 90% market share in model training. However, institutional focus is now rapidly pivoting toward the structural deployment of inference and agentic AI. This second phase presents a broader investment landscape… Continue reading Three must-own stocks to play the second wave of AI