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Will we see a tech bubble in 2025?

By the end of 2024, the combined market capitalisation of the ten largest tech companies in the world hit $20tn, worth more than Shanghai Stock Exchange, Euronext, and LSE Group market…

Al Majalla - London 31, Dec 2024

In early August, the markets went into meltdown, but no sooner had trillions been wiped, things were getting back to normal. What is going on?

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A storm in a Japanese teacup: how it pays to be brave

Unusual selloffs, concern about jobs, and questions over interest rates led to a recent global panic, with some big firms losing $300bn overnight. Then the world righted itself. What does it tell us?

Khaled Kassar 11, Aug 2024

U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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Dollar Hits 20-Year High as Markets Hunker Down for Higher Rates for Longer

The U.S dollar climbed to a 20-year high against other major currencies on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled interest rates would be kept higher for longer to bring down…

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