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Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund Smashes Records with HK$274 Billion Investment Gain in First Three Quarters of 2025

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund Smashes Records with HK$274 Billion Investment Gain in First Three Quarters of 2025

Massive bond and equity profits push city’s financial war chest to its strongest nine‑month performance on record, as HKMA warns on looming market risks. Record-breaking nine months for Hong Kong’s financial war chest Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund has booked HK$274 billion (about US$35 billion) in investment income for the first three quarters of 2025, according to unaudited figures released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Thursday, 13 November. Bastille Post+1 It is the largest nine‑month gain since the HKMA began publishing such data in 2003, powered by a powerful market rally that boosted both bond and equity portfolios.
13 November 2025
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Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Price Today, 12 November 2025: XAU/USD Holds Above $4,100 as Markets Eye U.S. House Vote and December Fed Cut Odds

Updated: 12 November 2025 Gold at a glance (intraday)Spot gold hovered around $4,124/oz by 10:22 GMT, while U.S. December futures traded near $4,130/oz, keeping the metal comfortably above the $4,100 handle. Earlier week gains were capped as the dollar steadied and traders awaited a pivotal U.S. House vote to reopen the government after the record shutdown. Reuters Gold price today: snapshot and context In FX and rates, the dollar edged modestly higher and the U.S. 10‑year yield hovered near ~4.08%, tempering bullion’s upside as traders still price a roughly two‑in‑three chance of a 25 bps Fed cut in December. The
12 November 2025
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Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Silver Price Today (12 Nov 2025): XAG/USD holds near $51.8 as markets eye U.S. CPI and a House vote to reopen government

Updated: November 12, 2025, 11:38 UTC Key takeaways Live price snapshot (12 Nov 2025) What changed today (Nov 12) Why silver is reacting this way Silver’s short‑term path is tied closely to the U.S. dollar and interest‑rate expectations. With traders pricing in a strong chance of a December Fed cut, dips in the dollar have tended to lift XAG/USD; conversely, any dollar rebound caps intraday rallies. Today’s Reuters market wrap captured that push‑pull, noting silver up about 1% near $51.76 as gold steadied into the House vote. Reuters Beyond the day‑to‑day macro, structural dynamics remain supportive: the Silver Institute projected
12 November 2025
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Gold’s Epic Rally Ends With a Shock Slump: What’s Next for Bullion?

Gold Just Slipped Under $4,000—Then Bounced: Can Bulls Save 2025’s Record Run? (Nov 4, 2025)

Key facts (Nov 4, 2025): What happened today Gold started the session on the back foot—slipping below $4,000/oz as the dollar extended last week’s strength—then recovered most losses by midday as the greenback cooled and U.S. yields eased. At 06:25 GMT, spot was ~$3,970, but by 12:10 GMT prices had improved to ~$3,994. December futures were near $4,004.70.  Reuters+1 The intraday swing reflects the push‑pull of currency and rates: Reuters noted the dollar index eased after a three‑month high, while 10‑year Treasury yields drifted off Monday’s peak—both supportive for non‑yielding gold.  Reuters What the pros are saying “Gold is consolidating in the region of $4,000,” said Carlo Alberto De Casa of Swissquote, adding the next few weeks
4 November 2025
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China’s Soybean Buying Spree After Trade Truce Thrills Farmers, Shakes Markets

China’s Soybean Buying Spree After Trade Truce Thrills Farmers, Shakes Markets

Trade Truce Revives Soybean Trade After years of fraught trade relations, Washington and Beijing reached a breakthrough at a summit in Busan, South Korea on October 30, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping agreed to a one-year pause in their tariff war – a deal that included major agricultural commitments. Both leaders hailed an “amazing” meeting as they shook hands on a U.S.-China trade truce ts2.tech. Under the accord, China pledged to resume buying U.S. soybeans and energy (after a long halt), while the U.S. agreed to scale back some tariffs ts2.tech. Notably, Beijing said it
31 October 2025
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Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Price Breaks Records, Dips on Trade Hopes – Could $5,000 Gold Be Next?

Gold bullion bars: Gold prices have surged in 2025, repeatedly breaking records above $4,000 an ounce as economic uncertainties drive investors into safe-haven assets. The precious metal is up over 50% year-to-date – far outpacing stocks and most other assets ts2.tech. However, after reaching an all-time peak of about $4,381/oz last week, gold has since pulled back slightly (now near $4,060) amid profit-taking and hopes of easing geopolitical tensions reuters.com. Key Facts Gold’s Record Run and Recent Pullback After a steady climb all year, gold’s rally went into overdrive this fall. The metal broke one record high after another in
27 October 2025
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US 10-Year Treasury Yield Skyrockets to 17-Year High – Markets and Mortgage Rates on Edge

