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This morning at the time of writing, overall stock sentiment is negative due to a downbeat in the US session yesterday and Microsoft's weaker-than-expected sales report. The S&P500 and Nasdaq closed lower yesterday, and the negative sentiment got compounded by Microsoft's sales report. Asia

Let's start, as mentioned in my tweets on January 15. On January 20th there's $2.7 trillion of options will expire in the US-listed options market. So today's expiry of single stock options and index/ETF options. A total of $797 billion of single

Brexit Talks - BoE Expects Inflation to Remain High Into 2024 Investors have been closely watching the latest developments in Brexit recently, as the U.K. continues to grapple with its issues tied to the event. The mini-Budget failed, creating concerns about inflation, strike action, food supply, and a UK-specific

Russia-Japan Peace Treaty Talks Remain "Impossible" - Tensions Continue to Escalate The Kremlin has recently announced that Japan's recent expressions of anti-Russian sentiment have made it impossible to resume talks surrounding a potential peace treaty. Specifically, a senior Russian foreign ministry official quoted in TASS has

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel recently admitted that the Minsk Agreements, a set of agreements signed seven years ago to resolve the Ukraine conflict, were nothing more than a "deceptive political ploy." This admission has led many to question her role in the conflict and whether she