What? Finance again, Toronto, ON (2026)

10/20/2026

📊 Market News for 19 October 2026:

1. 🛢 The head of the IEA stressed that even more oil could be released from reserves onto the market if necessary.

2. 🛢🇮🇷 Iranian officials said that Iran has no choice but to establish control over the Strait of Hormuz.

3. 🧱 According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, copper miners will need around $332bn in new investment to prevent a future copper supply deficit.

4. 🇺🇸 Wells Fargo reported that its “sentiment indicator” has triggered a buy signal for the S&P 500 index.

5. 🇺🇸 $5.2bn was withdrawn from US Big Tech stocks last week, according to BofA data.

6. 🇺🇸 Apple will hold its “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles on 28 October.

7. 🇺🇸 Ark Invest has set a 2031 price target of $4,400 per Tesla share, implying a market capitalisation of $17.5tn.

8. 🇺🇸 Salesforce is acquiring Braze for $5.7bn.

9. 🇺🇸 Mastercard has launched a stablecoin transaction security service that allows financial institutions to screen payments for fraud, scams and sanctions risks before funds are transferred via blockchain.

10. 🇺🇸 GM has approved a new $20bn share buyback programme.

11. 🇺🇸🇩🇪 Amazon will invest more than €16bn in Germany in 2027 to develop areas including data centres, its satellite programme and Prime Video content production.

12. 🇺🇸🇪🇸 Waymo will launch driverless taxis in Madrid in 2027, making it the company’s second market in the EU.

13. 🇨🇭 Switzerland has approved its first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors.

13. 🇨🇭🇨🇳 Chinese pharmaceutical company Hansoh Pharma has reached a $15bn drug manufacturing agreement with Roche.

15. 🇪🇺 European equities continue to fall amid ongoing protests.

16. 🇩🇪🇺🇸 The German government has entered into a partnership with Nvidia focused on industrial AI.

17. 🇨🇳 DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei on new AI chips.

18. 🇦🇪 Sales of luxury property in Dubai fell by 17% y/y in Q3 2026 amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

19. 🪙 The “digital gold” market is expected to grow to $160–170bn by 2031. Demand could reach $700bn once barriers to digital adoption are removed, according to a joint forecast by the World Gold Council (WGC) and BGS.

20. 🪙 BlackRock has filed for a new Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protect ETF. Unlike a traditional ETF, it is designed to offer unlimited upside potential while providing downside protection.

10/20/2026

🗺 International News for 19 October 2026:

1. 🇺🇸 Trump: The US will not forget that its NATO allies refused to help in the conflict with Iran.

2. 🇺🇸 US — Pending Home Sales (September) = -7.3% m/m (previous -0.5% / expected +0.3%).

3. 🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US will stop supporting Europe if it fails to get migration under control, Trump said.

4. 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🇪🇺 Trump said that the US no longer wants to support Canada, Mexico and Europe.

5. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East, a day after Hegseth secretly met Netanyahu at Israel’s Ovda Air Base, according to Fox.

6. 🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump said that he could tighten sanctions against Russia at any time.

7. 🇨🇦 Most residents of the Canadian province of Alberta voted to remain part of Canada, according to CNBC.

8. 🇨🇦🇪🇺 The Canadian government is examining a proposal to fund and build a transatlantic undersea cable that would connect Canada directly to Europe, bypassing the US, according to BBG.

9. 🇪🇺 Germany’s AfD party will present a plan for radical reform of the European Union.

10. 🇫🇷 France will consider imposing a curfew in response to unrest.

11. 🇺🇦 Europe could offer Putin two options for ending the war. The first would involve freezing the conflict along the current front line in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The second would require Kyiv to hand over the remaining part of Donbas to Russia in return for NATO membership. However, European officials are far less confident that Putin would accept either proposal, according to the FT.

12. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US is delaying the delivery to Ukraine of a large batch of Patriot interceptor missiles that have already been paid for, according to the Kyiv Independent.

13. 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US and Austria will work together to strengthen peace in Ukraine.

14. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇲🇩 Hungary has blocked the next stage of Ukraine’s and Moldova’s accession to the EU.

15. 🇺🇦🇰🇷 South Korea is withdrawing some of its diplomats from Ukraine.

15. 🇨🇳 China:

- 1-year LPR (Loan Prime Rate) = 3% (expected 3% / previous 3%)
- 5-year LPR (Loan Prime Rate) = 3.50% (expected 3.50% / previous 3.50%)

16. 🇨🇳 The overnight reverse repo rate will eventually become the main policy rate, the head of the People’s Bank of China said.

10/19/2026

🗺 International News for 19 October 2026:

1. 🇺🇸 The US is making another attempt to expand its influence in resource-rich Central Asia and the Caucasus. Rubio has arrived in Uzbekistan for a visit, according to BBG.

2. 🇺🇸🇺🇿 Rubio and Uzbekistan’s foreign minister have agreed to deepen cooperation in critical minerals.

3. 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷 Trump: Russia is doing very little, if anything at all, to help Iran compared with what it could do, and I want it to stay that way.

4. 🇨🇦 Canada — Consumer Price Index (CPI), September:

- m/m = +0.1% (expected +0.2% / previous -0.1%)
- y/y = +3.1% (expected +3.2% / previous +3.0%)

5. 🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mistakenly believes that victory is the only way to end the conflict with Russia. A settlement will be achieved through diplomacy, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said.

6. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Trump said that he had not imposed additional sanctions on Russia because they would have hindered negotiations over Ukraine. He also claimed that Zelenskyy did not want to end the war and probably never had.

7. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US continues to share intelligence with Ukraine without interruption, Rubio said.

8. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelenskyy links the current deterioration in relations with Trump to the US election campaign and hopes relations will improve after the midterm elections on 3 November, according to BBG.

9. 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺 Putin has proposed that Trump and Xi Jinping hold a trilateral meeting next month at the APEC summit to discuss the situation in Ukraine and attempt to negotiate an end to the conflict, according to the WSJ.

10. 🇨🇳 China — GDP (Q3 2026):

- q/q = +1.2% (expected +1.1% / previous +0.9%)
- y/y = +4.5% (expected +4.4% / previous +4.3%)

11. 🇨🇳 China’s economic growth accelerated in Q3, driven by a sharp increase in exports and stronger stimulus measures.

12. 🇨🇳 Nomura raised its forecast for China’s GDP growth in Q4 2026 to 4.8%.

13. 🇨🇳 Barclays and Goldman raised their forecasts for China’s full-year 2026 GDP growth to 4.6%.

14. 🇮🇳🇺🇸 Trump’s decision to drop new sanctions against Russia has made it easier for India to purchase Russian oil and increased the chances of a trade deal with the US, according to RTRS.

10/18/2026

📊 Market News:

1. 🌕 Capital Economics expects gold prices to decline at least until the end of the year amid expectations of a Fed rate hike.

2. 🛢🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺 The US has urged Europe to resume large-scale purchases of Russian gas, according to the NYT.

3. 🛢🇭🇺🇷🇺 Magyar said that Hungary wants to extend its exemption from US sanctions on Russian oil.

4. 🧠 Anthropic is pushing for legislation in the US Congress that would allow courts to block dangerous AI models. The initiative would enable courts to prohibit the release and use of AI systems if they posed a risk of causing at least $1bn in damages or the deaths or serious injuries of more than 50 people, according to Politico.

5. 🇺🇸 The Q3 2026 earnings season is under way in the US. Among companies that have reported so far, 67% have beaten revenue expectations, below the five-year average of 70% and the ten-year average of 68%. Meanwhile, 84% have beaten EPS expectations, exceeding the five-year average of 78% and the ten-year average of 77%, according to FactSet.

6. 🇺🇸 Musk said that the new Roadster would have consciousness.

7. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Rubio said that the White House had issued no order to reduce Starlink speeds in Ukraine. The US is discussing the provision of the Starshield military satellite system to Ukraine.

