Author: Robert Jessi

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For most of my life I assumed it was a lesson about hard work. Wake up early, start before everyone else, stay disciplined, and success will eventually follow. Lately, though, I have begun to wonder whether I misunderstood it entirely. Maybe it was never about waking up early at all. Maybe it was about being willing to act before you knew exactly how things would turn out. That thought crossed my mind recently while talking with a younger colleague about investing, when Bitcoin came up. Like millions of people, I have a Bitcoin story. Around 2013, I had recently started…

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Investing.com — ChangXin Memory Technologies, China’s largest DRAM chipmaker, expects to raise at least 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) through a Shanghai listing this month, potentially making it Asia’s largest initial public offering of 2026, Reuters reported. The offering on Shanghai’s technology-focused STAR Market could increase to 66.6 billion yuan if an overallotment option is exercised. CXMT produces dynamic random-access memory chips, which provide short-term memory for smartphones, personal computers, servers, and artificial intelligence systems. The company was the world’s fourth-largest DRAM producer in 2025, holding about 7.7% of the global market. Samsung Electronics (), SK Hynix (), and Micron…

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Jennifer Tozser, senior wealth advisor and portfolio manager at National Bank Financial Wealth Management, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the markets. The Bank of Canada is unlikely to raise interest rates this week, even as the war in Iran continues to put pressure on energy prices and inflation, explains a financial analyst. Gas prices are already acting like a rate hike for Canadians, Jennifer Tozser, senior wealth advisor and portfolio manager at National Bank Financial Wealth Management told BNN Bloomberg. Weaker-than-expected job growth and uncertainty surrounding CUSMA and the housing market are key factors affecting Canada’s economic health, which Tozser…

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DBS Group Research economist Ma Tieying analyzes the latest Bank of Korea (BoK) decision, noting a hawkish shift as the base rate is raised to 2.75%. The report now anticipates a faster tightening cycle, with the policy rate reaching 3.25% by year-end 2026. Growth is expected to benefit from the AI-driven semiconductor sector, while Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is projected to overshoot target.BoK signals accelerated tightening cycle”The Bank of Korea raised the base rate to 2.75% from 2.50% at its July 16 meeting, marking the first rate hike since January 2023. The BOK maintained a hawkish stance and signaled…

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United Overseas Bank (UOB) strategists Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/CNH is currently consolidating in a narrow range around 6.77. In their 1–3 week view, they maintain a downside bias toward 6.7600 as long as strong resistance at 6.7820 remains intact. Over 1–3 months, they see tentative upside potential if key technical resistance is broken.Short-term consolidation, medium-term downside bias”24-HOUR VIEW: After USD fell as we expected on Wednesday, we highlighted the following yesterday: “Our view was not wrong, as USD subsequently rose to 6.7781 and then fell to a low of 6.7653. Downward momentum continues to…

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Our old friends, fear and greed, loom large here. Clearly, greed is uppermost to the extent AI is perceived as the next gold rush. If new AI IPOs result in quick doubles or more, who would not want to participate in such a wealth-creation event? Meanwhile, fear manifests in two ways. Most investors with significant allocation to stocks as an asset class naturally fear a crash in the stock market, especially after the kind of upward moves we’ve seen in the past year or two. But there is also so-called FOMO, or the fear of missing out on some hot innovation that…

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-weighted short-term implied volatility has continued to fall, now at 2021 levels, ignoring geopolitical and rate dynamics. The main reason could be the overall contained response to this spring’s events. Risks are definitely of a pick-up in volatility from now on, and of short-term US Dollar gains. The GBP rally has stalled; we expect more upside USD: Low Vols Carry Risks DXY-weighted one-month implied volatility has broken below the 5.50 area that marked the January, May and June lows. Excluding the Christmas 2025 dip, it is now at its lowest level since 2021. That is remarkable given the serious military…

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