Abu Dhabi’s Judan Buys Stake in SpaceX Investor Alpha Wave

Abu Dhabi’s new $237 billion financial-services holding company Judan is buying a majority stake in Alpha Wave Global, an alternative asset manager that holds stakes in leading artificial intelligence firms including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. Judan will take a...

Crop Prices Jump as War Snarls Trade and Risks Tightening Supply

Palm and soybean oil prices surged and wheat hovered near the highest in almost two years as the war in the Middle East drove up energy and fertilizer costs and threatened to tighten supplies across agricultural markets. Disruptions to crude oil supplies wrought by...

JPMorgan Sees 10% Correction in S&P 500 as War Risks Build Up

US stock traders are unprepared for a correction in the S&P 500 that would see the gauge fall as much as 10% from its peak as a result of the war in Iran, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading desk. Andrew Tyler, JPMorgan’s head of global market...

Yardeni Raises Odds of US Market Meltdown to 35% on Iran War

US stocks are facing a growing risk of a sharp selloff this year as the escalating war in Iran hurts global markets, according to veteran strategist Ed Yardeni, updating his outlook for what he describes as “fast-moving times.” Yardeni has raised the probability of a...

Oil Shock Looms for China After Inflation Got Boost From Holiday

China’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the quickest in over three years and factory deflation moderated again, after a rally in energy markets and as household spending boomed during a later-than-usual Lunar New Year holiday. The consumer-price index climbed...

Japan’s Stagflation Risk Mounts With $100 Oil and Sagging Yen

The surge in oil prices combined with a sagging yen raises the risk that Japan will slide into stagflation, prompting the government to ramp up fiscal spending while complicating the central bank’s mission to normalize its policy settings. Oil topped $100 per barrel...