When Markets Confuse As Things Fall Apart…

This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. This past week saw significant gyrations in the market as trade tensions with China, US company results, rising debt risk, more AI investments and crypto mayhem all messed with the indices. That said, robust earnings from major U.S. banks this week offered some signs of economic resilience at a time when official macroeconomic reports remain delayed due to an ongoing government shutdown and when most talking heads are still jawboning the market […]