Global economic trends and investment implications
Goldman Sachs CEO warns on private credit underwriting, Blue Owl Capital down 39%, Brent crude at $112, gold enters bear market, CoreWeave's $67B revenue backlog
Morgan Stanley warns of worst supply disruption in 50 years; ASEAN exports grow 14% to emerge as key trade war intermediary; Iran's 'selective blockade' slashes Hormuz traffic 95%
Brent crude surges to $113.53 with $150 scenario in play, Samsung Electronics commits record KRW 110T to AI semiconductors, and BESS demand jumps 51% driving a 120% lithium price rebound
Blended DRAM prices surge 80-85% as PC and smartphone forecasts plunge, IEA releases record 400M barrels from SPR, Mastercard's $1.8B stablecoin acquisition
Nvidia GTC 2026 declares $1T AI inference market, Brent crude surges 50% to $103.2 since war onset, Asia spot LNG hits 3-year high
Zero ships cross the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the conflict began; ruthenium reaches an all-time high of $1,750/oz; US Q4 GDP revised down to 0.7%
Brent crude holds above $100 for second straight day, Morgan Stanley flags four Asian economies most vulnerable to LNG disruption, SK Hynix R&D spending up 35% to KRW 6.7T
After the Supreme Court tariff ruling, the US pivots to Section 301 trade pressure; Brent crude breaks $100 despite IEA's record release; autonomous weapons near battalion-scale operations
Trump announces first US oil refinery in 50 years backed by India's Reliance Industries. South Korea's March exports hit a record 55.6% gain with semiconductors at $7.6B. Southeast Asian urea fertilizer prices spike 40%.
US confirms Anthropic Claude in Iran strike targeting, KOSPI surges 5.35%, oil warned to hit $150/barrel
Hormuz Strait effectively blockaded pushing Brent crude to $119.5 intraday, REMX rare earth index surges 92% but supply chain transition lags 2–3 years, SIPRI shows US weapons exports at 42% global share
AI agents move into middle management at US firms; KRW/USD daily swing hits post-COVID high as Korea reviews first oil price cap in 30 years; S&P 500 energy sector YTD +24.2%
Korean defense consortium enters the final round of Canada's $41B submarine program, Goldman Sachs builds an $18/bbl geopolitical risk premium into oil, KOSPI rebounds 9.63% on record retail net buying
Qatar LNG supply cut of 15-20% doubles Asian spot prices, KOSPI plunges 698 points triggering circuit breaker, Iraq's 3M bpd output at risk
Brent crude surges 8.36% to $84, KOSPI plunges a record 452 points (-7.24%), China bans 7 rare earth elements to 20 Japanese defense firms