US 10-Year Treasury Yield Skyrockets to 17-Year High – Markets and Mortgage Rates on Edge

Why the 10-Year Yield Is So High The recent surge in the 10-year yield reflects a tug-of-war between inflation fears and hopes for easing policy. Stronger-than-expected inflation data and durable growth have led investors to demand more return on long-term loans. “The immediate market reaction was a swift surge in the 10-year Treasury yield, breaching 4.85%, the highest since 2008,” reports market analyst Huzaifa Z on Meyka meyka.com. In early October, yields had spiked to near 4.78% (the highest since 2007 ts2.tech) before pulling back. By Oct 13 they were around 4.03% ts2.tech, and after Powell’s dovish comments on Oct
20 October 2025
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Gold Prices Smash All-Time Highs – Is Now the Moment to Buy or Bail?

Gold Price Soars to Record High Above $4,100/Oz – What’s Behind the Rally?

Historic Highs: Gold Hits the Stratosphere In mid-October 2025 gold prices surged to unprecedented levels. On Monday Oct. 13, spot gold (the price for immediate delivery) jumped about 2.2% to ~$4,106/oz by mid-afternoon (GMT), briefly touching an all-time $4,116.77 intraday peak reuters.com. Futures for December delivery also spiked; that contract settled around $4,133/oz (up ~3.3%) ts2.tech. The rally continued into Oct. 14: spot gold rose as high as $4,179/oz in early U.S. trading reuters.com. By comparison, gold was under $2,000 just two years ago, so this represents more than a 50% gain in 2025 alone reuters.com bloomberg.com. Silver followed suit, hitting record
14 October 2025
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Gold Prices Smash All-Time Highs – Is Now the Moment to Buy or Bail?

Gold Smashes Past $4,000 as Safe-Haven Demand Fuels Record ETF Inflows

Gold’s Record Surge Amid Turmoil Gold’s break above the $4,000 barrier marks a psychological and historic milestone for the precious metal. In early trading on Tuesday, October 7, U.S. gold futures jumped to $4,003/oz – the first time ever crossing the $4k threshold wtop.com – while spot gold traded near record highs around $3,960 per ounce wtop.com. This extends an extraordinary rally that began last year and accelerated through 2025. Gold prices are now up roughly 47–50% year-to-date, after already climbing 27% in 2024 reuters.com reuters.com. By comparison, stocks and other assets have lagged far behind, making gold one of the best-performing assets of the year theguardian.com theguardian.com.
7 October 2025
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Oil, Gold, and Coffee Soar as Supply Shocks and Safe-Haven Rush Roil Commodities Markets

Oil, Gold, and Coffee Soar as Supply Shocks and Safe-Haven Rush Roil Commodities Markets

Energy Commodities: Oil & Gas Oil markets saw a sharp upswing over the past two days. On Tuesday, Brent crude rallied 1.6% to $67.63/barrel and WTI to $63.41 as news broke that Iraq’s Kurdistan export pipeline remains offline, stalling an expected restart reuters.com reuters.com. Traders had “sold off on reports of a Kurdistan deal, and the lack of a deal has now taken those barrels out of the market,” noted Phil Flynn of Price Futures reuters.com. This reversal snapped a four-session losing streak for oil and calmed oversupply fears by effectively removing ~230,000 bpd of anticipated supply from markets reuters.com
24 September 2025
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Global Markets on Edge as Fed Rate Decision Nears: Asia Optimistic, West Cautious

Fed’s First Rate Cut Since 2024 Sparks Market Whiplash – Dow Rallies as Tech Stocks Tumble

Market Overview: Indices & Sectors Wall Street wrapped up September 17 with a split decision. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.56% to close around 46,013 reuters.com, extending its uptrend thanks in part to strength in financial and industrial stocks. The S&P 500 eased 0.1% to ~6,600 reuters.com, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.33% to ~22,261 reuters.com. Earlier in the session, all three indices seesawed between gains and losses as traders reacted in real-time to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and Powell’s commentary. Notably, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had been at record highs just a
17 September 2025
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Crypto Whirlwind: Markets Dip, Regulators Pivot, NFTs Sag as Institutions Double Down (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Crypto Whirlwind: Markets Dip, Regulators Pivot, NFTs Sag as Institutions Double Down (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Crypto Market Turbulence and Trading Highlights Bitcoin and Ether Retreat: Late August saw notable profit-taking in crypto markets. Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled to about $108,400 – its lowest level since early July – after soaring to a record $124,000 on Aug. 13 cryptonews.com. This ~10% pullback from the all-time high extended BTC’s weekly losses to nearly 8% coindesk.com, a comedown partly attributed to the old adage of “buy the rumor, sell the news” around major crypto events. (Indeed, some analysts wryly pointed out that BTC’s drop coincided with the high-profile Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, mirroring a pattern of price
30 August 2025
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