UK capital markets too dependent on foreign equity investors: Barclays
Investing.com — Barclays (LON:BARC) strategists, including Matthew Joyce, have highlighted that the UK capital markets are underperforming, largely due to an over-reliance on non-domestic equity investors. This dependency on foreign investors is viewed as a significant vulnerability. The strategists
Nasdaq futures lead gains after Netflix results, Trump’s AI investment plans
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, with those tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq in the lead as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX)’s strong quarterly performance and President Donald Trump’s multi-billion show of support for the AI
Texas economy growth moderates but remains strong: Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) economists noted that the Texas economy, while cooling from its post-pandemic surge, continues to outpace the national average in employment and GDP growth. The state’s nonfarm payroll growth has slowed, aligning more closely with pre-pandemic
TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products, as a global race intensified to create AI models capable
UBS predicts US 10-year bond yield to hit 4.25% by end-2025
UBS is out with its latest forecast for the US 10-year bond yield, predicting it will rise to 4.25% by the end of 2025, with the 2-year note yield expected at 3.65%. The research firm indicated that in the near