PayPay Corporation

Tesla, Inc.

Billionaire Bill Ackman has decided to launch his investment fund's IPO in the US under a "buy five shares, sixth one free" scheme. Tesla converted its investment in xAI into a small stake in SpaceX ahead of the largest listing in history. Hong Kong exchange offered to publicly shame professionals who failed to prepare documents for the initial public offering. The main events on the IPO market for the week - in our selection.

Ackman's dual listing, SpaceX and the "board of shame" in Hong Kong: What's important about IPOs by March 15

Bahrain-based Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has begun cutting production at the world's largest single-site smelter due to the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-15/bahrain-starts-cutting-output-at-world-s-top-aluminum-smelter">reported.</a>

The world's largest aluminum smelter has begun cutting production because of the war in Iran

Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Company Limited

Minimax-wp

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Tencent Holdings Limited

Baidu, Inc.

SenseTime Group Inc.

iFLYTEK CO.,LTD

A few years ago, the actions of Chinese AI developers were perceived as an attempt to catch up with American competitors. But now it is already a separate center of power: according to the latest data from Stanford University, China <a href="https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/hai_ai_index_report_2025.pdf">ranks</a> first in terms of the citation rate of AI publications. Beijing's official goal is to <a href="https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/china-ai-becoming-global-leader">become the</a> world leader in AI by 2030. Roman Lukyanchikov, analyst at Freedom Broker, has written about how investors can bet on the growth of the Chinese AI sector.

China wants to become a leader in AI and is willing to spend billions. How to capitalize on it

According to a veteran commodity trader, during such periods you can lose a million dollars in two seconds if you don't watch the market closely 

"Less water and coffee, eyes in the monitor": how the war in Iran is changing traders' jobs

NVIDIA Corporation

Nebius Group N.V.

Oracle Corporation

Apple Inc.

The war in the Middle East has caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history, affecting about 7.5% of global supply. An investment boom brought 45 new billionaires linked to AI companies to the Forbes ranking. Nvidia announced a $2 billion investment in Arkady Volozh's cloud AI company Nebius to develop computing power and "AI factories." The main events of March 9-13 are in our review.

Highlights of the week: oil supply disruption, Nvidia and Nebius deal, new billionaires

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Chevron Corporation

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Shell plc

BP p.l.c.

The strike was aimed at military targets only, claims US president

The US has attacked the Iranian island of Kharq. Iran's largest oil terminal is located there

Hedge funds have taken the most bullish stance on Brent crude in six years ahead of this week, which has been one of the most volatile weeks in the market's history, Bloomberg reported.

Hedge fund bets on Brent price rise hit highest since 2020. What it means

The Cboe index, which tracks oil price volatility, has reached its highest level since 2020

Tension in markets nears highest since Trump imposed duties

Stocks in the U.S. ended a third straight week of declines. The main U.S. index S&amp;P 500 fell to its lowest level in 2026. The stock market is following the oil market, which continued to grow on Friday: the cost of Brent exceeded $103 per barrel and came close to $104.

Stocks down for the third week, S&amp;P 500 low, Brent over $103: results of the 14th day of war

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

TD Cowen analysts have lowered earnings forecasts for several major airlines

Airlines in the U.S. have sharply increased prices because of war and oil. Whose business is more protected?

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

It lost in tests to AI from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic

'A new era for humanity' will be delayed: Meta postpones launch of new AI model - NYT

Wall Street is "trading threateningly along the lines of 2007-2008," Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients. In his opinion, the jump in oil prices amid the war with Iran and growing market fears around private lending resemble in market activity the period preceding the global financial crisis of 2008, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/bofa-s-hartnett-warns-markets-are-starting-to-look-like-2008?embedded-checkout=true">writes</a>.

Dario Amodei