The actions of the country's new leadership may weaken the national currency, which will be to the benefit of Japanese exporting companies

Japan's prime minister has resigned. How did the yen and stocks react?

Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.

Olympus Corporation

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Stocks traded in mainland China rose at the fastest pace in almost a year in August

Goldman and Morgan Stanley differed in their forecasts for Chinese stocks. Is the market already overheated? 

Mitsubishi Corporation

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Marubeni Corporation

Shares of the five largest trading houses have risen in value several times in the six years that Buffett has been investing in them

Buffett has increased stakes in two Japanese companies. Why does he love "shogo shosha"?

Foreign investment, domestic savings and corporate governance reforms supported the record rise in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main index

Japanese stocks are experiencing a "ninja rally". Why has the market become a favorite of investors?

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 3.5 million consoles in its first four days

Wedbush recommends buying Nintendo stock amid record Switch 2 sales


The year 2025 could be one of the busiest years for bond vigilantes in decades - since the beginning of the year, investors have already dictated their will to politicians in the US, UK and Japan several times. Have these "guardians" of the market become stronger, or do they have more reasons to fear?

On a short leash: How "bond vigilantes" impose their will on politicians

Volkswagen AG

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Stellantis N.V.

Investors hope that now the EU can also negotiate with Trump on duty cuts

Shares of auto giants jump after US-Japan trade deal. Who's next?

Amazon.com, Inc.

Donald Trump has announced a "massive" deal with Japan that includes duties of 15% on US shipments. Amazon buys wearable device owner Bee AI, a generative AI wristband that can analyze conversations and generate tasks and reminders. In documents SpaceX appeared in the language about the possible return of Ilon Musk in politics - in the role of an advisor to Trump. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 23.

Highlights for this morning: agreement with Japan, Musk may return to the White House

PepsiCo, Inc.

DeFi Development Corp.

Oil is getting cheaper: fears of a trade conflict between the US and the EU have heightened demand concerns, especially with threats of new duties and increased anti-Russian sanctions. PepsiCo announced the launch of prebiotic cola, betting on the fashion for functional drinks amid declining sales of traditional sodas. Altcoin Solana sharply rose in price after DeFi Development announced the purchase of almost one million of these tokens. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of July 22.

Highlights for this morning: oil falls, Trump Media goes into bitcoin, Pepsi bets on prebiotics

U.S. President Donald Trump is seriously engaged in restructuring the international trade system, and it seems that other countries, which he hits with import duties, have nowhere to go, because the U.S. market is the largest in the world. But to reduce their dependence on it and support their economies, they have begun to negotiate with each other, including on projects that have been under discussion for decades. As a result, trade may become freer - outside the US;

A ship without a captain: How countries make trade alliances without the U.S.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Taiwan Semiconductor, the world's largest contract supplier of chips, reached a capitalization of $1 trillion thanks to growing demand for processors for artificial intelligence and revised forecasts. China ramped up rare earth shipments in June, but volumes are still far from pre-crisis levels. Trump's aides discussed terminating some SpaceX contracts, but recognized most of them as critical to the state. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 21.

Morning Highlights: TSMC passes $1 trillion, China boosts magnet exports by 2.5 times

Microsoft Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

Donald Trump has named a date to impose a 50 percent duty on copper and threatened Brazil with a similar rate. OpenAI is close to releasing an artificial intelligence browser to compete with Alphabet's market-dominating Google Chrome. Nvidia briefly joined the club of companies with capitalization above $4 trillion. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 10.

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