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Investors Turn Defensive as AI Doubts Grow

Investors are rotating out of the AI trade and into defensive corners of the market as institutional sentiment swings sharply from bullish to bearish. On Taking Stock, JD Durkin speaks with Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia, about the shift from semiconductors to software, where money is flowing now, and how investors are protecting their portfolios ahead of a critical week of earnings and a...

Why Bitcoin’s Fundamentals Have Never Been Stronger

Bitcoin’s fundamentals are strengthening as institutional adoption expands and investors seek alternatives amid concerns about inflation, debt and currency purchasing power. Sam Callahan, Director...

Inside the Alternative IPO Path Bringing Retail Investors to Wall Street

Regulation A+ is giving smaller companies another path to the public markets, but Mark Elenowitz argues that successful offerings still come down to fundamentals,...

The Oil Treasury Yield Correlation Just Hit a 35 Year High

Oil and Treasury yields are moving together at a rate rarely seen in decades, adding another dimension to the market’s inflation and interest rate...

Strong Earnings Could Help Stocks Weather Higher Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve’s return to rate hikes is putting renewed focus on whether the economy and equity markets can withstand higher borrowing costs. Mona...

The AI Boom Could Keep Interest Rates Higher for Years

The massive buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure is creating enormous demand for capital, potentially keeping borrowing costs elevated even as AI delivers productivity gains....

GIZ’s Thomas Rahn on Why Financial Inclusion in the Arab World Needs More Than a Bank Account

Thomas Rahn, Head of Project at GIZ, joins Raghda Ibraheem with 14 years of hands-on experience building financial inclusion programmes across Palestine, Jordan, Iraq,...

SCRYPT Is the Largest Stablecoin Venue in Switzerland and It Now Settles in Dirhams

Norman Wooding, Founder and CEO of SCRYPT, joins Johny Fernandez as the Swiss-based institutional digital asset platform, the largest stablecoin venue in Switzerland, expands...

Capital.com’s Head of Digital Assets on Getting Licensed in the UAE: A 12-Month Inside View

Rahul Kumar, Head of Digital Assets MENA at Capital.com and Council Member of MFTA's Policy and Regulatory Working Group, joins Raghda Ibraheem as Capital.com...

Shorooq Just Launched the Region’s First Pre-IPO Fund : Here Is Why the Gulf Needed It

Shane Shin, Co-Founding Partner at Shorooq, joins Karl Naim at the ADX as the firm, after eight years focused on early-stage investing, launches what...

1inch Just Launched Aqua : A DeFi Liquidity Protocol That Crossed $3 Billion in Volume

Sergej Kunz, Co-Founder of 1inch, joins Raghda Ibraheem as the company's new Aqua protocol crosses $3 billion in volume, built around a fundamentally different...

Flex Has $20 Billion in Annualised Payment Volume, and It Is Building an AI CFO for Business Owners

Zaid Rahman, Founder and CEO of Flex, joins Johny Fernandez at the NYSE as the AI-native private bank for high-net-worth business owners reports $20...

Gulf Founders Are Building in 18 Months What Used to Take 8 Years : Sukna Ventures Is Backing Them

Mazin Alshanbari, General Partner at Sukna Ventures, joins Bassel Sabri at Money 20/20 Middle East Riyadh as the pre-seed and seed-stage fund, with a...