10/18/2026

📰 Economic News for 17–18 October 2026

🗺 International News:

1. 🇺🇸 Even a Democratic victory in the midterm congressional elections would not be enough to stop Trump. He has broad executive powers, and Supreme Court rulings have further strengthened his position. Even if Democrats win majorities in both chambers of Congress, they would face the prospect of presidential vetoes, lengthy court battles and limits on congressional oversight, according to the NYT.

2. 🇺🇸 Mass “No Kings” protests against Trump have taken place across all 50 US states, according to AP.

3. 🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump has informed Congress that he will not impose “hellish sanctions” against Russia for the time being.

4. 🇺🇸🇷🇺 The US Energy Secretary said that Trump had paused the “hellish sanctions” against Russia but had not cancelled them.

5. 🇪🇺 ECB President Christine Lagarde said that the digital euro would complement cash in everyday payments.

6. 🇺🇸🇪🇺 Europeans are financing Russia’s war machine by purchasing Russian energy products and fertilisers, Bessent said.

7. 🇺🇦 Ukrainian and US negotiators could meet as early as this week. A face-to-face meeting with Putin could take place during the G20 summit in the US, but neither Russia nor the US has yet confirmed this, Zelenskyy said.

8. 🇺🇦 Ukraine remains the largest debtor to the IMF in Europe.

9. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US has resumed intelligence sharing with Kyiv, Zelenskyy said.

10. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Relations between Trump and Zelenskyy have reached a turning point. This time, a breakdown in relations appears to be a real possibility, according to the NYT.

11. 🇮🇷 Iran helped the Houthis organise an attack on the airport in Riyadh, according to the WSJ.

12. 🇮🇷 Trump said that if Iran did not change its approach quickly, the US would soon put an end to it.

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10/14/2026

📊 Market News for 14 October 2026:

1. 🛢 Morgan Stanley has raised its Q4 2026 Brent crude price forecast to $105 from $100.

2. 🛢🇺🇸 The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve was unchanged at 283 million barrels over the week, its lowest level since 1982, - US Department of Energy data.

3. 🛢🇺🇸🇬🇱 Trump: Major oil, gas and mineral exploration operations are about to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland.

4. 🛢🇮🇷 IRGC Navy commander: The Americans should come closer if they believe the Strait of Hormuz is open.

5. 🛢🇺🇸🇹🇼 Trump announced an agreement to supply gas from Alaska to Taiwan.

6. 🇺🇸 Citadel Securities: Retail investors are once again actively buying stocks, primarily shares of US AI companies and major technology firms.

7. 🇺🇸 NVIDIA has acquired stakes in Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic.

8. 🇺🇸 An explosion has reportedly occurred at Intel’s plant in Kiryat G*t.

9. 🇺🇸 Netflix will cut around 6% of its workforce, - WSJ.

10. 🇺🇸 JPMorgan has blocked direct access by external AI agents, such as Muse and Instinct, to customer accounts for security reasons.

11. 🇺🇸 Bank of America has been fined more than $1.2 billion for violations related to money laundering.

12. 🇺🇸 Ryan Cohen has increased his stake in GameStop to 9.1%, according to a disclosure filing.

13. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 A court has ruled that ARM breached its licensing agreement with Qualcomm.

14. 🇪🇺 ASML reported better-than-expected results and raised its Q4 outlook. The company also said it was receiving orders for chipmaking equipment extending through 2030.

15. 🇩🇪🇯🇵🇺🇸 Trump: Automotive companies are relocating production from Germany and Japan to the US.

3. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin is considering manufacturing PAC-3 interceptor missiles, used in Patriot air defence systems, for Ukraine in Europe, the company said.

4. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Starlink terminals were subject to restrictions in Ukraine, - Sternenko.

16. 🇦🇺 BHP Group will lay off another 300 employees to reduce costs.

17. 🪙 Polymarket’s CEO has again hinted at a possible imminent launch of a native token. He is already getting tiresome with his constant hints about the potential imminent launch of a native token, - BBG.

10/14/2026

🗺 International News for 14 October 2026:

1. 🧠 IMF: AI is currently one of the main drivers of economic growth in Asian countries.

