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Financial Markets News 14 October 2025 - 7 November 2025

Fed Cuts Rates Amid Data “Fog” – Stocks Hit Record Highs as More Easing Likely

Fed Injects $125B in Five Days as Banks Tap SRF; John Williams Signals Balance‑Sheet Expansion Could Be Next (November 7, 2025)

Dateline — November 7, 2025. The Federal Reserve’s money‑market backstop has roared to life at month‑end and into this week. Banks drew on the Standing Repo Facility (SRF) in record size at the turn of October, part of a roughly $125 billion burst of short‑term liquidity across five trading days aimed at smoothing funding markets and averting a broader credit squeeze. Today, New York Fed President John Williams said the Fed may soon need to rebuild reserves by gradually purchasing assets—a technical step for liquidity management, not a policy pivot—after the Fed’s decision last week to halt quantitative tightening (QT) on December 1.  Federal Reserve+3The Economic Times+3ABC+3 What happened Why
7 November 2025
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Fed Cuts Rates Amid Data “Fog” – Stocks Hit Record Highs as More Easing Likely

Fed Liquidity Watch (Nov. 6, 2025): Record SRF Usage Fades After $50B Spike—What the “$125B in 5 Days” Headlines Really Mean for Banks and Markets

Published: November 6, 2025 Key takeaways What changed today (Nov. 6) As of Wednesday, Nov. 5 (the latest consolidated data), SRF usage collapsed to ~$82 million—split roughly $43 million Treasuries and $39 million MBS—after the early‑week spike. That sharp slowdown corroborates the view that month‑end frictions were the primary driver, not a sustained funding seizure. FRED+1 Separately, the Fed’s Oct. 29 policy shift—to stop QT on Dec. 1 and to reinvest MBS into T‑bills—continues to shape expectations that money‑market stress should gradually ease into year‑end as reserves stabilize. Reuters How we got here: A quick timeline What the SRF is—and
6 November 2025
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Stocks Skyrocket to Record Highs as Fed Set to Cut Rates Again

Fed’s $50 Billion Repo Bailout: Credit Crunch Canary or Just Month-End Jitters?

Fed Pumps Billions to Calm a Cash Crunch Late last week, U.S. money markets showed unusual signs of strain. On Friday, October 31, banks and dealers suddenly found cash in short supply to meet their routine funding needs. Overnight lending rates – the cost for banks to borrow short-term cash – surged above the Federal Reserve’s target range, indicating that banks were scrambling for dollars reuters.com. In response, the Federal Reserve executed a massive repo operation to flood the system with cash and stabilize rates. In a repo (short for repurchase agreement), a bank can borrow overnight from the Fed
5 November 2025
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Wall Street’s $2 Billion Bet on the Future: NYSE Owner Goes All-In on Polymarket Prediction Markets

Crypto Betting Showdown: Polymarket Banned in Romania Amid $600M Election Bets, Yet Wall Street Bets $2B on Its U.S. Comeback

Romania Blacklists Polymarket Over $600M Election Betting Boom In late October 2025, Romanian authorities took aim at Polymarket after an unprecedented frenzy of crypto betting during the country’s elections. According to ONJN – Romania’s National Gambling Office – Polymarket facilitated roughly $600 million worth of wagers on Romania’s presidential race, plus another $15 million on Bucharest’s local elections readwrite.com. The platform allowed users to bet on election outcomes using cryptocurrency, a practice the regulator squarely categorizes as illegal gambling without a Romanian license readwrite.com readwrite.com. ONJN officially added Polymarket.com to its blacklist of unauthorized gambling sites on October 29th readwrite.com.
4 November 2025
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Gold Bonanza 2025: Price Soars Past $4,400 as Diamond District Frenzy Hits New York – Is $5,000 Next?

Gold Soars Near $4,000: Inside 2025’s Record Rally and What Comes Next

Gold Prices at Record Highs – Latest Levels and Recent Moves Gold prices have been hovering near record territory in early November 2025. Spot gold traded around $3,984 per ounce on November 3, 2025 moneycontrol.com (Monday morning Asia time), slightly below the $4,000 milestone after a bout of profit-taking. U.S. gold futures (Dec delivery) are likewise around $4,000/oz reuters.com, reflecting bullish sentiment in forward markets. Just weeks earlier, on October 20, gold hit a historic peak of $4,381.21 per ounce reuters.com – an all-time high. This marked the culmination of a breathtaking rally: gold is up roughly 50–51% year-to-date reuters.com,
3 November 2025
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Crypto Market Carnage: Bitcoin Crashes from Record Highs as Tariff Bombshell Wipes Out $20B

Bitcoin Slides as Markets Swoon: Fed Jitters, Trump’s CZ Pardon & Crypto ETF Frenzy – Nov 3, 2025 News Roundup

Bitcoin News and Market Analysis for November 3, 2025 Bitcoin Price Performance: Weekly Dip, Yearly Gains Bitcoin begins the week of Nov 3, 2025 trading around $110,000, nursing a mild pullback of ~3% from last week’s peak. Seven days ago, BTC hovered near $114,500 (Oct 27 close) before volatility hit ycharts.com. This dip barely dents Bitcoin’s longer uptrend – the price is still up ~60% year-on-year (it was ~$69k a year ago) ycharts.com ycharts.com. In fact, October’s end marked an Uptober rally handing off to early November consolidation. Just one month prior, Bitcoin blasted to a new all-time high above
3 November 2025
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Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Price Explodes to Record Highs – Could $5,000/Oz Be Next?

