Market News
- US Companies Are Eagerly Buying Back Their Own Shares
by Phil Serafino on May 5, 2026 at 10:21 amCompanies have announced $665 billion of buybacks this year.
- AMD Earnings Need to Justify Rally After Best Month in 25 Years
by Ryan Vlastelica on May 5, 2026 at 10:15 amAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. is coming off its best month in the stock market since the dot-com era, and with the chipmaker’s first-quarter earnings due after the bell, investors will get a chance to see whether its shares have gotten ahead of its fundamentals.
- ADM Raises Profit Outlook as US Biofuels Policy Boosts Demand
by Erin Ailworth on May 5, 2026 at 10:13 amArcher-Daniels-Midland Co. increased its annual earnings outlook as the crop trader expects a clearer US biofuels policy to offset market disruptions from the conflict in the Middle East.
- UK to Introduce 12-Month Treasury Bills to Broaden Debt Market
by Naomi Tajitsu, James Hirai on May 5, 2026 at 10:12 amThe UK will begin selling 12-month Treasury bills at its weekly auctions, as part of the government’s efforts to tilt its borrowing toward shorter-maturity debt.
- Brazil Nears Its China Beef Quota in Big Shift for Trade Flows
The world’s top beef exporter Brazil is close to reaching its annual quota for shipments to its […]
- RBI Mulls Foreign Bond Issuance by State Banks After Rupee Slump
India’s central bank, grappling to support the beleaguered rupee, is weighing a plan for […]
- Ratcliffe’s Ineos Markets New Bond After Boost From Iran War
Ineos Group, the heavily-indebted chemicals conglomerate helmed by Jim Ratcliffe, plans to raise […]
- Emerging Assets Drop as Middle East Flareup Weighs on Sentiment
The currency and stock benchmarks for developing economies declined as a flareup in the Middle East […]
- Rheinmetall Margin Optimism Boosts Shares as Sales Miss Estimate
Rheinmetall AG shares rose by as much as 4.4% in Frankfurt trading as investors sought reassurance […]
- Oil Slips After Clashes Around Hormuz Strain Fragile Truce
Oil dipped after Monday’s jump, as traders tracked the increasingly fragile four-week ceasefire […]
- Stocks Bounce and Oil Slips as Mideast Truce Holds: Markets Wrap
US stock futures rebounded and oil prices eased as the ceasefire in the Middle East seemed to hold. […]
- Gold Edges Higher as US-Iran Truce Holds After Hormuz Flareup
Gold rose, recovering some losses as relative calm returned to the Persian Gulf following a flareup […]
political news
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Heads to China For First Time Since War
by Josh Xiao on May 5, 2026 at 10:19 amIran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is traveling to Beijing for talks, marking the diplomat’s first visit to China since US and Israeli strikes sparked the most severe global oil supply shock in history.
- Philippines to Deepen Japan Ties While US Focuses on Iran
by Cliff Harvey Venzon, Neil Jerome Morales on May 5, 2026 at 10:17 amPhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told visiting Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi that their countries, both US treaty allies, will need to deepen cooperation in Asia even as Washington focuses much of its attention on the Middle East.
- Russians Turn to Cash as Internet Blackouts Undo Digital Economy
by Anthony Halpin on May 5, 2026 at 10:13 amCash is making a comeback in Russia as digital payments grow more unreliable with frequent mobile internet outages the Kremlin says are aimed at countering the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks.
- Magyar Warns Orban’s Last-Minute Spree Endangers Hungary Budget
by Andras Gergely on May 5, 2026 at 10:09 amHungary’s incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar accused his predecessor Viktor Orban of overseeing a surge in last-minute spending that risks overshooting deficit targets this year.
- Japan’s Diplomatic Offensive Has One Major Gap
by Erica Yokoyama, James Mayger on May 5, 2026 at 10:01 amRelations with China have been tense since Sanae Takaichi commented on Taiwan.