2. 🇺🇸 USA - Consumer Price Inflation (CPI, September):
- m/m = +0.6% (exp. +0.6% / prev. +0.4%)
- y/y = +3.7% (exp. +3.6% / prev. +3.4%)
- Core CPI = +2.6% y/y (exp. +2.5% / prev. +2.4%)

3. 🇺🇸 Traders have fully priced in two interest rate hikes by the end of January 2027, - BBG.

4. 🇺🇸 Democrats are preparing an aggressive 100-day action plan for after the midterm elections if they regain control of the House of Representatives, - AP:
- They plan to challenge Trump’s tariffs.
- They plan to reverse healthcare spending cuts.
- They plan to push for an end to the war with Iran.
- They plan to launch major investigations into the Trump administration.

5. 🇺🇸 Williams (Fed): Another interest rate hike this year would be appropriate. There is no justification for further hikes in 2027.

6. 🇪🇺🇻🇳 The EU is seeking broader access to Vietnam’s critical rare earth elements and minerals amid concerns about supply disruptions from China and other competing countries, - RTRS.

7. 🇺🇦 Russian strikes on energy infrastructure and ports have halted the metals industry, which accounted for more than 7% of Ukraine’s GDP.

8. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky confirmed that the US had warned Ukraine about a possible suspension of intelligence sharing in response to strikes on Russian oil refineries. According to him, this has not happened yet, - NPR interview.

9. 🇺🇦🇪🇺 The European Commission has allocated €2.86 billion to Ukraine for defence.

10. 🇮🇱 Netanyahu said warnings had been received about the threat of attacks on Israel ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections scheduled for 27 October.

11. 🇹🇼 Taiwan could receive six new F-16V fighter jets from the US by the end of the month, - Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence.

12. 🇨🇳 China - Consumer Price Inflation (CPI, September):
- m/m = +0.2% (exp. +0.3% / prev. +0.4%)
- y/y = +0.9% (exp. +1.0% / prev. +0.8%)

13. 🇨🇳 China - Producer Price Inflation (PPI, September) = +5.0% (exp. +4.4% / prev. +3.8%).

14. 🇨🇳 China - Foreign Trade in USD (September):
- Exports = +36.3% y/y (exp. +25.5% / prev. +25.0%)
- Imports = +31.0% y/y (exp. +24.5% / prev. +28.2%)

15. 🇨🇳🇰🇵 China and North Korea will open traffic across a new border bridge on 15 October, - XINHUA.

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10/13/2026

📊 Market News for 13 October 2026:

1. 🛢 Fitch now forecasts a deal concerning the Strait of Hormuz in Q1 2027.

2. 🛢 The IMF has raised its forecast for the average oil price in 2026 to $95.74 from $89.27, and for 2027 to $87.39 from $78.70.

3. 🛢 IMF: Oil product supplies have fallen by 20% due to damage to refineries in the Middle East and Russia.

4. 🛢🇷🇺 Russia says its diesel exports could exceed the volumes announced by Trump, - RTRS.

5. 🧠 Many AI investors resemble casino gamblers, Broadcom’s CEO warns.

6. 🧠 A carton of milk is subject to stricter regulations than artificial intelligence, Microsoft’s president said.

7. 🇺🇸 BlackRock has downgraded US equities to “neutral” and turned bullish on Treasury bonds.

8. 🇺🇸 Paul Tudor Jones believes 2027 could prove very challenging for US equities.

9. 🇺🇸 US banks generally reported strong Q3 2026 results, with higher profits and increased revenue from equity trading and investment banking supporting results at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citigroup. However, performance was mixed: Wells Fargo fell short of revenue expectations, while JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs missed forecasts in certain trading and investment banking divisions. Overall, the sector remains resilient, supported by growth in lending, net interest income and financial market activity, although pressure on some business lines persists.

10. 🇺🇸 Apple has unveiled a $299 smart home display. HomeView will serve as the control centre for the entire home ecosystem.

