Trump Says Currency Swap With UAE Is Under Consideration

Apr 21, 2026 | Markets

US President Donald Trump said a currency swap with the United Arab Emirates is under consideration, as the Gulf state floats the prospect of financial assistance to weather the fallout from the Iran war. “It is,” Trump said Tuesday on CNBC when asked if the...

Wall Street fears ‘too much optimism’ about Iran war as stocks hit record highs

Apr 21, 2026 | Markets

Stocks are trading at record highs. But this new high-water mark for the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) has not been met with resounding enthusiasm or relief. Investor sentiment data from the American Association of Individual Investors showed there were still more...

JPMorgan Lifts S&P 500 Target as AI Rally Regains Momentum

Apr 21, 2026 | Markets

A renewed surge in enthusiasm for artificial intelligence will help drive US stocks to higher-than-expected levels this year, according to strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The team led by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas has raised its year-end target for the S&P...

New Zealand Inflation Exceeds Forecasts, Spurring Rate-Hike Bets

Apr 20, 2026 | Markets

New Zealand inflation unexpectedly held above the top of the Reserve Bank’s 1%-3% target last quarter, prompting markets to boost bets on a July interest-rate hike as the impact of an Iran-war driven surge in fuel prices is still to come. The currency and bond yields...

Insidious Inflation to DOOM Market & Economy

Apr 19, 2026 | Markets

The oil price shock due to the Israel/USA Iran war led to my empirical research of the 1973 oil price shock which is widely considered t the first of many.  My forte is to research extreme events and to find cause and then utilize findings to predict next similar...

Rypplzz, Leading Transformation to Digital from Physical World

Apr 18, 2026 | Markets, Rypplzz, Save Change World Companies

1. Overview & Scope This foundational report evaluates Rypplzz, Inc., a private early stage technology company which is the leader in Spatial Intelligence (SI). SI is the proprietary new frontier technology that is needed to transform and most especially scale the...