2026-08-21 Trump stated that he did not instruct Bessent to intervene in the bond market. 2026-08-21 Hims & Hers weight loss program faces penalties over credit card disputes. 2026-08-21 Moody's comments on Ireland: Policymakers are expected to effectively mitigate external shocks, including the impact of changes in U.S. trade, tax, and industrial policies. 2026-08-21 MSCI Emerging Markets stock index rose 1.3%, while the currency index rose 0.3%. 2026-08-21 North American technology software stock index ETF rose 1.43% to $103.37, down 0.68% for the week, ending a three-week winning streak... 2026-08-21 U.S. CFTC: Asset management firms increased U.S. Treasury exposure before Bessent's unexpected buyback announcement 2026-08-21 Among the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 index, the materials sector closed up 2.2%, healthcare and financial sectors rose up to 1.32%, and the telecommunications sector gained 0.... 2026-08-21 CFTC: For the week of August 18, leveraged funds began rebuilding short positions in the Japanese yen. 2026-08-21 Federal Reserve: US bank deposits were $19.532 trillion last week, compared with $19.496 trillion the previous week. 2026-08-21 US stock major asset-class ETFs mostly closed higher, with gold ETFs rising over 1.9% to lead the gains. 2026-08-21 Biotech Index ETF closed up about 1.3%, leading US sector ETFs. 2026-08-21 On Friday (August 21), the Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index rose 1.76% to 3514.69 points, with a cumulative weekly gain of 0.30%... 2026-08-21 State Street Metals & Mining ETF rose 4.1%, hitting a new high since June. 2026-08-21 Anthropic has hired Amir Salek, co-founder of Google's custom chip project, to join its computing team. 2026-08-21 Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index initially closed up 0.4%, up 0.1% for the week.
Among popular Chinese concept stocks, NetEase initially closed up 6.9%, New Oriental... 2026-08-21 This week, the S&P fell about 1.3% cumulatively, the Dow fell 0.8%, the Nasdaq fell 2.1%, the semiconductor index fell 5.5%, and the memory chip index fell 5... 2026-08-21 Tesla (Korea): The cumulative mileage of Tesla FSD driving in South Korea has reached 50 million kilometers. 2026-08-21 SpaceX is hiring natural gas traders to build an internal team to secure energy supply. 2026-08-21 Mexico's Economy Minister: Believes Mexico will reach a similar trade agreement with the United States and Canada after they conclude their trade deal. 2026-08-21 Chicago corn futures rose about 5.2% this week, soybeans up 4%. 2026-08-21 OpenAI: Over the next three months, we will reduce the API and credit pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol by more than 20%. 2026-08-21 Kalshi: Just now, gold surpassed U.S. Treasuries to become the largest reserve asset among global central banks. 2026-08-21 Ann Miletti, Head of Equity Investments at Allspring Global Investments: In... 2026-08-21 Institutions: Jackson Hole Conference Poses Greater Risk Than Nvidia's Earnings 2026-08-21 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): For the week of August 18, speculative net long positions in COMEX gold increased by 4,054... 2026-08-21 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): For the week of August 18, speculators increased their net long positions in NYMEX WTI crude oil by 3... 2026-08-21 OpenAI key sales executive Kaylin Voss has resigned. (The Information) 2026-08-21 The U.S. Supreme Court allows construction to continue at the White House banquet hall. 2026-08-21 Apple cuts jobs in Siri and Vision Pro teams, shifting resource focus to AI and new devices. 2026-08-21 Onshore RMB against the US dollar (CNY) closed at 6.7215 yuan at 03:00 Beijing time, up 45 points from Thursday's night session close. Trading volume 299... 2026-08-21 Hang Seng Index main night session closed down 0.50% at 25,895 points.
Hang Seng Tech Index main night session closed down 0.78% at 4,731 points... 2026-08-21 WTI September crude oil futures settled at $87.06 per barrel.
NYMEX September natural gas futures settled at $2.7730 per million... 2026-08-21 Shanghai International Energy Exchange crude oil futures contract 2610 rose 1.69% in night trading, closing at 602.40 CNY/barrel.
Shanghai gold rose 2.36% in night trading... 2026-08-21 Nvidia agrees to pay $6 billion for a license to Poolside's AI models. 2026-08-21 Multiple executives at Fannie Mae have departed, adding further uncertainty to the U.S. housing market. 2026-08-21 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that Iran "never interferes in Iraq's internal affairs."
Tehran is willing to cooperate with regional countries to address issues through regional... 2026-08-21 Iran and Iraq sign a "comprehensive" security agreement. (Iran's state television) 2026-08-21 Ukrainian President Zelensky: We will respond clearly to Russia's drone attack on a shopping center in Ukraine. 2026-08-21 Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): For the week of August 18, speculators' net long positions in ICE Brent crude oil increased by 11,149 contracts, to... 2026-08-21 Brent crude oil rose 1.0% intraday, reported at $94.77 per barrel. 2026-08-21 Macron held talks with the Saudi Crown Prince, focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and energy transportation. 2026-08-21 The U.S. will pay a small portion of its arrears to the United Nations. 2026-08-21 SpaceXAI: Expanding Grok bot availability, adding support for SuperGrok Plus, Cursor P... 2026-08-21 Nevada Department of Transportation approves applications related to autonomous vehicle networks from Tesla, Waymo, and Aviari.
Tesla has been approved to operate in Nevada... 2026-08-21 On Friday (August 21), the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement (RRP) usage stood at $200 million (1 counterparty), compared to $2... reported in the previous trading day. 2026-08-21 Anthropic: Claude Mythos is now deployed to Claude Security. 2026-08-21 Dalio: Debt crisis approaching, advises selling bonds and buying gold and Bitcoin. Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio stated that investors should reduce their bond holdings... 2026-08-21 U.S. natural gas rig count for the week of August 21: 127, previous value 128. 2026-08-21 U.S. total rig count for the week of August 21: 588, previous value 593. 2026-08-21 U.S. oil rig count for the week of August 21 was 452, compared to the previous value of 455.