Asset Classes on Edge: What Markets Are Really Betting on as Trump’s Primetime Address Looms

Stocks have already rallied. Oil has already dipped. The world is pricing in a deal that hasn’t happened yet. The Speech Everyone Is Trading In Advance Wall Street didn’t wait for the podium. By the time the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump would deliver a primetime address tonight …

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Big Tech Quietly Replaces Workforce With AI as Thousands of Jobs Jobs Gone Overnight

A Tsunami of layoffs hits the industry’s biggest names and late March and early April 2026 will be remembered as a turning point for global tech. Within just six weeks, more than 25,000 employees across some of the world’s most powerful companies were let go — not because their employers …

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Moscow Isn’t Popping Champagne— Rosneft Just Lost 73% of Its Profits and a Price Spike Won’t Help

Russia’s largest oil producer just posted its worst earnings in years. Behind the numbers lies a structural unraveling that no oil price rally can fully reverse. Russia’s largest oil producer entered 2026 carrying the scars of a brutal financial year. Net income for 2025 crashed 73% to just $3.6 billion …

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ISM Beats Forecasts as US Manufacturing Expands but Warning Signs Flash

U.S. factory activity continued to gain traction in March, signaling a resilient industrial sector despite mounting global uncertainty. The latest data showed manufacturing growth accelerating slightly, reaching its strongest level since mid-2022. Production picked up at a notable pace, helping sustain overall expansion, even as other components of the sector …

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Steel Strikes: How the US-Israeli War Delivered a Severe Blow to Iran’s Economy

In late March and early April 2026, amid the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, airstrikes targeted two of Iran’s largest steel production complexes. The attacks hit Mobarakeh Steel near Isfahan — the biggest steel producer in the Middle East — and Khuzestan Steel in Ahvaz. These …

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US Jobs Surprise to the Upside: ADP Signals Stronger-Than-Expected Private Payroll Growth

U.S. private-sector hiring showed modest resilience in March, with job gains exceeding expectations despite a slight slowdown from the previous month. According to Automatic Data Processing, private employers added 62,000 jobs in March, following a revised increase of 66,000 in February. The latest reading came in above market forecasts of …

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