Big news:
🇺🇸 ISM manufacturing PMI drops today at 10 AM ET:
If PMI > 54 → market goes wild 🚀
If PMI = 53–54 → market stays calm
If PMI < 53 → market takes a hit 📉
Everyone’s watching this one today!!
Big news: US stock futures are climbing after Trump called off strikes on Iran, saying a deal is close:
1. S&P 500: +0.5%
2. Nasdaq 100: +0.8%
3. Dow Jones: +0.4%
4. WTI Crude: -7.5%
5. Brent: -10.0%
6. Gold: +0.7%
Peace talk headlines are making a comeback.
BREAKING: Iranian state media and officials have denied reports that Tehran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump that a preliminary deal had been reached.
Asia's leverage boom is unwinding fast. South Korea margin debt is down $4B from June's peak to $22B, the lowest since mid-April. China's stock margin loans fell $59B to $385B, hitting a low not seen since early April. Taiwan's margin debt dropped $4B from July's peak to $15B, t
🚨 BREAKING
🇺🇸 Trump says the U.S. and Iran are having "good talks."
"There's a decent chance something could actually work out."
Betting markets now see a 75% probability of a deal by August 31.
This is huge for the markets!!
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BREAKING: China imported +173 tonnes of gold in June, the largest monthly import since March 2024.
This also marks their 3rd consecutive monthly increase.
As a result, China's total gold imports in the first half of 2026 doubled, to ~820 tonnes, the 2nd-largest first-half
🚨 HUGE NEWS
🇺🇸 Trump just told Axios live: “The Iranians are desperate for a deal.”
But the U.S. and Iran are pausing talks for a week.
A final agreement is still up in the air.
This matters a lot for markets…
Major news: The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve dropped another 5.5 million barrels last week, hitting 326 million—lowest level since May 1983.
That's 13 weeks straight of declines, the longest stretch since 2021-2023. Total loss so far: 89 million barrels.
For context,
Meta is pulling another Elon Musk move.
Their stock jumped 10% after Bloomberg said they're launching a cloud biz to rent out extra AI computing power.
SpaceX already does this — renting spare capacity for $1.25B/month from Anthropic and $920M/month from Google.
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