- US and Iran Trade Fire in Gulf, Jolting Four-Week-Old Truce
The US and Iran exchanged fire in a flareup of violence on Monday that also drew in the United Arab […]
- Iran Fires Missiles at UAE in First Attack Since Ceasefire
Iran attacked the United Arab Emirates for the first time in almost a month on Monday, fracturing […]
- Europe Is Facing Stagflationary Shock, EU’s Dombrovskis Says
European Union Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned of the stagflationary effect that the […]
- Senate GOP Seeks $1 Billion for Secret Service, Trump Ballroom
A top Senate Republican has proposed spending as much as $1 billion for US Secret Service security […]
- Taiwan Insists On Right to Visit Allies After African Trip
President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan’s leaders have the right to engage with the world and visit […]
Wealth
- Airline Points Are Dictating Where Americans Vacation This Summer
by Josyana Joshua on May 5, 2026 at 10:45 amIn the face of sky-high airfare, travelers are reworking — though not entirely canceling — their plans
- The Risky Pivot Inside Australia’s Pension System
by Amy Bainbridge on May 4, 2026 at 9:00 pmA deep anxiety about retirement has people switching to do-it-yourself investment vehicles, where they’re loading up on crypto and other risky assets.
- Apollo’s Zito Calls Credit Safer Bet in High-Volatility Times
by Preeti Singh on May 4, 2026 at 4:15 pmApollo Global Management Inc.’s John Zito argued private credit is the safer place for investors to be even as the rise of artificial intelligence is dramatically shifting the environment for “the whole ecosystem of investing.”
- Trump-Linked World Liberty Sues Justin Sun for Defamation
by David Pan, Olga Kharif on May 4, 2026 at 1:08 pmWorld Liberty Financial said it is suing Justin Sun for defamation, accusing the billionaire crypto entrepreneur of running a coordinated media campaign against the Trump-linked project after he filed his own lawsuit against it last month.
- Nvidia’s Huang Says AI Chip Exports Should Be More Free
on May 4, 2026 at 12:39 pm
Tech & Innovation
- Prysmian CEO Targets €4 Billion M&A as Hyperscaler Deals Near
by Antonio Vanuzzo, Francine Lacqua on May 5, 2026 at 10:19 amItalian cable maker Prysmian SpA is scouting the market for a potential acquisition of about $4 billion enterprise value, Chief Executive Officer Massimo Battaini said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday.
- AMD Earnings Need to Justify Rally After Best Month in 25 Yearsby Ryan Vlastelica on May 5, 2026 at 10:15 am
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is coming off its best month in the stock market since the dot-com era, and with the chipmaker’s first-quarter earnings due after the bell, investors will get a chance to see whether its shares have gotten ahead of its fundamentals.
- Private credit to keep growing: Pinto
on May 5, 2026 at 10:14 amMoody’s Marc Pinto says private credit has proven resilient through a recent liquidity crunch, with software-heavy BDC portfolios holding up and troubled borrowers still low at around 0.5%. Pinto, the Global Head of Private Credit at Moody's Ratings, says the sector should continue expanding, though elevated redemptions are likely through year-end before stabilising closer to 5%. Pinto discussed the outlook on Bloomberg The Opening Trade with Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie. (Source: Bloomberg)
- IronSource Founders’ AI Startup Zyg Raises at $500 Million Value
by Marissa Newman on May 5, 2026 at 10:00 amZyg, an artificial intelligence platform created by the founders of IronSource, raised funding at a $500 million valuation just two months after coming out of stealth.
- Hong Kong Stays Hot for Medical Equipment Maker Debut: ECM Watch
by Sangmi Cha, Rajesh Mascarenhas on May 5, 2026 at 9:24 amShares of Star Sports Medicine Co. in their Hong Kong trading debut on Tuesday, extending a run of strong listings in the city in recent months as investors showed that appetite for Chinese stocks extends beyond companies linked to artificial intellgence.
