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2025 Turned Trump’s Biggest Strength Against Him

2025 Turned Trump’s Biggest Strength Against Him

As usual when Donald Trump occupies the White House, 2025 condensed a decade's worth of political upheaval into a single year. Identifying the most important of those developments is like picking through the wreckage to find a few family heirlooms after a tornado has torn through the neighborhood.

Glendon

Japan To Quadruple Spending Support For Chips And AI In Budget To $10 Billion

Japan To Quadruple Spending Support For Chips And AI In Budget To $10 Billion

Japan's Industry Ministry is set to nearly quadruple its budgeted support for cutting-edge semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) development to about 1.23 trillion yen (S$10.1 billion) for the fiscal year starting in April.

Winkelmann

USDJPY Buyers Resume Activity After Holding Key Support

USDJPY Buyers Resume Activity After Holding Key Support

USDJPY is showing a recovery amid weak inflation in Tokyo and expectations of a pause in BoJ policy tightening. The current price is 156.29. Details — in our analysis for 26 December 2025.

Blue River

Japan Proposes Record Budget While Signaling Fiscal Discipline Amid Inflation Pressures

Japan Proposes Record Budget While Signaling Fiscal Discipline Amid Inflation Pressures

Japan has unveiled a record $783 billion draft budget for FY2026 under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, aiming to stimulate consumption and bolster defense...

Gerik

U.S. Graphite Mining Revives Amid Battery Boom and China Trade Tensions

U.S. Graphite Mining Revives Amid Battery Boom and China Trade Tensions

With graphite demand soaring due to the EV and battery revolution, U.S. mining companies are reviving domestic production. Titan Mining’s project in New York is among several advancing under federal support...

Gerik

Thai Central Bank Undertakes 'heavy' Baht Intervention to Ease Volatility, Chief Says

Thai Central Bank Undertakes 'heavy' Baht Intervention to Ease Volatility, Chief Says

Thailand's central bank has aggressively acted to ease volatility in the baht the central bank chief said on Friday, with the currency surging to its highest level against the dollar in more than four years.

Glendon

Zelenskiy Says 'a Lot' Can Be Decided Before New Year Ahead Of Trump Meeting

Zelenskiy Says 'a Lot' Can Be Decided Before New Year Ahead Of Trump Meeting

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he planned to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump soon and that a lot could be decided before the New Year as Washington pushes diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia.

Daniel Carter

Yemen Separatists Accuse Saudi Arabia of Launching Airstrikes Against Their Forces

Yemen Separatists Accuse Saudi Arabia of Launching Airstrikes Against Their Forces

Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting their forces with airstrikes.

Justin

Silver Surges Above $75 as Precious Metals Extend Record-Breaking Rally

Silver Surges Above $75 as Precious Metals Extend Record-Breaking Rally

Silver jumped to an all-time high of $75.14 per ounce on Friday, leading a broad rally across precious metals as investors rotated into hard assets amid thin year-end liquidity, Fed rate cut bets, and escalating geopolitical tensions....

Gerik

Pakistan Leverages India Conflict To Ink Record $4bn Arms Sale To Libya

Pakistan Leverages India Conflict To Ink Record $4bn Arms Sale To Libya

Pakistan has reached an agreement worth more than $4 billion to supply conventional weapons to military authorities in control of the eastern part of Libya, making it potentially the South Asian country's biggest defense export deal ever.

Daniel Carter

Platinum Soars to Record High on Supply Crunch and EU Combustion Ban Reversal

Platinum Soars to Record High on Supply Crunch and EU Combustion Ban Reversal

Platinum prices surged 8% to an all-time high of $2,413.62 per ounce on Friday, driven by tightening global supply, a surprise EU policy shift allowing continued combustion-engine sales...

Gerik

Oil Prices Rise on Venezuela Supply Fears, but Head for Sharpest Annual Drop Since 2020

Oil Prices Rise on Venezuela Supply Fears, but Head for Sharpest Annual Drop Since 2020

Oil prices rose modestly on Friday as geopolitical tensions surrounding Venezuela and Nigeria stirred fresh supply concerns. However, both Brent and WTI crude benchmarks remain on course for their steepest annual losses since the pandemic-driven collapse of 2020....

Gerik

Tokyo Core Inflation Slows but Keeps BOJ on Path Toward Gradual Tightening

Tokyo Core Inflation Slows but Keeps BOJ on Path Toward Gradual Tightening

Core inflation in Tokyo slowed to 2.3% in December, below market expectations, but remained above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target. Despite easing food prices...

Gerik

China’s Solar Power Additions Rise To Six-Month High In November

China’s Solar Power Additions Rise To Six-Month High In November

China's solar installations in November surged to the highest in six months, extending an end-of-year recovery.

Winkelmann

Gold Surges to Record High Amid Safe-Haven Inflows and Fed Rate Cut Expectations

Gold Surges to Record High Amid Safe-Haven Inflows and Fed Rate Cut Expectations

Gold prices climbed to an all-time high of $4,530.60 per ounce in early Asian trading on Friday, driven by intensified demand for safe-haven assets and growing confidence in imminent U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cuts....

Gerik

Asia Markets Climb in Holiday-Shortened Session as Silver Extends Record Rally

Asia Markets Climb in Holiday-Shortened Session as Silver Extends Record Rally

Asian markets opened higher on Friday amid thin trading volumes due to the Boxing Day holiday, while silver surged to a new all-time high. Japan and South Korea led regional gains...

Gerik

Human Insight Still Critical in AI-Driven Investing, Says SmartWealth CEO

Human Insight Still Critical in AI-Driven Investing, Says SmartWealth CEO

Despite operating a fully algorithmic investment firm, SmartWealth Asset Management CEO Miro Mitev emphasizes that humans remain central to the success of AI models...

Gerik

India's Water Crunch Brews Risks For Beverage Giants

India's Water Crunch Brews Risks For Beverage Giants

Foreign companies operating in India have long grappled with complex regulations and confusing tax laws.

Winkelmann

Conflicting Data On China Smartphone Shipments Revealed

Conflicting Data On China Smartphone Shipments Revealed

Foreign-branded smartphone shipments in China experienced contrasting figures for November, with Apple's iPhone driving a reported 128% increase, while other sources noted a 47% decline.

Justin

Gold, Silver Hit Fresh Record Highs Amid Geopolitical Tensions, Weak Dollar

Gold, Silver Hit Fresh Record Highs Amid Geopolitical Tensions, Weak Dollar

Gold and silver surged to fresh record highs on Friday as investors flocked to safe-haven assets amid escalating geopolitical tensions and a weakening U.S. dollar, extending a powerful year-end rally in precious metals.

Samantha Luan

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