Key Facts: Gold was trading around $4,015/oz on Nov 1, 2025 economictimes.indiatimes.com, just below its late-October peak of about $4,378/oz economictimes.indiatimes.com. This marks roughly a 50–60% surge in 2025 (far outpacing stocks) ts2.tech ts2.tech. Key drivers include Fed rate-cut expectations (U.S. CPI at ~3%) ts2.tech ts2.tech, geopolitical safe-haven flows (trade wars, conflicts) reuters.com ts2.tech, and record investment demand (central bank buys and ~$64 billion of ETF inflows YTD) reuters.com ts2.tech. Many analysts now forecast further gains: JP Morgan calls gold its “highest conviction long” (target ~$5,055 by late 2026) ts2.tech, while Bank of America and SocGen see ~$5,000/oz by 2026 investing.com.
2 November 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) reuters.com. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean” measure jumped 1.0% in Q3 (annual 3.0%), well above the 0.8% gain analysts predicted reuters.com bloomberg.co.jp. (By contrast, trimmed mean inflation had been easing – from 6.8% in late 2022 down to 2.7% – until this quarter.) Nearly every category
29 October 2025
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SoFi’s Roller-Coaster Rally: Fintech Stock Soars 230% in 2025 – What’s Next for SOFI?

SoFi Stock Skyrockets 230% in 2025 as Earnings Loom – $1.6 Trillion Opportunity Sparks Frenzy

October Stock Surge After Volatile Weeks SoFi’s stock has been on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks. After reaching an all-time high around $30.30 in late September amid fintech euphoria ts2.tech, the stock stumbled through early October – falling about 10–15% from its peak as investors locked in gains and broader market jitters hit high-growth tech shares. In fact, SoFi slid for seven straight sessions to mid-month, even tumbling 5% in one day on Oct. 16 to around $26.60 ts2.tech. “Most buyers are already in,” one analyst quipped during that pullback, suggesting the pool of new investors willing to chase the
22 October 2025
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Navan’s $6.5B IPO Set for Takeoff – TravelTech Unicorn Aims High, But Will It Deliver?

Navan’s $6.5B IPO Set for Takeoff – TravelTech Unicorn Aims High, But Will It Deliver?

Navan is a Palo Alto–based travel and expense management platform (formerly TripActions) that has expanded beyond corporate travel booking into payments and expense software. Its October IPO marks one of the first large travel-tech listings in 2025, aiming to capitalize on a rebounding business-travel market. In its S-1 filing, Navan projects about $537 million in revenue for 2024 (up from roughly $329M in H1 2025) ts2.tech, although it remains unprofitable due to high interest costs. At the proposed pricing, Navan would trade at roughly 13.8× trailing sales (8× 2026 forecast) ifre.com, well above peer multiples (SAP’s Concur is about 7.9×
21 October 2025
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Replimune Stock Rockets 100% on FDA Nod – Analysts Eye Upside

Replimune Stock Rockets 100% on FDA Nod – Analysts Eye Upside

Stock Performance and Recent Rally Replimune’s stock has been extremely volatile in 2025. It soared on Oct. 20 after the FDA acceptance news: shares nearly doubled from about $4.50 to $8.94 that day marketbeat.com. (On Oct 21, REPL was trading around $8.95 reuters.com.) This reversed a mid-year collapse – in July 2025 a disappointing FDA Complete Response Letter caused the stock to collapse ~73% in one day globenewswire.com. Over the past year the 52-week trading range is roughly $2.68 (low) to $17.00 (high) marketbeat.com, reflecting that roller-coaster. Institutional interest remains high: recently hedge funds like TD Asset Management increased their
21 October 2025
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Cryptocurrency Market Update: October 2025 Rally Ends with Tariff-Driven Selloff

Crypto Carnage Erupts: Trump’s Surprise Tariff Tweet Sparks Historic $200B Sell-Off

Tariff Bombshell Sends Crypto into Tailspin On Friday evening, Oct. 10, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he would impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports starting Nov. 1. The tweet blindsided markets. Within minutes, a “risk-off” stampede hit global assets – and crypto fell hardest. Bitcoin plunged from about $122,000 to ~$114,000 in hours ts2.tech, ultimately bottoming near $104,782 (a 14% plunge) by Oct. 11 reuters.com. Ether fell over 12%, dipping under $3,500 reuters.com. Smaller “altcoins” got crushed as leveraged traders were liquidated en masse. The Wall Street Journal reported this surprise tariff tweet “triggered a cryptocurrency
14 October 2025
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