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Dubai Investments Park IPO could kick off Dubai’s post-Eid listing wave at a $3.3B valuation

Dubai Investments is planning an IPO of its real estate unit Dubai Investments Park, in what is tipped to be the first major post-Eid IPO in Dubai. The company is expected to sell around a 25% stake, with the business valued at roughly AED12B ($3.3B). Dubai Investments Park is a

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Super Bowl prediction bets hit $1.2B in a single trading day

Prediction markets turned the Super Bowl into a macro trading event. Bloomberg reports roughly $1.2 billion in contracts traded in a single day, blurring the line between gambling and financial markets. Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are attracting capital that used to go

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10d

College grads just lost their job market edge for the first time in 50 years

New US labor data shows something historic: trade workers now have lower unemployment than college graduates, marking the first time in roughly five decades that the traditional white-collar advantage has flipped. White-collar hiring has weakened in fields like tech and professi

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13d

Hedge funds made $24B shorting software stocks in 2026 and they are doubling down

Hedge funds have already made about $24B betting against software stocks this year and are increasing their short positions. The trade reflects concerns over stretched valuations, slower enterprise spending, and uncertainty around AI monetization timelines. The sector was a crowd

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15d

GCC quietly controls 41% of the world’s $1T Islamic bond market and it’s still growing

The global sukuk market just crossed $1 trillion in outstanding value, and the Gulf is still the center of gravity. According to Fitch, GCC countries account for roughly 41% of all sukuk outstanding, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE among the biggest issuers globally. Issuance hi

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15d

Capital Is Rotating Outside the US and Most Portfolios Are Unprepared

A strategist is arguing that investors have been trapped in a US-centric bubble for more than a decade and it is starting to break. The S&P 500 was up around 17% last year, which sounds great, but it still lagged many international markets. The bigger point: global stocks are

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16d

Neuralink Now Has 21 People in Global Brain‑Chip Trials and Eyes Bigger Market Role

Neurotechnology company Neuralink has now enrolled 21 participants in clinical trials worldwide, marking a notable expansion of its human testing program two years after it began early human implants. The trial, which began after regulatory clearance to test Brain‑Computer Interf

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17d

SpaceX seeks approval to build data centers in space

SpaceX has outlined a bold new direction that would bring its space launch business, satellite network, and artificial intelligence development under a single corporate strategy, according to a Space & Defense report. The company filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commis

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27d

Japan’s $7.2 Trillion Bond Market Wiped Out by Just $280 Million of Trading

It took only about $280 million of actual trading to trigger a massive sell-off in Japan’s government bond market, sparking roughly $41 billion in losses across the yield curve and unsettling global markets. That relatively tiny amount of turnover was enough to set off a dramatic

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27d

Abu Dhabi’s MGX Joins Investor Group Buying TikTok’s U.S. Business

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a new investor group that includes Abu Dhabi–backed investment firm MGX, according to Axios. The transaction creates a new U.S.-based joint venture with majority American ownership, a structure designed to comply with U.S.

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27d

ADIB Reports Record 2025 Profit as Financing, Assets and Deposits Surge

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) posted record full-year results for 2025, with net profit before tax up 18 percent to about AED 8.1 billion and net profit after tax up 16 percent to around AED 7.1 billion. Revenue also climbed 16 percent to roughly AED 12.3 billion. The strong p

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27d

Quant Hedge Funds Hit Worst Drawdown Since October as Crowded Trades Unwind

Quantitative hedge funds have started 2026 in the red, suffering their worst short-term losses since October as crowded bets in US stocks unwind and hit systematic trading strategies. Early January marked the weakest 10-day stretch for systematic long-short equity managers in mor

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28d

ADNOC Becomes First Emirati Brand in the Global Top 100 Most Valuable

According to a new Brand Finance report, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has become the first Emirati brand ever to enter the list of the 100 most valuable global brands. ADNOC’s brand value rose about 11 percent year on year to $21.13 billion in 2026, representing more than 350

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28d

Bank of America to Give $1 Billion in Stock to Most Employees After Strong 2025 Results

Bank of America said it will award roughly $1 billion worth of stock to non-executive employees through its annual Sharing Success program. The equity grants will consist of nearly 19 million shares of common stock and go to almost all staff except senior management. This marks

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29d

SPACs Are Flooding Back in 2026 After a Massive 2025 Fundraising Year

SPACs are making a noticeable comeback in early 2026, following what Bloomberg calls a bonanza year in 2025. According to the report, blank check companies have already raised more than $2 billion just weeks into January. This follows a very strong 2025, when roughly $30 billion

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Jan 20th

China’s $7 trillion stash isn’t staying in the bank any more

A huge pile of cash sitting in Chinese time deposits is starting to move. Close to $7 trillion is set to mature this year, and households are hungry for returns higher than slow paying savings accounts. That’s driving more flows into stocks, gold and other assets as people chase

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Jan 20th

Interactive Brokers clients crushed the S&P 500 in 2025 according to new data

Interactive Brokers just dropped a report showing its customers beat the S&P 500 last year, with individual investors averaging about 19.2% compared to the benchmark’s 17.9%. Hedge fund clients at IBKR posted even stronger results, clocking around 28.9 percent returns in 2025,

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Jan 19th

Apple taps Google Gemini to power Siri. Privacy stays on Apple. Control shifts quietly.

Apple just locked in a multiyear deal with Google. Gemini models will power Apple Intelligence and the next version of Siri, with reports pointing to roughly $1B a year. The interesting part isn’t the AI upgrade. It’s the positioning. Apple is fine outsourcing foundation model

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Jan 19th

TSMC posts record earnings as U.S. investment accelerates

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported record profitability, with fourth-quarter profit up 35%. High Performance Computing now accounts for 55% of revenue, compared with 32% from smartphones, highlighting the shift toward AI and data-center demand. Management guided

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Jan 18th

Let’s lock in some 2026 takes 👀

Drop one prediction for 2026 in the comments. Just something you genuinely think happens. Could be: • Markets • AI or tech • Crypto • Politics • Business • A random trend no one’s talking about yet No hedging. One clean call. We’ll save this and come back end of 2

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