Author: Noah (Noah )

Gold returned to focus after recovering from a two-week low and moving back above the psychologically important $4,000 level. Softer US inflation data, a weaker dollar, and renewed buying around established support helped the metal regain part of the ground lost earlier in the week. Brokers from Fondesia.com examine whether the rebound can develop into...

BHP Group announced a $900 million investment into its Western Australia Iron Ore operations on July 16, 2026. The announcement came alongside fiscal year results showing strong cost discipline across its major asset portfolio.  The company stated that every asset was expected to come in within unit cost guidance despite headwinds from inflation, higher diesel...

China posted its slowest GDP growth since 2022 in the most recent quarterly reading, missing market expectations. A deepening supply-demand imbalance continued to weigh on the domestic economy. Industrial production and exports remained robust, powered by global AI infrastructure investment demand. Consumer spending and private investment weakened further against the backdrop of a prolonged property...

South Korea’s Kospi index fell 6.3 percent on July 16, 2026, making it the worst-performing major Asian benchmark on a day when semiconductor stocks across the region faced a wave of profit-taking.  Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 3.2 percent on the same session. The selloff followed a 1.6 percent decline in the Nasdaq the prior evening...

Rotork shares surged 66.85 percent on July 16, 2026, after Swiss engineering group ABB offered £4.1 billion for the FTSE 250-listed industrial flow control equipment maker. The cash offer of 506 pence per share represented a 73 percent premium to Rotork’s previous closing price. It was also a 63 percent premium to the average price...

Netflix shares fell more than 8 percent in after-hours trading on July 16, 2026. The company reported Q2 results that were essentially in line with expectations but delivered guidance that disappointed investors expecting stronger momentum. Revenue came in at $12.56 billion, with earnings per share of $0.80, barely above the $0.79 consensus. The real problem...

This week’s cooler-than-expected CPI Data Has Real Implications for How Retirees Structure Withdrawals, beyond the Immediate Market Reaction. June’s Consumer Price Index came in well below expectations this week, falling a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent for the month, the largest monthly decline in more than six years.  The annual inflation rate eased to 3.5 percent,...

IBM shares fell approximately 25 percent this week after the technology company warned that second quarter profits would come in below expectations, pointing to soft demand across its software and infrastructure businesses. The decline weighed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, even though the broader index still managed to close only marginally lower that day....

SK Hynix trading in two markets at once created a genuine valuation puzzle this week, and it shows exactly what modern portfolio tools are built for. SK Hynix shares have moved in two different directions this week depending on which market an investor was watching.  The chipmaker jumped 13 percent in its Nasdaq debut, reflecting...

Oil markets moved sharply this week following renewed disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical corridor for global energy exports. The uncertainty added to a year that has already seen oil prices swing from record highs to sharp declines and back again, driven largely by ongoing tension in the region. For retirees...