The US govenment shutdown continues, but despite the gloomy macro, US equity markets hit highs last week. Globally, emerging markets are booming but Nigeria’s CGT poses a risk to capital markets, and Brazil seeks to negotiate its way out of US tariff turbulence. Oh, and Shein is coming to Paris?Continue Reading
While credit markets heat up in the US, stability maintenance is the name of the game in China, the BOJ is weighing an interest rate hike, and IPO fever dominates in Singapore. A deep-dive into Rheinmetall highlights growth target goals for the German defense industry. Continue Reading
Markets rallied after the Fed’s first rate cut of 2025, but fears of recession linger as yield curve signals danger. Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee sparked global panic, Indian tech stocks slid, and a looming U.S. government shutdown threatens to shake confidence even further. Meanwhile, Boeing’s new F-47 fighter and defense tech expansion highlight shifting military priorities as global tensions intensify.Continue Reading
Trump’s new tariff policy aims to boost U.S. industries but may raise consumer costs, induce stock market volatility, and create long-term economic concerns. The recent tariff policy changes will both positively and negatively affect different stock market sectors, creating economic uncertainty and negatively influencing…Continue Reading
Authors: Faith Spalding, Lucy Cox Editors: Faith Spalding, Lucy Cox Intro: Welcome to the Weekly BluRB, a newsletter catered to students and professionals seeking the latest news and insights on global markets. Get prepared for the week by reading four stories circulating around equity markets, macro trends, geopolitics and newContinue Reading
Author: Allie Adajar, Graphics: Jennie Wang The BRB Bottomline: Movie theaters are set to make a major comeback as the leading source of entertainment in the movie industry amidst rising streaming service costs. Mickey Mouse was envisioned for the big silver screen. Now, audiences are opting for movie nights inContinue Reading
Summer 2022 saw another new app come onto the mainstream social media scene: BeReal. Over this summer, the download count on the app store for BeReal jumped from 7.67 million in April of this year to over 53 million by the beginning of October. People were eager to share their exciting, depressing, and mundane summer moments in real-time, and this app offered just the method to do so.Continue Reading
Ethereum’s Merge is late at best and irrelevant at worst. The blockchain space is rapidly changing, and Ethereum is not keeping pace.Continue Reading
It seems that even in a bearish economy, there is still more money chasing innovation driven by limited, bright minds. Perhaps that might not come as a surprise. There are hundreds of different parts of aging that need to be better understood, and every few weeks, a discovery revolutionizes various fields of research and methodologies.Continue Reading
Despite the political backlash and uncertainty for the macroeconomy brought upon by their plan, the Biden Administration remains steadfast in its argument that it is a vital step for Americans in the ultimate goal of solving the student debt crisis. Moreover, they believe it to be an efficient and sustainable solution — they maintain that because of the high default rates for student loans, the actual cost of the debt forgiveness plan will be lower than the theoretical expectation; however, the specifics of that value have proven to be difficult to calculate. Continue Reading