The Bank of Japan's decision to raise its policy rate from near zero to 0.25% in August 2024 triggered significant market turmoil worldwide. Holding the current low rate would require the BOJ to print yen and absorb bonds, risking a further yen crash. Raising rates allows the bond market to stabilize but can cause a sharp yen rise and simultaneous weakness in Bitcoin, signaling shrinking carry trades and reduced global risk appetite. This environment pressures leveraged investors to sell liquid and profitable assets like Nvidia and crypto, leading to coordinated sell-offs without fundamental reasons, driven mainly by margin calls.
NVIDIA announced that leading Japanese companies in robotics and manufacturing are adopting its Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis, and Jetson platforms to accelerate AI-powered intelligent machines across industries. The new Cosmos 3 Edge model enables real-...
The SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (XNTK) has significantly outperformed the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) over the past year, returning 51.65% compared to QQQ's 28.43%. XNTK uses an equal-weight approach focusing solely on about 35 tech leaders, capturing broad...
Sanjeev Sharma forecasts the S&P 500 will finish 2026 slightly below its starting point due to weak consumer fundamentals like stagnant wage growth, high inflation, elevated gas prices, and rising interest rates. His disposable income-based model hig...
The Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF (TECL) is rated Buy due to easing inflation and a positive outlook for the Nasdaq-100, driven by growing AI infrastructure investments and increasing influence of smaller AI-related companies beyond the major...
The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) has been selected as the default investment for the new Trump Accounts program, which provides eligible newborns with a $1,000 Treasury contribution invested in this fund. SPYM tracks the S&P 500 ind...