11. 🇺🇸 Nvidia and Cisco have unveiled new tools to scale AI production.

12. 🇺🇸 Google has launched Fitbit Edge, a fitness tracker featuring GPS, ECG and up to seven days of battery life.

13. 🇺🇸 Cisco: Microsoft has deployed systems powered by Cisco Silicon One P200 processors.

14. 🇺🇸 Netflix has secured exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2030 FIFA World Cup in Spain and Andorra.

15. 🇺🇸 Navitas has partnered with NVIDIA on next-generation AI infrastructure.

16. 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley plans to begin trading tokenised stocks in Q1 2027.

17. 🇺🇸 Visa has received permission from the People’s Bank of China to begin preparations for entering China’s payments market.

18. 🇺🇸 GTA VI will be released on PC in Q1 2027, - GamesBeat.

19. 🇺🇸 Interactive Brokers has launched cryptocurrency staking to generate passive income.

20. 🇺🇸🇨🇳 According to a report, Nvidia’s share of China’s AI chip market is declining as Huawei closes the gap.

21. 🇪🇺 LVMH’s downturn in China is dampening hopes for a broader recovery in the luxury goods market.

22. 🇩🇪 BMW deliveries fell by 6.3% in Q3 due to declining sales in China.

10/13/2026

🗺 International News for 13 October 2026:

1. 🗺 The IMF has raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2026 to 3.1% from 3%.

2. 🇺🇸 Goldman forecasts US GDP growth of +3.1% in Q3.

3. 🇺🇸 Hammack (Fed): Inflation is high, and interest rates should be higher.

4. 🇺🇸 Trump said he would like to remain in office for a third term.

5. 🇺🇸🇸🇦 Trump is considering joining Saudi Arabia and intervening militarily following the Houthi attack on a Saudi airport, - CNN.

6. 🇺🇸🇰🇵 Trump said he could meet Kim Jong Un at the APEC summit in November.

7. 🇪🇺🇷🇺 Kallas: This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia.

8. 🇩🇪 Germany - Consumer Price Inflation (CPI, September):
- m/m = +0.6% (exp. +0.6% / prev. +0.2%)
- y/y = +3.3% (exp. +3.3% / prev. +2.9%)

9. 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s parliament has approved funding for the Ministry of Defence’s special fund through arms exports.

10. 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Kallas: The EU will likely expand membership negotiations with Ukraine soon.

11. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump may be trying to force Kyiv to capitulate in order to launch numerous business deals with Russia as quickly as possible. These include mineral extraction in the Arctic, unfreezing Russian assets in the West and certain arrangements concerning the Nord Stream pipelines, - The Atlantic.

12. 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Trump could cut Ukraine off from US intelligence or force Musk to switch off Starlink, - Politico.

13. 🇹🇷🇸🇦 Erdogan expressed Turkey’s support for Saudi Arabia following Houthi attacks.

14. 🇮🇷 Trump said he does not believe that Russia and China are supporting Iran.

10/11/2026

📊 Market News for 10–11 October 2026:

1. 🛢🇺🇸 Hurricane Isaiah has forced the suspension of 63% of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, with refineries also halting operations, - CNBC.

2. 🛢🇺🇸 The US Department of Energy will urgently release up to 4 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

3. 🛢🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump: Russia will immediately supply 300,000 tonnes of diesel fuel, another 500,000 tonnes in November and 1 million tonnes at a later date. Supply volumes could subsequently increase by a further 3 million tonnes.

4. 🛢🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine will continue striking Russian oil refineries if no energy ceasefire is reached, - FT.

5. 🛢🇺🇸🇷🇺 The Trump administration supports a potential deal for a consortium led by investor Todd Boehly to acquire LUKOIL’s overseas assets, - NYT.

6. 🇺🇸 The “official” earnings season will begin in the US next week.

7. 🇺🇸 Anthropic’s AI agents, acting autonomously, attempted to access several government websites, filled out visa application forms on the State Department’s website and sent an anonymous false crime report to the Philadelphia Police Department, - Anthropic.

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