January 2026 – Page 70 – Finance Updates

Asia Markets Kick Off 2026 with Mixed Moves Amid Thin Liquidity, AI & Policy Risks

Asian trading was thinned by New Year holiday...

Among open markets, the Hang Seng fell, Shang...

Low liquidity and partial global closures, in...

Looking into early 2026, investors are focuse...

Why You’re Seeing Bloomberg’s “Unusual Activity” Block: What It Means & How to Fix It

Global FYI Other Information Services

Bloomberg is blocking access because its syst...

Triggers include VPNs or proxies, shared or p...

To regain access, you typically must complete...

If issues persist, changing networks or IPs, ...

Goldman Sachs Bets on Asia as Dollar Weakens: What Investors Need to Know

Asia Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Goldman Sachs expects a structurally weaker U...

Positioning for this view, the bank has conso...

Asia and broader emerging markets are seen as...

Risks include potential U.S. economic resilie...

EIB Unveils Game-Changing Trade & Export Finance Strategy to Unlock €105B Globally

Europe Policy Finance and Insurance

The European Investment Bank is pivoting towa...

It plans to deploy about €10 billion per year...

Security, defence, clean tech, supply chains,...

Pilots such as the Ukraine reinsurance scheme...

Corporate Bonds Rally: Tight Spreads & Yield Boosted, But Macro Risks Loom

Americas Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Investment-grade corporate bond spreads over ...

Despite compressed spreads, absolute yields a...

Demand vastly exceeds net supply, with heavy ...

However, limited room for further spread tigh...

Surging Fed Repo Usage Removes Policy Caps — What It Means for Bank Liquidity & Risk

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The New York Fed’s Standing Repo Facility usa...

DCReport alleges the Fed has quietly funneled...

Officials frame the increased repo use as a r...

The pattern of uncapped facilities, rising us...

How the Latest Court Ruling Could Reshape Debit Interchange Fees and Consumer Costs

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

Regulation II, implementing the Durbin Amendm...

Banking groups argue the proposed lower cap u...

A federal district court in Corner Post v. Fe...

Evidence suggests merchants largely did not p...

Political Interference in the Fed Is Fueling Inflation Expectations and Market Risk

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

Political attacks by President Trump on Chair...

Historical evidence shows that such political...

Markets are reacting with higher long-term yi...

Legal rulings, institutional norms, and domes...

Silver’s Tough Now, But Why Physical Silver Could Surge Later

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

A hedge-fund veteran who had been bullish on ...

Back-to-back CME margin hikes on silver futur...

China’s new export-licensing regime for refin...

Physical markets show high premiums and backw...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Rallies 33% in 2025 on AI, Equities & Strategic Shift

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha macro fund returned ...

Other Bridgewater strategies also posted stro...

Results were driven by US equity and AI-stock...

Bridgewater is capping Pure Alpha’s size, inv...